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Re: Cowley aircraft dump........

Posted by Graham ODriscoll on Wed Mar 27, 2002 10:08:50 AM

In reply top Cowley aircraft dump........ posted by Cees Broere on Wed Mar 27, 2002 09:28:32 AM

That's land still occupied by the old Morris car factory. Not sure what is happening with that now, could be still Rover group production, difficult to keep track with all the BMW takeover/sell goings on. But I think it's the factory where the 'new' Mini(BMW ownership) is built.



: Looking through the FlyPast forum archives I found another
: dumpstory:
:
: .........Cowley during W.W.II and are full of stories rega
: rding the factory and the aircraft graveyard. Apparently m
: any wrecks were off-loaded from trains and trucks at the W
: atlington Road railhead and then ultimately dumped (someti
: mes ammunition and all) in trenches dug on the land betwee
: n there and the Garsington and Horspath Road and on the "n
: ow" Blackbird Leys side. Some of these guys were apt to li
: berate metals and compass components from the trenches for
: "onward" recycling and personal profit. Makes you wonder
: if some salvageable components still exist under the earth
: around there............
:
:
: Probably known, but who on this forum lives nearby to chec
: k this out?
:
: Cees
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