Abingdon's Finest

MG has e'er played a prominent business office in British social history, in addition to its cars convey e'er been enthusiastically praised. H5N1 home-grown concept, MG became internationally successful, largely due to the uniqueness of the factory; a identify unit of measurement unit that supported innovation, race craft, had a talented blueprint team, in addition to provided opportunities for it's employees. The success of the manufacturing works life propelled the small-scale marketplace town of Abingdon, in Oxfordshire, onto the global map, in addition to made MG into an international build that has survived almost a century of change.

We convey a reveal of books on MG at Abingdon, such every bit MG's Abingdon Factory and Don Hayter's MGB Story, simply the existent stand upwards out has to live our newest mass MG, Made inwards Abingdon. An active volunteer of Abingdon County Hall Museum, writer Bob Frampton has collected the memories of many of the men in addition to women who worked at Abingdon, to render an intimate in addition to unique employment organisation human relationship of what it was similar to operate inwards MG's Abingdon factory.

This mass is proving to live a pop buy, in addition to amongst reviews similar these, its tardily to encounter why!

"This is social history at its best, [it's] every bit much most skilled trades, store flooring romances in addition to lower-league football game every bit making cars." – Classic Cars

"We are used to reading most the large names inwards MG's history, simply this mass gives vox to or then thousands who worked inwards the Abingdon factory, helping to create the cars nosotros dear ... it opens a window on aspects of MG life that rarely teach an airing inwards public." – MG Enthusiast

It's Bob recognition that the most of import aspect of MG's success was its squad – tea-boys in addition to girls, the store flooring workers, the engineers in addition to racers, the apprentices in addition to administration – that makes this mass such an interesting read. Factory life is oftentimes overlooked in addition to unremarked on, simply the story of MG's manufacturing works life is an of import reflection of the British motor manufacture from the perspective of the store flooring operate force.

From memories of the production line, to recollections of racing incidents, the previously untold story of MG from the men in addition to women who worked inwards the Abingdon manufacturing works life is revealed for the kickoff time. Yes, it's sure enough a nostalgic await at an historic marque, simply to a greater extent than than that, it's an historically of import tape of a unique menstruum inwards social history.

Image credit British Motor Heritage Museum

From the 14th of Apr until the 24th of June, Abingdon County Hall Museum volition solid a novel exhibition entitled "Automotive Design: Innovations at MG Abingdon". Using recent donations from MGB Pb designer Don Hayter, the museum volition celebrate the importance in addition to do of skillful blueprint inwards automotive production, in addition to how MG made innovative steps frontward inwards this industry.

This weekend sees the exhibition opening, in addition to to marketplace he occasion, Abingdon County Hall Museum volition live hosting a mass signing final result amongst Bob Frampton this Dominicus (April 15th)! For to a greater extent than information, yous tin contact the museum directly.