Aircraft Factory to be Built in Lancashire
LONDON SITE ABANDONED. (British Official Wireless.) Received Wednesday, 7.30 p.m'. RUGBY, Jan. 26. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, announced, in view of the wider considerations involved in the case of tho proposed new aircraft factory at White Waltham, near Maidenhead, that the Minister for Air was prepared to waive his preference for this site and was taking immediate steps to find a suitable site in Lancashire.
Maidenhead stands on the right bank of the Thames 24 miles west of London on the Great Western Railway. The industries include brewing, but the town is chiefly known as a boating centre.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 23, 28 January 1937, Page 6
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