Dorothy Peters reunited with Land Rover ’16’
Land Rover ends its 70th anniversary celebrations with a trip down memory lane for an employee who worked at ‘Rover’ at the start of Land Rover production.
A serendipitous meeting between a former Land Rover employee – now 87-year old Dorothy Peters – and Mike Bishop, Land Rover Classic’s Reborn Engineering Specialist and heritage expert, at Land Rover’s 70th celebration event in Solihull, set in motion a chain of events which close Land Rover’s 70th celebrations.
Dorothy took along photos of her time at Land Rover to the event, and by sheer coincidence a Land Rover she was posing with in a 70-year old photo – number 16 – is now owned by Mike Bishop. Mike said:
I was approached by a very charming lady with some pictures of her time at Solihull, I had no idea we would share a special connection to ‘number 16’. Her enthusiasm for the company and this vehicle in particular was wonderful as was her surprise when she discovered I now owned the car! I knew instantly we needed to reunite them.
So Land Rover set up a day of surprises for Dorothy, including a reunion with the car she posed with 70 years earlier and a blat round LR’s off-road track at Solihull. Dorothy said:
I couldn’t believe the reaction to my pictures at the Festival in Solihull. I had no idea this one conversation would take me on a journey down memory lane and on the wonderful off-road track at Solihull.
The opportunity to share this day with my daughter and granddaughters was a wonderful surprise and to see how different the factory is today was very special. It all felt like a dream and I won’t ever forget it.
It’s a very sweet, and personal, way to end Land Rover’s 70th celebrations, captured on video too (below).
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