Longbridge
Demolition
The
demolition of the Longbridge Site started in 2006 after Nangjing
had bought the company from the Administrator.
It is nearly twelve months when the first phase of the demolition
started with the removal of the conveyor that took unpainted bodies
from the West Works over the A38 to the South side and up to the
Car Assemble Building.
The Old West Works was the next to be demolished.
New West Works built for the Metro bodies although cleared of all
the equipment it is still standing. But if a tenant can not be
found by the end of the year then that build is likely to be
demolished.
The next site to be demolished was the North Works. This site was
built in the first World War and consisted of a Foundry, Machine
Shops, Tool Room and later on produced the 'A' series engine.
East Works was the next and this was the biggest site to be
demolished. This site also included the Cofton Works which was
built to machine and assemble the 'E' series engine, and gearbox.
The first car that used this power unit was the Maxi.
The last site was part of South Works which is where the the
Company Started. This was the area that you could see as you drove
down the A38 from Rubery, which had in the foreground the island
that was always a theatre of colour.
2008 will see the following landmarks demolished. The General
Office Block on the Lickey Road. The railway Ticket Office on the
bridge, Also it looks that the New West Works (Metro Shop) will
also disappear in the first quarter of
2008
I do intend to produce a DVD in 2008 of the changes that have taken place on the Longbridge Site when the buildings mentioned above have been demolished