Joseph Bamford to more than 130 countries around the world, while Bamford himself was appointed a CBE for Services to Export in 1969. In 1993 he became the first British citizen to be honoured in the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Hall of Fame, and remained the only British inductee until his son Anthony was inducted in 2008. What made Bamford different from many engineers was that he was also a marketeer. Bamford personally demanded to know daily from his staff how many "JCB Yellow" vehicles were off the road awaiting spares. Bamford created an image that JCBs were there to work, and
Cyril Ritchard Cyril Ritchard Cyril Joseph Trimnell-Ritchard (1 December 1898 – 18 December 1977), known professionally as Cyril Ritchard, was an Australian stage, screen and television actor, and director. He is probably best remembered today for his performance as Captain Hook in the Mary Martin musical production of "Peter Pan". In 1945, he played Gabriele Eisenstein in "Gay Rosalinda" at the Palace theatre in London, a version of Strauss's "Die Fledermaus" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold in which he appeared with Peter Graves. The show was conducted by Richard Tauber and ran for almost a year. Ritchard was born in the Sydney suburb