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Originally Posted by Retlaw
That factory was purpose built in 1939, for the production of the Bristol Radial Engine, some people knew then, that there would be a war with Germany, even though Chamberlain thought there would be peace in our time.
My father went to Bristol at Clayton as a machine setter in late 1939.
Other factory's up and down the country were built for the production of war materials at the same time, otherwise we would'nt have had the battle of Britain when Spitfires and Hurricanes beat off the Luftwaffe. Rolls Royce were producing the Merlin Engines in great quantities.
Retlaw.
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My father worked at Bristol for a time, I think, in 1945 (he worked at several engineering firms during the war). He was a (tool) turner. I have a BAC lapel badge (his?) stamped with the number 4979 on the back.