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Rolls Royce factory, Mountsorrel 1945

Posted on March 11, 2015September 13, 2024 by Keith Foster

When the Alvis factory in Coventry was bombed in 1940, its workforce was transferred to Mountsorrel to work at the Linkfield Road premises of Clarke’s Boxes.The factory was requisitioned by the government and box manufacturing moved to Rothley and Shepshed for the duration.

The Alvis

Posted on August 8, 2014December 14, 2020 by Keith Foster

The Coventry Blitz of 14th November 1940 led to a major change in Mountsorrel’s industrial background. When the Alvis factory in Coventry was bombed, its workforce was transferred to Mountsorrel, thus beginning the village’s association with aircraft engineering which lasted until 1994 with the closure of Rolls Royce.

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