Longbridge today?
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http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2278#more-2278
Not sure if it is a repost, but I have never seen it.
Interesting reading
Not sure if it is a repost, but I have never seen it.
Interesting reading
Noesph said:
Interesting indeed. Longbridge has been reopened though? some of it anyway, I think some of it was knocked down.
All but the 'main' site was demolished soon - within a couple of years - after "the collapse". I illegally went walkabout around the East Works in April 2006 (I wasn't alone, and there are pics on the 'web - it was a vast abandoned place, and the police were very friendly as one would expect from 2 wPCs dealing with a couple of hundred of us Edited by Noesph on Monday 23 January 00:06
) but by April 2007 it was gone. The other sites - 3 more? - have also been demolished, and were available for industry to set up (oh, the irony) there when I was last there in 2010.More recently, the "main site" (behind Q Gate etc) has indeed largely been demolished as well
.Interesting link OP. I've not been past Longbridge for a long time but once went inside for the official dealer launch day of the 25 & 45.
All of a sudden I feel very old having typed that.
ETA: You'd not get me exploring abandoned places like that - climbing old dock cranes which have been unused for 40 years? f
k. That.
All of a sudden I feel very old having typed that.
ETA: You'd not get me exploring abandoned places like that - climbing old dock cranes which have been unused for 40 years? f
k. That.Edited by FunBusMk2 on Monday 23 January 05:07
The Crack Fox said:
Very old story. As interesting as urban exploration is, there's something about this lot that gets up my nose...
Taken from the link...
"I’m not going to pretend i have any real emotions when it comes to the decline in British industry as ultimately it doesn’t effect me. Yes it sucks that people are loosing their jobs and i feel for the effected workers and their families, but as I’m able to go to the shop and buy something for a 60% reduced price as a result of it being manufactured in China, that’s as far as my emotions go."
Total. Moron. Taken from the link...
"I’m not going to pretend i have any real emotions when it comes to the decline in British industry as ultimately it doesn’t effect me. Yes it sucks that people are loosing their jobs and i feel for the effected workers and their families, but as I’m able to go to the shop and buy something for a 60% reduced price as a result of it being manufactured in China, that’s as far as my emotions go."
Assuming he is in fact British, is he that stupid that he can't see the continuing decline of our economy aided in no small part by the loss of so much of the industry and manufacturing that we once had? I personally had no real love for Rover and in fact couldn't name a single model I'd even want to own.. but the loss of them, like any of our other home industries, is an enormous loss and will continue to impact us all.
What good is it having 60% cheaper products to buy in the shops, if we haven't got any jobs to earn the money to go and buy them?
I'm confused. I know the SAI (Chinese) only needed a small corner of the site to assemble MGFs but how many did they actually build?
And does the MG6 exist at all? I never seem to see any recent MGs on the road. Ah yes, here we are,
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/201...
".......the Longbridge firm enjoying its biggest sales month in December 2011 after nearly seven years under Chinese ownership.
"MG Motor UK notched up 111 sales last month, easily its best performance since the reopening of the Birmingham car plant after the collapse of MG Rover in April 2005.
"The pre-Christmas boost for the Shanghai Automotive-owned car firm helped MG Motor increase overall sales for last year by nearly 28 per cent to 360, compared to 282 in 2010."
Sounds as though they're vying with Lotus to see who can sell the fewest cars.
And does the MG6 exist at all? I never seem to see any recent MGs on the road. Ah yes, here we are,
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/201...
".......the Longbridge firm enjoying its biggest sales month in December 2011 after nearly seven years under Chinese ownership.
"MG Motor UK notched up 111 sales last month, easily its best performance since the reopening of the Birmingham car plant after the collapse of MG Rover in April 2005.
"The pre-Christmas boost for the Shanghai Automotive-owned car firm helped MG Motor increase overall sales for last year by nearly 28 per cent to 360, compared to 282 in 2010."
Sounds as though they're vying with Lotus to see who can sell the fewest cars.
Ozzie Osmond said:
".......the Longbridge firm enjoying its biggest sales month in December 2011 after nearly seven years under Chinese ownership.
"MG Motor UK notched up 111 sales last month, easily its best performance since the reopening of the Birmingham car plant after the collapse of MG Rover in April 2005.
Well, they did a deal with Avis to take 100 of them for a while which account for most of those registrations. Assuming the balance were retail sales and not extra demos being registered etc. they sold 11."MG Motor UK notched up 111 sales last month, easily its best performance since the reopening of the Birmingham car plant after the collapse of MG Rover in April 2005.
LHD said:
aw51 121565 said:
More recently, the "main site" (behind Q Gate etc) has indeed largely been demolished as well .
How recently? .I was there last year and it was all still up.
. The Flight Shed is now going (or has gone) I believe (from a few internet fora) - I'm being deliberately vague on the location (I am not really up to speed on Longbridge's former layout tbh) but it's most of the stuff off Lowhill Lane that is going/has gone recently. aw51 121565 said:
LHD said:
aw51 121565 said:
More recently, the "main site" (behind Q Gate etc) has indeed largely been demolished as well .
How recently? .I was there last year and it was all still up.
. The Flight Shed is now going (or has gone) I believe (from a few internet fora) - I'm being deliberately vague on the location (I am not really up to speed on Longbridge's former layout tbh) but it's most of the stuff off Lowhill Lane that is going/has gone recently. I am not suggesting their antics are to applaud, but the photos were of interest to me, especially the 7. What was that doing there?
I don't know how old they are, only the factory was shut.
It surprised me so much was going on with so few orders. All those shells presumably scrapped now.
I don't know how old they are, only the factory was shut.
It surprised me so much was going on with so few orders. All those shells presumably scrapped now.
The Crack Fox said:
Very old story. As interesting as urban exploration is, there's something about this lot that gets up my nose...
Taken from the link...
"I’m not going to pretend i have any real emotions when it comes to the decline in British industry as ultimately it doesn’t effect me. Yes it sucks that people are loosing their jobs and i feel for the effected workers and their families, but as I’m able to go to the shop and buy something for a 60% reduced price as a result of it being manufactured in China, that’s as far as my emotions go."
I'm shocked the author of that is able to spell, I didn't realise people with bubbles instead of brains could function. Taken from the link...
"I’m not going to pretend i have any real emotions when it comes to the decline in British industry as ultimately it doesn’t effect me. Yes it sucks that people are loosing their jobs and i feel for the effected workers and their families, but as I’m able to go to the shop and buy something for a 60% reduced price as a result of it being manufactured in China, that’s as far as my emotions go."
KaraK said:
I've not got anything against Urban Exploration even where it is of shall we say questionable legality. But for me this lot crossed the line into good old breaking and entering.
not really. it was quite easy to get into without any need for force.this lot pictured were not your usual urbexers though.
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