Cowley

throbscottle

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• Aug 11, 2015

• #1

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

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• Aug 11, 2015

• #2

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

 

MaxHeadRoom78

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• Aug 11, 2015

• #3

Which Cowley?
Max.

 

Musicmanager

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• Aug 11, 2015

• #4

Cowley's more like Hinkley without the street lamps !

Ian Rogers said:

I was born in Corby!!!!

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

MaxHeadRoom78 said:

Which Cowley?

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

S

 

JimB

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• Aug 11, 2015

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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

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• Aug 11, 2015

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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

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• Aug 11, 2015

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My mum says they used to make Cowley cars there

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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

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• Aug 11, 2015

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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

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• Aug 11, 2015

• #9

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

 

Musicmanager

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• Aug 11, 2015

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throbscottle said:

What other Cowleys are there?

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

 

granddad

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• Aug 12, 2015

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

 

Musicmanager

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• Aug 12, 2015

• #12

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

 

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picbits

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• Aug 16, 2015

• #13

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

 

Ian Rogers

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• Aug 16, 2015

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picbits said:

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

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Was that upstairs in the precinct?

 

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picbits

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• Aug 16, 2015

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

 

Ian Rogers

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• Aug 16, 2015

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

 

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picbits

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• Aug 18, 2015

• #17

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