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Old 6th Dec 2022, 15:41
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Originally Posted by Buster15
Yes indeed.
There was one at Patchway very close to the railway line.
And another at a town called Corsham.
There were a whole lot - there are five listed here as producing components for Bristol radials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_shadow_factories

One of them is Jaguar-Land Rover Solihull these days. NB apparently Bristol itself refused to have them make whole engines, only sub-assemblies Bristol would finish itself.
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