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 Culverwell by side with the Germans to defeat the Bolshevist menace." He was re-elected at the next 3 elections, and held the seat until the 1945 general election, which he did not contest. Cyril Culverwell Cyril Thomas Culverwell (22 October 1895 – 29 October 1963) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected at a by-election in February 1928 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West. In 1938, Culverwell caused controversy by writing an article for the "Bristol Evening Post" of 7 November 1938, which praised Nazi Germany. The next year, November 1939 Culverwell drew further criticism when