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Shortstown is a village on the outskirts of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. The village was originally built by Short Brothers for its workers, but evolved into a settlement for people working at the RAF Cardington base. The population of Shortstown is 2,401 (as of 2011)〔(Link text ), additional text.〕 There is a social club, a shop and a school: Shortstown Primary School Shortstown started with the establishment of the Airship Works in 1917, when housing for the workforce was built next to the airfield. In 1918 and 1927, sheds (later Grade II * listed buildings) were built for the R100 and R101 airships which then represented the latest passenger flight technology. == Shorts Building and Airship Sheds == The main Shorts Building was built next to what is now the A600 road as an hotel for air passengers, but was never completed, because of the demise of the airship as a mode of passenger transport following the loss of the R101 in October 1930. Later the building was used by RAF Cardington for teaching and administration and as an officers' mess. It was empty and unused for some years and became very dilapidated. In late summer 2010 renovation work started; scaffolding was erected and part of the large-scale re-development was the meticulous restoration of the Shorts Building, completed in December 2011. Bellway also constructed an extensive new air and army cadet centre, borrowing elements of its design from existing housing within Shortstown. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shortstown」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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