The following is from Gerhard Keisling's three wheeler site:
From: Martyn Webb Message No. 71 Date: 2000-03-10
Subject: Original Morgan Factory to be demolished!
ORIGINAL MORGAN FACTORY TO BE DEMOLISHED! The original Morgan factory built
by H.F.S. Morgan in 1905 is due to be demolished if a Malvern garage gains
approval to redevelop the site. Brooklyn Ford Ltd. of Worcester Road have
submitted plans to Malvern council planning department to replace the
historic building with a car wash.
Morgan & Co. Garage and Motor Works were opened in May 1905 to attend to the
needs of the ever-increasing number of motorists visiting the town. Harry
Morgan also operated Malvern´s first bus service from the site. Following the
success of the prototype Morgan three-wheeler at the Olympia show of 1910,
the garage business was scaled down and the building adapted to produce the
"Morgan Runabout". Soon after the Great War the company transferred most of
the production facilities to its new site in Pickersleigh Road, however, the
machine shop remained at the Worcester Road factory until the 1930s. The site
was acquired by Bowman & Acock Ltd. in 1936 who were the Morgan agents for
the district for many years.
In recent years the buildings elegant façade has been disfigured by
unsympathetic modernisation, but the structure survives and as such is a
valuable part of Malvern´s motoring heritage. A formal objection has been
lodged with the Malvern Hills District Council planning department. However,
to successfully defeat these plans it is necessary to gain the maximum amount
of publicity and backing possible. If you wish to avoid the destruction of
this significant piece of Morgan history, please write expressing your views
to the local planning officer at the following address: Mr Duncan Rudge,
Planning Services, Malvern Hills District Council, Brunel Building, Portland
Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 2TB, ENGLAND.
THANK YOU.
If you need any further details of the original Morgan garage and factory and
how to prevent its destruction please E-mail me at the following address:
Martyn Webb [mwebb@merrie-england.co.uk]
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