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Archive on 4: Motortowns

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The rise and fall of the car factory.  Presented by Sarfraz Mansoor.

Sarfraz Mansoor tells the story of the motortowns through 70 years of archive and local oral history recordings. From 2004.

Many of Britain's car factory towns have had to face the fact that their days of producing cars are numbered.   

Sarfraz Mansoor tells the story of the motortowns through more than 70 years of archive and local oral history recordings.

He also looks at the changing fortunes of Luton, Longbridge, Cowley, Halewood and Dagenham, where in 1929 Henry Ford sited the largest car prodcution factory in Europe.

Producer: Sara Parker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2004.

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