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.
James Bamford (stunt coordinator) James Bamford (stunt coordinator) James Bamford (born 1967), also known by the nickname "Bam-Bam", is a stunt co-ordinator and stuntman, who works in film and television, and is the current President and on the executive board of Stunts Canada, the oldest and largest organisation of its type in Canada. Bamford was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and presently lives and works out of Vancouver, Canada. Bamford won a Leo Award in 2013 for Best Stunt Co-ordination in a Television Movie for "". Bamford was a stunt coordinator on the movie "Ek Tha Tiger" which won Best Action at the "Times