Manganese Bronze Holdings the early 1960s Manganese Bronze Bearings Ltd (as it was then known) was taken over by a Dennis Poore investment vehicle, Villiers Engineering Ltd, a motorcycle company chiefly known for its range of engines, creating Manganese Bronze Holdings Ltd. This company subsequently bought Associated Motor Cycles Ltd, owners of the Norton AJS and Matchless motorcycle brands in 1964. Manganese absorbed part of the Birmingham Small Arms Company in 1973 - which included Carbodies, the Coventry-based London taxicab maker, under chairman Dennis Poore, as part of a rescue plan initiated by the British government. BSA Motorcycles interests trading as Triumph were
What Took You So Long? it the singer's first and only number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single also topped the chart in New Zealand and Scotland. The music video for the single was directed by Greg Masuak and shot on 10 and 11 February 2001 in the Mojave Desert in California. One of the B-sides, "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind", was previously featured on the to "" in 1999. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "A Girl Like Me". What Took You So Long? "What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton from her debut solo