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Shortcut List

This list is intended to give a overview of all the pages that are currently available to view on the Working at AMC website.
By arranged the list in hierarchical order, we the hope that the site's structure can be more easily appreciated and also allow the 'short-cutting' to any particular area of interest.

If you have any suggestions for further expansion of the site, please use the Contact link.

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• Home (index)
• Employee Database
• (Shortcut List)
• Face Finder List

• History

• Maps & Plans
• Maps - RAF aerial photos

• Assembly
  • Plan - Department Location (main track)
  • Plan - Department Location (engine shop)
  • Plan - Department Location (gearbox shop)
  • Plan - Department Location (rectification)
  • Video - Commando assembly
  • Sketch - Assembly Shop Layout
  • Article - Engine Shop
  • Assembly - extra pics

• Design
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Sketch - Office Layout
  • Recollection - A Day in a Motorcycle Factory - Bob Cakebread
  • Supplementary page - Engineering Drawing Practice
  • Supplementary page - Extra Design Award Photos
  • Supplementary page - Remembering Tony Denniss
  • Tony's Commando bike
  • Norton Rotary article
  • Pluto Frame / Unified Twin article

• Inspection
  • Plan - Department Location

• Maintenance
  • Plan - Department Location

• Metallurgy
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Supplementary page - Metals in Motorbikes

• Offices
  • Plan - Department Location (ground floor)
  • Plan - Department Location (first floor)
  • Article - Clint Eastwood with publicity team
  • Supplementary page - Where There's a Road

• Packing
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Video - Export Packing

• Race Shop
  • Plan - Department Location

• Spares, Repairs and Service
  • Plan - Department Location (spares)
  • Plan - Department Location (repairs and service

• Testing
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Video - Commando Road Testing
  • (Link to Alan Jones article)
  • (Link to Nick Hyde article)
  • Supplementary page - Commando Frame Testing
  • Video - Chobham Testing #1
  • Video - Chobham Testing #2
  • Video - Chobham Testing #3
  • Video - Chobham Testing #4

• Tool Design
  • Plan - Department Location

• Tool Room
  • Plan - Department Location (tool room)
  • Plan - Department Location (tool room extension)

• Two-stroke Shop
  • Plan - Department Location

• Brazing
  • Plan - Department Location

• Cables
  • Plan - Department Location

• Capstan Lathes
  • Plan - Department Location (first floor)
  • Plan - Department Location (second floor)

• Drilling
  • Plan - Department Location (ground floor)
  • Plan - Department Location (second floor)
  • Plan - Department Location (third floor)

• Finishing
  • Plan - Department Location (painting)
  • Plan - Department Location (plating)
  • Plan - Department Location (polishing)

• Gear Cutting
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Supplementary page - Spur Gear Design

• Grinding
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Story - Henry Cooper at AMC

• Heat Treatment (hardening)
  • Plan - Department Location

• Milling
  • Plan - Department Location
  • Dormer Milling Cutter Handbook

• Pipe Bending
  • Plan - Department Location

• Presswork
  • Plan - Department Location

• Semi-Auto Lathes
  • Plan - Department Location

• Welding
  • Plan - Department Location

• Apprentices and Trainees
  • Article - Apprenticeship Scheme
  • Story - Bike restoration
  • Supplementary page - Apprentices at Play
  • Apprentices at Dragon Rally 1964
  • Article - Dragon Rally 1966

• Management
  • (Info on Dennis Poore)

• Reunions

• Cover Pages

• Scrapbook

• Links
  • Article - The Cult of the Matchless Bikes of Plumstead
  • Article - Proitable Days at Plumstead - Jock West
  • Article - Working for AMC - Brian Slark
  • Article - I've Ridden 30,00 Bikes - Alan Jones
  • Article - Memories of a Mileage Tester - Nick Hyde
  • Article - Birth of the Norton Commando - Classic Bike Guide
  • Article - Made in Plumstead - Motor Cycle Sport
  • Article - A 'Matchless' Quality - Motor Cycling Illustrated
  • Article - 'This is How Your AJS and Matchless is made' - Dutch Motor magazine
  • Article - Sixty Years at the Top - Motor Cycle Weekly
  • Bulletin - Bert Colver - The Collectors' Club
  • Article - Memories of Plumstead - John & Rose Rourke
  • Article - Machine Tool Re-equipment - Alfred Herbert

• Contact
  • Supplementary page - Correspondence