Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Hat Factory is an arts facility in the centre of Luton, England that seeks to develop the arts in the town and surrounding region. [1] The Hat Factory opened in April 2004, and includes theatre , music , comedy , dance and film programmes.
The Wright family have been involved in the manufacture of hats continuously for 300 years in Luton and the current Albion Road factory, which was founded by Walter Wright in 1889 with his wife Minnie Susan, is alleged to be the first custom built hat factory in Luton without a residence. [2]
Luton is also home to the Hat Factory, originally as its name suggests, this arts centre was in fact a real hat factory. The Hat Factory is a combined arts venue in the centre of Luton. It opened in 2003 and since then has been the area's main provider of contemporary theatre, dance and music.
Wardown House Museum and Gallery, formerly Wardown Park Museum and, before that, the Luton Museum & Art Gallery, in Luton, is housed in a large Victorian mansion in Wardown Park on the outskirts of the town centre. The museum collection focuses on the traditional crafts of Bedfordshire, notably lace-making and hat-making.
Luton Point is in the centre of Luton, in Bedfordshire, England. It was formerly an Arndale Centre , until it was purchased by Capital & Regional in January 2006. [ 2 ] It was temporarily called The Mall Arndale , but was later referred to as The Mall Luton , although local people still refer to it as "The Arndale".
But deals like JLR’s decision to open a £4bn battery plant secured jobs in the industry after years of shrinking, with recent losses including the Honda factory in Swindon, which closed in 2021 ...
Vauxhall came to Luton in 1905, just two years after the company had started to make cars. [1] The company was taken over by GM in 1925 but continued to develop and build its own vehicles in Luton. In 1931 the truck and bus arm Bedford was created, the first Bedford vehicles were reworked Chevrolet vehicles but Bedford soon became a unique ...
The plant, which makes Vauxhall Vivaro vans, was due to be overhauled next year to make electric models