It is over 20 years since I visited Longbridge regularly for meetings with senior management, having been involved with engineers from the 'orstin' since my apprenticeship days in the 1950s. I was invited by MG Motor UK Ltd to visit Longbridge on 30 November 2011 for what was described as a Reunion Day, but within just one corner of the original site. Past colleagues appeared in relevant cars, including an original Austin Seven, for some very interesting reminiscing, particularly over a photograph of John Cooper and Ken Tyrrell with a BMC-engined Formula Junior car. This was all in what we knew as the 'Elephant House', originally the styling studio where David Bache and Roy Axe held court. The area that was the Austin Rover Marketing Department is now the MG Design Office, out of bounds to us visitors, but the original Exhibition Hall now houses a recreation of Lord Austin's office and a 'Museum' collection of seemingly unrelated cars, apart from a few select Minis.
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机译：自从1950年代的学徒生涯以来，我就定期与Longbridge的工程师进行交流，距我定期拜访Longbridge已有20多年了。我受到MG Motor UK Ltd的邀请，于2011年11月30日访问长桥，这被称为“团圆日”，但距原址只有一个角落。过去的同事出现在相关的汽车中，包括原始的奥斯丁七号，引起了一些非常有趣的回忆，特别是在约翰·库珀和肯·泰瑞尔用BMC引擎设计的Formula Junior赛车上的照片上。这就是我们称为“大象屋”的全部内容，最初是David Bache和Roy Ax提起法庭的造型工作室。奥斯汀漫游者市场部现在是MG设计办公室，对我们的游客来说是无限制的，但是原来的展览厅现在容纳了奥斯丁勋爵办公室的休闲场所和看似无关的汽车的“博物馆”收藏，除了很少选择迷你车。
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