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If you’ve ever fancied visiting Longbridge for a factory tour, now’s your opportunity. MG Motor UK is opening its gates for two-hour tours of the facility starting on 15 March. The tours take place every Thursday, start at 1.00pm, and last for approximately two hours. Visitors will be able to learn more about MG, thanks […]
Keith Adams I must admit that the eternal soap opera that is BMC and its descendents never ceases to amaze and impress with its capacity to turn up new and exciting twists. As we all know, even when the drama should have ended – in 2005 – but instead, it followed an exciting new tangent… […]The Birmingham Post
by Paul Suart, Birmingham Post A campaign is gathering pace in Birmingham for a museum to be built to commemorate the former MG Rover plant and its workforce. A petition is expected to be submitted to Birmingham City Council in the next few days ..
via Calls for museum legacy to MG Rover plant in Longbridge – The Birmingham Post.
Keith Adams MG Motor UK opened its doors to ex-Longbridge workers and managers and invited them to share their memories of time worked at the iconic works based on Low Hill Lane. The day was a success, attracting many visitors – some of whom had first hand access to Herbert Austin’s office. Enjoy Central TV‘s […]
Keith Adams The current management at Longbridge is opening its doors for what it is hoping to be a fantastic trip down memory lane for ex-workers at what locals for years called ‘The Austin’. The reunion takes place on 30 November and the organisers are hoping it will be one special days and are inviting […]
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MG back in Birmingham
FinancialNews.co.uk Up until now prospective customers had to travel as far as Dudley to buy one of the new MG vehicles. MG is the last surviving part of the MG Rover Group, which collapsed in 2005 at a cost of more than 6000 jobs. The Longbridge plant, once the largest … |
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On the new MG6 production line at Longbridge
BBC News Chinese-owned Birmingham car maker MG has revealed it has landed more than £5m worth of orders for its new model, the MG6. The model is the first large-scale production at Birmingham's Longbridge plant since the demise of Rover in 2005 with the loss of … |
EARLY last century, among the green meadows to the South of the dreaming spires of Oxford City, there was a village called Temple Cowley. In one corner of this village there was a large, delapidated building that had once been a military college but was left empty for 20 years, until… A century of carmaking… […]
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THERE’S a lot to come for Longbridge, and we’re still scraping the surface of its long and bittersweet history. On a cold Thursday afternoon in the winter months of 2005, RICHARD PORTER took a stroll round the factory, and came over all thoughtful… Down and out in Longbridge LONGBRIDGE is not going to feature on […]
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