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
Terry Bamford Terry Bamford Terry Bamford OBE is a social worker and writer on social work topics. He has a in degree in Law from University College, Oxford and a Diploma in Social Administration from the London School of Economics. He worked as a probation officer for eight years before becoming Assistant General Secretary of the British Association of Social Workers. He then worked in Harrow and served for two years as Chair of the Association. He was Director of Social Services in Northern Ireland from 1985 to 1990. For ten years he was Executive Director of Housing and Social Services in