Thursday 18 September 2014

Coventry industry

Coventry industry

Workers making Standard Vanguard bodies in a Coventry factory, 1953. The city was once the centre of the second largest car industry in the . Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. Coventry's motor industry boomed during the 1950s and 1960s and Coventry enjoyed a 'golden age'.


Coventry industry

During this period the disposable income . Historic county‎: ‎WarwickshireArea code(s)‎: ‎024Ceremonial county‎: ‎West MidlandsSovereign state‎: ‎United KingdomCoventry Manufacturing and Industry - Coventry. Manufacturing_and_Industry/SimilarManufacturers in Coventry compiled by Coventry. Firms in the manufacturing and industrial sectors including the automotive, . In its heyday, “the industry was Coventry”, recalls Geoff Wise, a retired car worker.


Most factories had a social club – they brought families . Both the cloth and the ribbon industries at Coventry have been described in detail elsewhere in this History, (fn. 12) although some additional information, . The birthplace of the Godiva legend and the motor car in Britain, a medieval walled city and 20th century industrial powerhouse, victim of blitzkrieg and a centre . Coventry Warwickshire is a major centre of advanced manufacturing, including. The UK aerospace industry is a phenomenal success story and a sector that . Image of suburban street in Coventry. Like many cities and towns, much of .

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