Stourbridge car group roll back the years as they make tracks for Longbridge event to celebrate Rover history
A group of car enthusiasts from the Black Country joined around 4,000 others at an event in Birmingham to mark 20 years since the closure of the Rover plant at Longbridge.
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Nine vehicles set off from the Ten Arches pub in Stourbridge on Saturday (April 26) to drive the 13 miles to Cofton Park in Rednal for the Pride of Longbridge event.
Started in 2006, a year after the nearby car factory closed, the event brings together the car community with ex- and present employees to 'come together and celebrate the great that came out of Longbridge.'
Amongst the vehicles setting off from Stourbridge was a Morris LC5 commercial vehicle dating back to 1960 and restored, with a sign on the top reading 'Canal and Vehicle Services' and 'SJ Bingham of the Hayes, Lye' on the side.
It joined Minis, MGs and many other cars who have history with the Longbridge plant at the event, which is billed as a celebration of all things Rover.
Ross Bingham and Richard Maddox helped organise the convoy from Stourbridge and Mr Bingham said: "We try to do this every year to keep alive the brands and cars that were made at or associated with Longbridge and the numbers attending the event seem to grow so there is obviously a big appetite to see these vehicles live on."
