You are right.
I remember reading something about them being made in the Austin factory which was in birmingham.
Lancaster is a city in Lancashire.
Hope they were better than Austin cars.
Maybe you could start one. I know little about arm
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More than a city, it is the former main administrative capital of the county its now preston. As in York for Yorkshire, derby for Derbyshire, lincoln for linconshire, exeter for devon…
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OK, now we have all given up our guns, now how do you protect yourself from the crazy people
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Yes, we have to protect ourselves from all those crazy people in the USA. Most of the world doesn’t need guns for protection. Maybe all the crazy people live in the USA.
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By building a huge wall around the USA and letting nobody out. 
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Not a solution.
We have a problem with armed irresponsible people in Australia too. Unfortunately it in linked to Middle Eastern problems and blame is being directed towards lax migration laws. Indications are it is going to cause a change of government at our next election.
People here have strong feelings about migrants bringing overseas conflicts into our country.
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Think many countries feel the same. The support structure in housing welfare resources in many cannot cope
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Yes that is an additional, but lesser issue. What we really dont want is armed racial conflicts, gang wars and drug trading.
I did not mention the other parts as did not want any views that may cause ill feelings between members of the site.
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OK lets close that part of the discussion.
No more replies on migration please. … the original topjc is still OK.
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One mass shooting organised by t3rr0rists doesn’t mean it’s widespread…
There was much worse shooting in 2019 in New Zealand, committed by an Australian…
Of much greater frequency here (but less front spectactular page headlines) is domestic violence that ends in a shooting - or take the recent case of “cookers” or “sovereign citizens” taking up arms and murdering police… In nearly all cases - those gun users were licensed firearm owners…
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Posted by a friend - he’s a legit legal gun owner :
Despite the outcry - Australians - even 99% of immigrants here are okay…
@nevj - that’s how your “irresponsible people” got guns… Most government agencies got the “razor gang” when a right wing government was elected in 2013 on a platform of “less government” (which really means : “let’s outsource the f–k out of this and give billion dollar contracts to our mates in KPMG, PWC” et cetera)… Their “home affairs minister” outsourced a security contract to a mob who’s business address was a shack by a salt lake…
As for “Middle Eastern Problems” Australia’s military industrial complex makes bomb bay doors that F35’s use to drop bombs on civilians - in the middle east…
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I think burning a synagogue is evidence of an imported middle eastern problem.
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Be careful could be considered race issue. Not forced by exterior to the country.
As you suggested please dont reply. Lets close the subject.
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"Silent enim leges inter arma "
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We had a Austin Van, which my Father kept going for 25 years. Many a time something would fail or break, but good old Haynes mechanic books came in handy and my father would spend hours, fixing it. It broke down only once on Holiday, on a roundabout in Croydon, we were on our way to stay with my Grandad on a weeks holiday. I can remember pushing the van, at the age of seven. Obviously not on my own, that would be a feat in itself. My brother, my mother and father pushed too, but even with the four of us pushing, felt like pushing a boulder up a hill. In 1983 we sadly said goodbye to our beloved Austin Van, rust had eaten her away and dad had sights on a Russian car Lada Green one, lots of people called them chocolate boxes, but they were good enough to get around in.
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a Austin Van, which my Father kept going for 25 year
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My father had a Vauxhall … 1936 model. He kept it till it was 24 years old. We spent a lot of time fiddling, and some serious repairs. British cars had their faults but they were repairable.
I currently still have a 1968 Landrover. They dont rust. Rover made quality vehicles.
The name Austin is interesting. When Augustine of Canterbury became the first Archbishop of Canterbury in the 6th Century, the English did not like his long name so they abbreviated it to Austin, and it became a common British surname. So the Austin car is named after the Archbishop of Canterbury… indirectly via Herbert Austin, the founder of the Austin factory.
They were common in Australia up to the 1960’s.
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I have a 2007 Honda Civic and at 19 years old, it is still going strong.
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My claim to fame, I owned a moskovitch, then a lada both russian, great cars in snow. One time I had my lada broken into and they stole the radio. Guess it was the only thing of value. I finally trade it in for a skoda… ok you can stop laughing in the back.
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Merged with morris and rover and became British leyland the décline of the uk car industry