Alas, too true. Once was the time when good old 'Avro's' employed skilled men and women by the thousand. In a vision on British industry past, the factory whistle blew at four, and scores of favourite uncles set forth aboard their trusty Honda C90s and BSA Bantams, putt-putting home, some with a pipe ablaze beneath a pudding bowl helmet. 'Those Vulcans, them 748s, and the Nimrods, we built 'em all!'
Now, will it be scores of Mercedes leaving executive detached homes?
Nail on the head with the Honda 90, I then progressed to a Honda 175 before really going upmarket with a Vauxhall Viva, 19 years I did there, learnt the trade then realised money was to be made elsewhere, I've even got Woodford in my logbook a few times now, glad I did it before the JCB's move in!