The Second Generation of City Motors in Oxford, England, on June 13, 1969. – Vintage Photograph

On June 13, 1969, the second generation of the men who built City Motors into a successful car trading business in Oxford and the surrounding district, gathered for a photograph. From left to right, Mr. Peter Bridges, Mr. Vivian Jones, the managing director, and Mr. Terence Jones, the deputy managing director, all graduates of Oxford’s Dragon School, are pictured in the photograph. Mr. Bridges served two years in R.E.M.E. and was manager of the Tower Hill garage at Witney. Mr. Vivian Jones trained at Vauxhall Motors and was managing director of Great Western Motors (Reading) Ltd. and a director of Home Counties Finance Corporation Ltd., while Mr. Terence Jones served two years in R.E.M.E. and was associated with other companies in the City Motors Group at Witney, Banbury and Reading.On June 13, 1969, the second generation of the men who built City Motors into a successful car trading business in Oxford and the surrounding district, gathered for a photograph. From left to right, Mr. Peter Bridges, Mr. Vivian Jones, the managing director, and Mr. Terence Jones, the deputy managing director, all graduates of Oxford’s Dragon School, are pictured in the photograph. Mr. Bridges served two years in R.E.M.E. and was manager of the Tower Hill garage at Witney. Mr. Vivian Jones trained at Vauxhall Motors and was managing director of Great Western Motors (Reading) Ltd. and a director of Home Counties Finance Corporation Ltd., while Mr. Terence Jones served two years in R.E.M.E. and was associated with other companies in the City Motors Group at Witney, Banbury and Reading.

Dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04925475

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19913 VISCOUNT Vauxhall

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13 JUN 1969 47 by Motors upplement FRI THE SECOND genera- tion of the men who built up City Motors to the position it now holds in the car trade o Oxford and district are now in command. They are Mr. Peter Bridges, Mr. Vivian Jones, the managing director, and his brother, Mr. Terence Jones, who is his deputy. Now the driving Oxford as a member of City Motors Board in 1953. Since then he has been assistant to the Group Serv- ice Director and assistant managing director until he was appointed to his present position at the beginning of this year. Marged, with three daughters, he is a member of Frilford Heath, a keen fisherman when he can find the time, and this year’s President of the Clarendon Club. youth is in seat seat All three are old Dragons, the famous Oxford prep. school, from which the Jones brothers went to St. Edward’s and Mr. Bridges to Bromsgrove. His brother, after two years’ National Service in R.E.M.E., during which he served with a tank regiment in Germany, joined the firm in 1954 and was associated with the other companies in the City Motors Group at Witney, Banbury and Read- ing. Both Vivian and Terence trained at Vauxhall Motors and after taking a dealer executive course, Vivian went to Great Western Motors at Reading for two He is also managing direc- tor of Great Western Motors years, before returning to (Reading) Ltd. and a director of Home Counties Finance Corporation Ltd. Married with one son he is a Governor of the Dragon School. served Mr. Peter Bridges, also two years with R.E.M.E. and for six years, on his return, was manager of the Tower Hill garage at Witney. Last year he was pointed ap- assistant to Mr. Vivian Jones, and was made a Director of City Motors in i January. In addition to being a keen sportsman, with tennis and squash his favourite pastimes, he is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights, chairman of the Oxford Youth Drama Committee – he has been keenly interested in drama since his prep. school days – and a member of the Wolvercote Boys’ Club ma- nagement committee. Mr. Peter Bridges (left), Mr. Vivian Jones, and Mr. Terence Jones. (See story above). V