By: Snoopy7422 - 9th December 2011 at 13:43
Oh The Irony Of It…
Great efforts were made in the war to protect the likes of Brummagem from bombing. After the war, the council, working hand in hand with the property developers, did far more damage than the Luftwaffe ever did. Often the baby very much went out with the bathwater. The old Birmingham Lending Library would be a classic example, or Snow Hill Station. This is just a continuance of that trend. They will destroy genuine heritage, then create false plastic ‘Heritage’, and ‘Heritage Trails’, and silly little brown sign that state the bleedin’ obvious, such as when we are entering Warwickshire – it’s ‘Shakespeare Country’ – no kiddin’……really…??? Such people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Castle Bromwich quite rightly has had it’s fair share of the plaudits for it’s efforts during the war. Sadly, the many other complexes who toiled away during the war to produce a/c have been neglected, Longbridge being a prime case in point. Cofton Hacket was also used regularly by the likes of Cobham too before the war.
By: pagen01 - 6th December 2011 at 22:00
Don’t forget that listing does not automatically prevent demolition, it depends on the listing status and the local authorities desires for the space that the building occupies – sadly.
By: |RLWP - 6th December 2011 at 21:58
Now, I thought the Flight Shed was listed
Richard
By: avion ancien - 6th December 2011 at 21:38
Maybe St Modwen were worried that it might be listed – that’s usually high on a developer’s list of reasons for demolishing something.
By: Jagx204 - 6th December 2011 at 20:58
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
Many happy hours working in here in the past, soaking up the atmosphere of the place, when it was the powertrain development shop.
Oh and Moggy, here is a Battle Herbert Austin did visit – possibly taken at the time of the Royal visit. – V1249. Rather poignantly its not far from where that demolition crane is now pictured in the linked article. Yet more of our Aviation / Motoring heritage destroyed….
By: Moggy C - 6th December 2011 at 14:42
I know you don’t necessarily expect high standards of Journalism from regional reporters but…
Also built at Longbridge was the Fairey Battle light bomber, which King George VI visited six months before war broke out in 1939
Do we know which Battle it was he visited and why that particular one was selected?
:rolleyes:
Moggy
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December 6, 2011 at 1:59 pm