Ryton-on-Dunsmore

[2] The A45 dual carriageway bissects Ryton, and nearby villages include Bubbenhall, Stretton-on-Dunsmore and Wolston.The factory was originally constructed by the Rootes Group in 1940 to build aircraft engines during World War II.After the war it became the headquarters of the Rootes Group, but when the organisation entered financial difficulties in the 1960s, the company (in stages) and thus the plant was taken over by the American car manufacturing giant Chrysler.Chrysler itself entered financial difficulties, and sold the plant for a symbolic US$1.00 to PSA Peugeot Citroën in 1978, and from this stage, all cars produced at the plant were badged as Talbots, reviving an old brand name to replace the Chrysler brand in Britain, and the Simca name on the continent.[9] The Academy of Coventry City F.C., the Sky Blues Lodge, is based on the Leamington Road in the village.
The Malt Shovel
1972 Hillman Avenger saloon built at the Ryton plant
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