Cowley

[throbscottle]

I've just been to Cowley.
It's like Hinckley but without the nice bits, or like Corby but without the charm.
I don't want to go there again.

 

[Ian Rogers]

I was born in Corby!!!! Don't go back there much!! Not a lot to see!!

 

[MaxHeadRoom78]

Which Cowley?
Max.

 

[Musicmanager]

Cowley's more like Hinkley without the street lamps !

I was born in Corby!!!!

I'm sure they'll have forgiven you by now

Which Cowley?

Now there's a terrifying thought - more than one Cowley !!

S

 

[JimB]

I once went to Great Yarmouth in January.
My thoughts were: "Well they kept that nuclear apocalypse quite, not a word on the BBC news!"

Gt Yarmouth twinned with Pripyat.

JimB

 

[throbscottle]

Cowley near Oxford. My mum says they used to make Cowley cars there. "Used to make.." something. Never good.

What other Cowleys are there?

 

[JimB]

My mum says they used to make Cowley cars there

Morris cars actually, although there were various models over the years called the Morris Cowley.

Look here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Cowley

JimB

 

[MaxHeadRoom78]

I did electrical work there during my early years, saw the first Mini roll off the line, also I saw the first MGA at the MG plant just outside Oxford.
I used to bike to work past the site of original Morris Garage where they transitioned from cycles to Automobiles
Max.

 

[throbscottle]

Yes yes Morris Cowley - that's what she said! I forgot half of it

 

[Musicmanager]

What other Cowleys are there?

There's a Cowley in Gloucestershire and another close to Uxbridge in London

 

[granddad]

I once went from Solihull to Birmingham on the train , passing through Tyseley it was like Chernobyl...

 

[Musicmanager]

Ah ! You've been to Chernobyl .. .. .. . now I understand

 

[picbits]

I worked at Tandy in Corby for a bit ......

 

[Ian Rogers]

I worked at Tandy in Corby for a bit ......

Was that upstairs in the precinct?

 

[picbits]

I vaguely remember it being at street level tucked away in a rather pokey dark place.

 

[Ian Rogers]

Over 30 years since I've been there!! Place has changed beyond belief!

 

[picbits]

I would have worked there back in around 1989-90 ish - maybe slightly earlier.