Staff at a Vauxhall factory are celebrating 60 years since the first car rolled off the production line in the north west of England. Past and present employees gathered at the Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire on Wednesday to mark six decades of manufacturing - with one family marking a special milestone. Keith Tabiner worked on the first car, a Vauxhall Viva, made at the plant in 1964 and has three sons still working at the factory. The Ellesmere Port plant was built in 1962 and opened for production of the Viva in 1964. Mr Tabiner, has four sons - three of whom work at the plant - meaning the family has a combined 152 years of employment at the site. It was Mr Tabiner's job to spray an engine every minute, something a machine now does. The Cheshire factory has been the home of several famous models including the Vauxhall Chevette and, since 1980, seven generations of the Astra - and now produces the latest generation of electric vans among other passenger vehicles. The plant is now the UK's first electric-only vehicle plant and the first Stellantis plant worldwide, said Diane Miller, plant director.
