A committee has been set up under the umbrella of the Federation of Austin Clubs to support the idea of creating a “Heritage Centre” on the Longbridge site.

The purpose is to channel the feelings and aspiration of people who wish to see a permanent place, where current and future generations can see exhibits, artifacts and visual presentation the History of 'The Austin'.

The developer St Modwen has been most helpful in allowing Gillian Bardsley the BMIHT archivist from Gaydon, along with Colin Corke and John Baker to take pictures, video and collect artifacts prior to the demolition and part occupation of the site by MG Nanjing.

Below is example of the various signs saved.

'K' Gate where it all started

Yes the Rover & MG signs were saved along with a section of the famous gate itself. These are now the property of the BMIHT Gaydon

The Centre would be able to call on BMIHT to supply material on loan.

So to give the committee a flavour of what the wider interested parties across the world would like to see. Please contact me at inventco@tiscali.co.uk  . Please take the trouble to respond, we wish to have a Centre that will be well attended and therefore able to be self financing for many years.