MG's Abingdon Factory is a pictorial study of the workers who built the legendary MG motor car. With over 160 period photos depicting factory life, car building and the war effort, this is a fascinating story.
The many original pictures in this book chronicle every aspect of the factory, from its opening amidst great euphoria in 1930 to its closing amidst great recriminations in 1980.
● Includes many photos taken by employees and kept in private collections ● Reveals the many facets of everyday factory life ● Illustrates the willingness of the employees to adapt to change ● The little known work carried out during the war ● Illustrates the way that the factory governed the mens’ working and leisure lives ● Captions reveal an intimate knowledge of the pictures’ subjects ● An important record of MG history ● Reveals MGs initiative in designing testing facilties to conform to EU & USA regulations ● Tells stories of the generations of families working together in the factory ● Will prove to many people that Abingdon could have still been in the forefront of sport car manufacture
