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Bedford Dunstable plant, the Glossary

The Bedford Dunstable plant was a truck and bus vehicle assembly plant, located in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.^[1]

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Buildings and structures demolished in 1992
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Demolished buildings and structures in Bedfordshire
Industrial buildings completed in 1942
Manufacturing plants in England
Motor vehicle assembly plants in the United Kingdom
Opel factories
Vauxhall Motors

BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Bedford TL

The Bedford TL was a truck manufactured by Bedford. Bedford Dunstable plant and Bedford TL are Bedford vehicles.

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Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle manufactured by Vauxhall Motors, then a subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors. Bedford Dunstable plant and Bedford Vehicles are Bedford vehicles and Vauxhall Motors.

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Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.

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British Armed Forces

The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Leyland

British Leyland was an automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following the merger of Leyland Motors and British Motor Holdings.

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British shadow factories

British shadow factories were the outcome of the Shadow Scheme, a plan devised in 1935 and developed by the British government in the buildup to World War II to try to meet the urgent need for more aircraft using technology transfer from the motor industry to implement additional manufacturing capacity.

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Bus

A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy, is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Christian Salvesen

Christian Salvesen was a Scottish whaling, transport and logistics company with a long and varied history, employing 13,000 staff and operating in seven countries in western Europe.

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Churchill tank

The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War, best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies, its ability to climb steep slopes, and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles.

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Commer

Commer was a British manufacturer of commercial and military vehicles from 1905 until 1979.

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Currys

Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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DFS (furniture retailer)

DFS Furniture plc, trading as dfs, is a furniture retailer in the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland specialising in sofas and soft furnishings.

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Dunstable

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, east of the Chiltern Hills, north of London.

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Dunstable Branch Lines

The Dunstable Branch Lines were railway branch lines that joined the English town of Dunstable to the main lines at Leighton Buzzard and Welwyn.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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IBC Vehicles

IBC Vehicles Limited is a British automotive manufacturing company based in Luton, Bedfordshire and since 2021 a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational corporation Stellantis. Bedford Dunstable plant and IBC Vehicles are motor vehicle assembly plants in the United Kingdom, opel factories and Vauxhall Motors.

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IKEA

Inter IKEA Systems B.V., trading as IKEA, is a Swedish multinational conglomerate that designs and sells, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services.

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Industrial park

An industrial park, also known as industrial estate or trading estate, is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development.

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Isuzu

, commonly known as Isuzu, is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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KFC

KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.

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Kwik Fit

Kwik Fit is a car servicing and repair company in the United Kingdom.

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Land Rover

Land Rover is a British brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, owned by multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors.

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Leyland DAF

Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV.

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Marshall Group

Marshall Group, formerly Marshall of Cambridge, is a British company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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McDonald's

McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Ministry of Production

The Ministry of Production was a British government department created in February 1942, initially under the title Ministry of War Production, but the following month "War" was dropped from the title.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.

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Peterlee

Peterlee is a town in County Durham, England.

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Premiership of Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher's term as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 4 May 1979 when she accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, and ended on 28 November 1990 upon her resignation.

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Renault Trucks

Renault Trucks is a French commercial truck manufacturer with corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest near Lyon.

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Retail park

A retail park is a type of shopping centre found on the fringes of most large towns and cities in the United Kingdom and other European countries.

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Sainsbury's

J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom.

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Staples Inc.

Staples Inc. is an American office supply retail company headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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Truck

A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.

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Vauxhall Motors

Vauxhall Motors Limited,;Company No.

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Wardown Park

Wardown Park is situated on the River Lea in Luton.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Dunstable_plant

Bedford Dunstable plant, the Glossary

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See also

Bedford vehicles

British shadow factories

Buildings and structures demolished in 1992

Buildings and structures in Bedfordshire

Demolished buildings and structures in Bedfordshire

Industrial buildings completed in 1942

Manufacturing plants in England

Motor vehicle assembly plants in the United Kingdom

Opel factories

Vauxhall Motors

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