Pete Ashby Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) 101 interesting early war factory photos here taken at Luton Bedfordshire ? and at Nuffields Birmingham ? worth a look Pete Edited August 15, 2016 by Pete Ashby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampant rivet Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Thanks for posting that Pete, some nice images of early mw, s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Thanks for posting that Pete, some nice images of early mw, s I thought you Bedford chaps would like those, there are some very nice early carrier pictures and an excellent set covering the Cruiser Mk IV or Mk IVA ?? as well as some very atmospheric period assembly line shots. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampant rivet Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Yes the mw, s look like Z 417 on the bonnet which I think is the second contract probably dates the photos late 1939 early 1940 the other pictures are interesting too but I like the production line shots of the bedfords most Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Excellent find, do we know where the location of the factory gate and street is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 Excellent find, do we know where the location of the factory gate and street is ? I thought it may be at the Nuffield factory ? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean N Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 (edited) These are great photos, Pete, and the Bedford ones are apparently unknown to Vauxhall archives but probably taken by a VM staff photographer, as they are in sequence with other known ones. The ones of all the Bedfords lined up in the street are Kimpton Road, Luton, which now looks very different; see: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8746791,-0.397379,3a,75y,144.6h,82.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPKeScHb1I3Q6h0MKkMF2QQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en I assume the factory gate & shift change ones are at the tank & ordnance factory (factories?) shown. The tanks are definitely at Nuffield Mechanisations as there are other photos of the same factory that are known to have been taken at Nuffield. Edited August 17, 2016 by Sean N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 These are great photos, Pete, and the Bedford ones are apparently unknown to Vauxhall archives but probably taken by a VM staff photographer, as they are in sequence with other known ones. The ones of all the Bedfords lined up in the street are Kimpton Road, Luton, which now looks very different; see: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.8746791,-0.397379,3a,75y,144.6h,82.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPKeScHb1I3Q6h0MKkMF2QQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en I assume the factory gate & shift change ones are at the tank & ordnance factory (factories?) shown. The tanks are definitely at Nuffield Mechanisations as there are other photos of the same factory that are known to have been taken at Nuffield. Can't take any credit for the pictures other than finding and copying the link from a FB page, I thought they deserved a wider audience here. I don't think I have seen any of them before with the exception perhaps of the MW's lined up in the street. Certainly a very different view today Sean to the point of no discernable reference points thanks for the link. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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