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Britain By Car - A Motoring History

Bradford

A large city in the West Riding of Yorkshire, about eight miles west of Leeds.  Many of Bradford’s older buildings reflect the time when it was the UK’s greatest wool textile centre.

Bradford Industrial Museum

An interesting industrial museum, with a permanent display of Jowett cars.

Location
Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Mills, Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP

Date
1970 - present

Jowett

The home of the Jowett Motor Company from the end of the First World War to the mid-1950s.

Location
Jowett Cars Ltd, Springfield Works, Five Lane Ends, Bradford Road, Idle, near Bradford.

Date
1920 - 1954