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Duston, British Timken c.1955
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Just east of the village, where Main Road curves towards Bants Lane, is this large factory which employed over 3,000 people in the 1960s. Two storey offices screen the vast factory behind, where bearings and specialist steel castings and fabrications are made. Now just known as Timken, these elegant offices remain as a tribute to the architectural quality and care given to such buildings, even in wartime. It was opened in 1942.

An extract from Northamptonshire Living Memories.

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The photo 'Duston, British Timken c1955' appears in this book.

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For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Duston

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Car Project.
The Morris car depicted in the photograph was overhauled and bodied by my late father, Arthur Parker, in 1951-2. He had removed the body from a c1937 Morris 8 van, overhauled the mechanics and the chassis, and built from scratch a new shooting brake style body. As a 7-year old I was thrilled to be able to help with the work and immensely proud of the result. Unfortunately, when father came to register the car the ...see more
Duston, Squirrels Inn c1955
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