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Re: logo and Cowley

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Subject: Re: logo and Cowley
From: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 13:09:35 CST
Paul Thompson writes >

>Cowley is a district of Oxford. There has been a car factory in Cowley ever
>since Morris started up. I grew up in Oxford and at that time it was a British
>Leyland plant. It now belongs to Rover but I'm not sure if there is any
>production there any more.

Some of the Spridgets were built at Cowley.  

That's about the only bit of Britcar trivia on which I beat Scott Fisher #1!  
(He said they were all built at Abingdon.)  I hear Scott is again gainfully 
employed. Looking forward to his return to the net.

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