The Ghosts Of Longbridge

A poignant video of the interior of the deserted former Rover factory at Longbridge, Birmingham not long before its demolition.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• MG
• Austin
• Rover
• Longbridge
• factory

[88minicity]

whats this song called btw?

[MetroMandy]

Hi, its called "Adagio" by Barber.

[Norsecrow]

what is the name of the song?

[MetroMandy]

Hi :) Its Barber's Adagio For Strings.

[landrovernutta2008]

JSJ24UK ur an utter bastard you have no compassion for the people who had a living to pay for i too am an ex rover 75 owner i only sold the beautiful machine due to family matters ur a right fuckin knob i hope u burn for eternity in hell ur a waste of human life

RIP longbridge and my condolences too all the workers

[badgerlad69]

I don't think people realise that a lot of poor quality (Clarkson!) 'Rover' cars were built at Cowley (sorry Oxford!!), where the B*W MINI is now built.

If we'd have got the MINI (like we voted for at the NEC Mr Woodley) we would have had a job for life.

In my mind there is only one MINI & thats the five million that were built at Longbridge.

[MrDionisis7]

What the papers in 1:04 say.

[MrJezza31]

so sad

[hamsterdance4lyf08]

@88minicity Same man I come from Swindon myself, I've loved British cars and now all of it to the dust and been owned by Franko the foreigner.

[rlh43]

Yes I agree with you. I have a lways loved the BMC & BL cars. I have hundreds of sales brochures, original press photos and models of those wonderful cars.

[88minicity]

so sad. so much history, all gone. i went to see the remains of longbridge, was shocking. if longbridge was still ebing used. i would move from swindon, all the way to birmingham. i'm 15, and i appreciate the history surrounding longbridge.

[CaraBrimleyRules]

Basically what killed Austin Rover was the Unions.

I remember it was always on the news in the 80's and 90's. The shop stewards, and pickets, and strikes, and work to rules. Demands for pay increases above market rates. They don't have strikes and work to rules in China and Japan.

So the workers and unions have only themselves to blame for the demise of Longbridge.

[andysllt]

i worked there many happy times and sadly missed

[officialraf]

Is very sad.this factory was birthplace of great cars in a golden era to British industries;and now the chineses killed what remains.Thanks:

-Incompetent admistration to BL ;

-Uncreative engineers and designers;

- A stupid handful of red workers and

disoriented labour goverment in 70's

Of largest carmaker in the world in 50"s to demolition. Is time to recriate one great british industries :no more indians, chineses,germans,building in Britain;is not racism, but the british people deserves this