Lucas Industries
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Lucas Industries plc, now known as Lucas Automotive, is one of the world’s oldest continuously trading automotive brands, tracing its origins to 1875 and the first patent issued to its founder, Joseph
Side Lamp, King of the Road, "will not blow out in the toughest gale"
Lucas "King of the Road" lamps
Blue plaque on factory building in Carver Street, Birmingham
Stamp on military vehicle lamp - "J. Lucas LD patent Birmingham"
Ozzy Osbourne
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John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. Dubbed the "Prince of Darkness", he is widely credited as a pioneer of heavy metal music. He co-founded the band
Lucas Industries
…to buy a British car. The poor reliability of Lucas auto-electrics earned it the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Incidentally, the heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne, who adopted the nickname as part of his stage image and was also from Birmingham, was a former Lucas Industries employee as was his mother. Among…
Osbourne in 1970
Black Sabbath in the mid-1970s. L-R: Tony Iommi, Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler
Osbourne performing at California Jam in Ontario, California, 1974
Osbourne in 1975