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? What Took You So Long? "What Took You So Long?" is a song by English singer Emma Bunton from her debut solo studio album, "A Girl Like Me" (2001). It was released on 2 April 2001 as the album's lead single. The song was written by Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis and Dave Morgan. "What Took You So Long?" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 8 April 2001 with 76,000 copies sold in its first week and remained there for a second week fighting off competition from Shaggy and Janet Jackson, making