He was greeted by Lord and Lady Bamford before walking the assembly line of the backhoe loader, a digger invented by JCB's founder, the late Joseph Cyril Bamford. He helped fit a tyre to the ...

JCB was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril Bamford, who formed the company named after his now iconic initials the same day Anthony, his first son, was born. Having trained as an engineer ...