Joseph Bamford could shoot, fish, swim, and sail. Bamford paid more than fair wages, which rose regularly, and annual bonuses based on reports of individual worth. In 1967 Bamford stood on a farm cart and handed out personal cheques totalling £250,000. This extraordinary focus in return gave unprecedented levels of workforce flexibility, with the average JCB employee through the strike-dominated 1970s and early 1980s being seven times more productive than the average British manufacturing worker. In 1975 Bamford and his wife Marjorie (née Griffin – married 1941) handed over the business to their two sons, and retired to Switzerland as tax exiles.
Cyril Sielecki Cyril Sielecki Cyril Sielecki (29 April 1835 28 April 1918), first name also spelled "Cyryl", was a Polish priest of the Greek Catholic Diocese of Przemyśl, and an educational and social activist. He was the founder of the religious congregations of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, as well as the Sisters of Saint Joseph. He was recognized as a servant of God. He was born in Podbuż, in east Galicia, which was part of the Austrian Empire. He came from the Polish aristocratic Sielecki family. His father, Michał, was a teacher, and his mother, Joanna, took care of the