Period photos

[Pete Ashby]

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

[rampant rivet]

Thanks for posting that Pete, some nice images of early mw, s

[Pete Ashby]

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

[rampant rivet]

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

[Bob Grundy]

Excellent find, do we know where the location of the factory gate and street is ?

[Pete Ashby]

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

[Sean N]

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

[Pete Ashby]

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