JCB (company) as a generic description for mechanical diggers and excavators and now appears in the "Oxford English Dictionary", although it is still held as a trademark. JCB was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. He rented a lock-up garage . In it, using a welding set which he bought second-hand for £1 from English Electric, he made his first vehicle, a tipping trailer from war-surplus materials. The trailer's sides and floor were made from steel sheet that had been part of air raid shelters. On the same day as his son Anthony was born, he
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