Luton, Vauxhall Motors "P" Block c.1950
Photo ref:
L117038
Photo ref:
L117038
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'P' Block was the home of the Production Engineering Department, and was therefore seen by many as the nerve centre for car and van production in Luton. The vents of the old foundry buildings rise on the left, although their original purpose was no longer valid at the time of the photograph.
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Memories of Luton, Vauxhall Motors "P" Block c1950
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I was born in 1949 and entered Hart Hill School in 1954.
Those were the times when 5 year olds were taken to school by their Mums for about one week into the new term! There were so many kiddies in the surrounding area of Abbotswood Road and Bloomfield Ave that nobody walked home alone!
I entered the class of Mrs. King and then into Miss.Bunting for my second year.
The Junior side of the school started with ...see more
I think it mite have been one Sunday in 1954 (cos the plant was nearly deserted) when me, my older bro Roy and 2 or 3 other kids from Hart Lane wound up in the new car parking area of General Motors Vauxhall.
As all the cars keys were left in the ignitions, this backlot was about to become Pleasure Island for Pinocchio and the naughty boys!?
Most of us 6-8yr olds had never ...see more
I started work at Vauxhalls in August 1956. I was an office boy in "P" block for 13 months before going on to do a 5 year apprenticeship. There were 250 draughtsmen, about 50 engineers and me and 1 other office boy had 3 bosses. Bill Cox, John Soddy and Vic Cherry...they ran my ar$e ragged for 13 months, but on reflection they were great times...
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