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Sam Lyne
• The new general manager of the RT1TB Livingston Motec 2, Mr S. F. L. Lyne is a familiar figure to thousands of trainees who have passed through Motec 1 where he has been training manager since its inception in September 1968.
From a single course in 1968 Sam Lyne has developed the High Ercall training programme to its present state of 50 subjects within six main divisions.
Training has been Sam's forte throughout his working life. He was apprenticed to Vauxhall Motors, served with a commission in the REME infantry workshops in Egypt and on return to the UK organized vehicle recovery training for Eastern Command.
Rejoining Vauxhall he became service training instructor and later chief instructor in the product engineering department and then moved on to supervise service training and merchandising for the whole company. In this position he provided training for managers, supervisors and technical staffs for dealers, overseas distributors and General Motors' European plants.
He visited the US and Canada for Vauxhall and returned to take responsibility for training in connection with the introduction of hydromatic transmissions in the UK and Europe. Later he became responsible for all in-company training for management and supervision and then manager of staff administration for the three Vauxhall UK plants.
Sam Lyne has crammed a lot of experience into his 41 years and looks forward to the challenge which his new position offers. Looking back, he particularly remembers six months spent in a Bedford trans /European sales promotion caravan from Portugal to Scandinavia via European GM dealers.
Much of Sam Lyne's personal interests have had to take a back seat since 1968 although he is still interested in still and cine photography, and literature. He has been known to write poetry--usually doggerel", he says. The National Savings Movement is a cause to which he devotes some time:. he 'firmly believes that the thrifty worker is an efficient worker.
Besides his obvious enthusiasm for the training work at Motec and particularly the opportunity which he believes Livingston offers to craft apprentices, he hopes to be able to indulge one other great interest—the theatre.
D.G.L.