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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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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Stockwood Discovery Centre, formerly known as Stockwood Craft Museum, is one of two free admission museums situated in Luton (the other is Wardown Park Museum). The museums in Luton are a part of a charitable trust, Luton Culture. The discovery centre displays collections of local social history, archaeology, geology and rural crafts.
The plant, which makes Vauxhall Vivaro vans, was due to be overhauled next year to make electric models