Yes very sad news.ciderman wrote:Just want to correct a few points recently raised regarding LMC Hadrian. LMC Hadrian only manufactured at Westbury Site, although they did open a northern site for just over a year but this didn't work out. LMC Hadrian made Morris Minor Panels long before they bought Hendric out. As for the work force all are out of work now. The tools have gone to 3 different places obvioulsy the minor ones to ESM. As for all machines and presses they have been cut up and put in scrape bins. Most of the knowledge regarding the machines and tools go with the redundant work force particularly 2 chaps.
I think it was the Midlands (Coventry site) that was only in operation for a year or so. I assume that was just a distrubution warehouse. The NW site at Hexham I understood was the first site. when I first started dealing with them the MD/owner or whatever he was certainly came from the North East! (this would be about 12 years ago). All history now anyway.
As an aside to the serious news, when they bought Henric out, the deal also included the Morris Minor Lobster car, originally built for a childerns TV program. He said it was standing in a corner of their premises at Hexham and that it was the standing joke that any new employee or sales rep got it a as a company car. I don't think they really knew what to do with it tbh! Anyone know what became of it?
Incidentally, I've been doing some work for the company that bought the assets of LDV vans, and understand that much of that equipment was scrapped - such a waste. At least some of the original workforce have been retained.
i feel sorry for the guys put out of work and production of sorts goes on thousands of miles away and not a patch on there work!.
