AWAffairs Any info?

Hi James,

I have been collecting copies of AWAffairs for some time – I have nearly 100 of them. My collection doesn’t include the December 1959 edition though.

The image on the front is the new and the old Coventry Cathedrals.

Roger Smith.

Hi Roger

100 Copies! That’s quite some going. I got this in a job lot of old tat such as patches and royal plates. I am slowly ebaying them away this magazine is going on ebay tonight at about 8pm. Its already entered on to ebay but is on a delayed listing time otherwise I would post the link. If your interested in it keep an eye on it as it will probably sell for the 0.99p anyway.

Did you used to work for AWA or have you just decided to collect them?

ATB

James

Thanks for the heads up.

I never worked for AWA – I applied to be an apprentice at Baginton but wasn’t good enough and was turned down 😡 However a schoolfriend who did get an AWA apprenticeship was made redundant part way through it when the Whitley factory was shut! Anyway being a Coventry Kid I am interested in the history of AWA & ASM.

My copies of AWAffairs start at Vol. 1, No.2 (March-April, 1950) but the earlier ones were much smaller booklets. They changed to the A4 format with the colour cover early in 1958 (Vol. 8). There was, I believe, a company magazine pre-war – probably a joint one with Armstrong Siddeley Motors – but I haven’t any of those.

Roger Smith.