Royal Enfield Motorcycles
In June 1941, during the Second World War, part of the Royal Enfield Company moved from Redditch in Worcestershire to old underground stone workings at Westwood Quarry. In the safety of the quarry the firm carried out the manufacture of Type 3 predictor sights for anti-aircraft guns and control equipment for Bofors guns.
At the end of the war the company made motorcycles, initially from stocks of spare parts. The 250cc Crusader, Meteor and Meteor Minor models were made at Greenland Mills, Bradford until 1963; the Interceptor was made at the former Wilkins brewery in Newtown, Bradford. The Constellation was made at Westwood until 1970.
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An advertisement from just after the war ended
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A poster featuring the Interceptor motorcycle, made by Royal Enfield in Bradford.
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