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I remember sticking my head round the door at the works many years ago thinking it was a bike shop and having a chat, they didn't really have a shop as such. A great place, doing things their own way based on experience.
The first tandem I rode was a Jack Taylor owned by Vic' if anyone remembers him. Many years on I imported Dawes tandems into France. They gave me a 531 Galaxy Twin for promotional purposes which I've kept, it featured in some French mags at the time. I visited the Tysley works and the brazing was much like in the vid.
A mate phoned one day and persuaded me to enter a "gentleman" in Lourdes on it. A gentleman being an end of season two-up time trial with a senior and a vet. We finished second. I reckon we'd have won if I'd been on the front but he didn't fit on the back, the bugger braked twice !
I had one of the first double Edge MTB tandems Dawes made which I raced with Madame. One bike I regret selling even if it had a rigid fork and just a pair of Maguras to stop it.
Magic !
My dad knew the Taylors pretty well, especially Jack as we lived quite near him.
Their workshop was a fantastic place (particularly to me when I was a ten year old kid).
Got one of their frames (that used to be my dad's) in my garage.