I bet there will be a competition for a Chinese Take-away.

But seriously I do hope that Birmingham City Council do choose to remember the history of car production at Longbridge in a permanent way such as road names...or suburbs

 

They could put in a bus depot so that every day the cry that made the Austin name (In)famous throughout the land throughout the 70's could once again be heard and comemmorated when the dirver says "last stop. EVERYBODY OUT!"

:getcoat:

 

Regarding road names, when they plonked houses on the old Triumph factory site at Canley in Coventry they gave some of the streets 'fitting' names. Hence there are signs for Dolomite Street and Herald Avenue and so on. Personally, I want a house on Constantly Overheating Badly Designed Stag V8 Street.

 

what about "Quartic wheel" way

 

Phoenix Park (oh no that's in Dublin already)

 

how about "run into the ground" way

 

English Patient Lane
Lame Duck Crescent
Chinese Avenue
Liftnshift Street
Tower Hill
Last Chance Saloon Meadows
Rover and Out Way

 

What about "HGF Place"?

 

Trust you.

lol

mg2:

 

Have i missed something? is it finally and deffinatly over for mg-rover?

 

Nope.

:sick2:

 

English Patient Lane
Lame Duck Crescent
Chinese Avenue
Liftnshift Street
Tower Hill
Last Chance Saloon Meadows
Rover and Out Way

Recall Place

Strike Lane

Collapse Avenue

Fat Cat Mews

Dwindling Sales-upon-longbridge

 

Have i missed something? is it finally and deffinatly over for mg-rover?

No, Nanjing are talking about renting 100 acres or so off St Modwen, but that leaves 300 acres or so for them to develop.

 

Personally, I want a house on Constantly Overheating Badly Designed Stag V8 Street.

Jesus.

Do you go on any other car marque forums to make snide remarks about their vehicles, or do you reserve your attention exclusively for BL/MGR products?

 

I'm going to start the ball rolling by making a sensible and practical suggestion.

Edge Close/Way etc... after Stanley Howard Edge, who designed the Austin 7.

 

Jesus.

Do you go on any other car marque forums to make snide remarks about their vehicles, or do you reserve your attention exclusively for BL/MGR products?

"Mr Regan, this is reception. We've got a sense of humour down here with your name on the side.... No use for it you say?... Okay, bye..."

 

"Mr Regan, this is reception. We've got a sense of humour down here with your name on the side.... No use for it you say?... Okay, bye..."

Hmm.

You are always making snide and critical remarks about BL etc products. Even when you are proved wrong you won't admit you were wrong. You start nitpicking, as you have done with MGJohn on another thread about SUVs (on which he was right about the Black Country and its motor industry associations).

Tell us now. Do you go onto other marque forums and behave there as you do here, constantly carping at their cars? Or is it just a problem you have with MGR etc?

 

In fairness, if your a British car fan, it's hard not to remark on a BL product since most of the British Motor Industry at one time or another ended up under BL's rusting wing.

 

Hmm.

You are always making snide and critical remarks about BL etc products. Even when you are proved wrong you won't admit you were wrong. You start nitpicking, as you have done with MGJohn on another thread about SUVs (on which he was right about the Black Country and its motor industry associations).

Tell us now. Do you go onto other marque forums and behave there as you do here, constantly carping at their cars? Or is it just a problem you have with MGR etc?

Do I go on other marque specific fora and carp about their cars? I have to confess I don't even visit many other one make websites. What I love about this place, apart from fuelling my genuine interest and enthusiasm for MG-Rover and its antecedants (honestly!) is that it's not just the usual 'I like my blah-blah, does anyone know where I can get some mudflaps?' type of chat. Here, almost uniquely, we get background engineering stories, wider political debate, a whole range of related topics debated.

When have I been wrong and not admitted it? Speaking of which, you still haven't given me evidence of anti-MGR reporting despite suggesting that there is a boundless quantity of it out there.

Finally, I'm not nit picking when I pick up John on his Black Country reference. As a Midlander these distinctions are important. John surely meant Solihull, which is forever associated with Land Rover (and the Rover Company before it), and the Black Country is a very different place. It's not nit picking, just being factually correct. Component suppliers indeed! If I was talking (until quite recently when the factory closed) about Raleigh bicycles I would expect to say Nottingham because that's the town that is always associated with that firm and not, for example, Selby just because that's where their saddle supplier was based!

 

Wouldn't it be nice for a thread on this forum to remain un-corrupted by bickering and back stabbing and keep on topic...just for once......

I think there should be a park area...appropriately named as Herbert Austion Park..which could feature 'modernist' sculptures and artwork to reflect the sadly defunt 100 year old history of car production...maybe using parts of cars etc

 

how about a car based theme park and a museum comemorating car building at longbridge!!:2c:

 

In fairness, if your a British car fan, it's hard not to remark on a BL product since most of the British Motor Industry at one time or another ended up under BL's rusting wing.

It's fair to say that if you're a 'British car' fan it's very likely you will be a BL/MGR etc fan since as you say most of our motor industry was at one time or another part of BL.

 

When have I been wrong and not admitted it?

For one your comment that you 'couldn't believe' that I equated the Rover 600 and BMW 3 series, and separately the Rover 800 and 5 series, in terms of their class in the market place.

Speaking of which, you still haven't given me evidence of anti-MGR reporting despite suggesting that there is a boundless quantity of it out there.

I posted these for everyone... not just you... some time ago. If you don't want to look for them that's your problem not mine.

Finally, I'm not nit picking when I pick up John on his Black Country reference. As a Midlander these distinctions are important. John surely meant Solihull, which is forever associated with Land Rover (and the Rover Company before it), and the Black Country is a very different place. It's not nit picking, just being factually correct. Component suppliers indeed!

Yes, component suppliers, who supply components for L-R and until last year for MGR and whose employees depend on the jobe created. Add to that the many car workers who live in the Black Country and MGJohn was correct... but again you engaged in nitpicking, and took the thread completely off-topic by bringing in his own self-description.

 

Susan, Charles...
(OFF TOPIC)
Errm... you two aren't married to each other are you? I'm getting images of the squabbling couple who run the shop in "Father Ted"!

:itschy:
:bgrin:

(END OFF TOPIC)

 

Wouldn't it be nice for a thread on this forum to remain un-corrupted by bickering and back stabbing and keep on topic...just for once......

But Daaaad, he started it!

On the road names theme, I just had a quick look on streetmap.co.uk and discovered that there is already a Rover Avenue in Ilford, many Austin Avenues including one in Wigan, Metro Avenue in Derbyshire and Montego Close is Brixton!