Nevil Shute and Airspeed, York: part 2

Airspeed factory on Piccadilly, aka Reynard's Garage/'that old eyesore'

To many people in York it’s known as Reynards garage, as it was for many years. Those who don’t remember that period call it ‘an eyesore’ or ‘that old bus garage’ or ‘that old tram shed’. But this is where, in the early 1930s, the early Airspeed aircraft were built.

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