The MGF Register will be supporting this event again this year with a stand in Cofton Park. The event follows a slightly different formula this year. The meet place for the run in to Cofton Park is not Hopwood Services as it was last year, but the Avoncroft Museum (B60 4JR) for those that wish to meet up there.Originally Posted by Austin Federation Press Release, 14th March
The Pride of Longbridge, 17th April 2010
This year’s Pride of Longbridge will take place in Cofton Park Longbridge on Saturday the 17th of April from 9.30am until 4pm. This is the nearest Saturday to the date on which the majority of the Longbridge workforce was made redundant five years ago.
Wholly organised by the Austin Federation, this year’s event uses a slightly different format than in previous years. In this the Austin Federation acknowledges with thanks the financial support of the Longbridge and Northfield Wards of Birmingham City Council.
There will be no large convoy to the event. However, if participants wish to meet friends and travel to Cofton park together the Avoncroft Museum (B60 4JR) and coffee shop will be open from 9.00AM to serve as a brief gathering point and refreshment stop before participants travel on to Cofton Park by a very attractive route. Austin Federation marshals will be on hand with a route map from Avoncroft Museum to Cofton Park until 10.30AM. Avoncroft Museum cannot provide space for people to wait for a long period of time for others to join them.
All vehicles with a Longbridge connection are welcome, from Austin 7s to Rover 75s, MGFs to Austin Devons, MGBs to Vanden Plas Princess limousines. Famous names involved include, Vanden Plas, Morris, Wolseley, Riley, Honda and MG, as well as the core Longbridge brand of Austin.
Please join us in Cofton Park, opposite the Longbridge plant, to mark the fifth anniversary of the closure of MG Rover.
The event attracts a large number of Longbridge built cars from Austin 7s through to our modern day F/TF's in support of the Rover Community Action Trust and the 6000 MG Rover workers who lost their jobs in 2005. This event is usually attended by a number of ex-MGR employees and it's entirely possible you may meet someone who had a hand in creating your car.
It would be great to see a large turnout of MGF/TFs for this event.
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