This is Whats left of the Redditch Studley road bsa factory . It was the Factory canteen and now is a working mans club
I was taken here numerous times as a lad by mom and dad and granddad as they worked there . It still stands today .
It was a rush build in 1938 ready for the out brake of ww2 so my granddad told me . He worked on the guns here during the war years as he was invalided out of the royal navy when he fought in the Chinese Japanese war 1934/36
Hi Ian yes it was and also the c models my mother timed the engines and fitted the rings to pistons !!
there was a bigger factory in Redditch town centre but the story goes it was closed in 1923 as it was doing better than the armoury rd factory
I do have a photograph some were
Hello btb i have a copy of those pics and manny more taken by my uncle Who worked there he travel by Bicycle with a power pack on from redditch to the brum factory and he purchased parts of a plunger B31 and brought it home peace by peace in a haversack until it was complete he had his mate deliver the engine
Hi,here's a picture from the 1920s of Armoury road,there are more recent pictures
nearby,but there seems to be confusion between BSA and Singer cars.Maybe a local
can verify the other pictures.
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cheers Rick