We were sad to hear of the death of Geoffrey Iley, one of the last remaining MG and BMC management figures from the heydays of the fifties and sixties. Still going strong in his nineties, it was remarkable to appreciate that Geoffrey was born around the time that Cecil Kimber’s first MG Midget also made its first appearance.
At school, the young Iley harboured an ambition to work in engineering, and with the help of his supportive headmaster managed to secure a place in the Nuffield Organisation around the time the Second World War ended. He moved around, as all apprentices do, but became frustrated at his progress within the organisation, and so looked for fresh opportunities – somewhat to the chagrin of
