The closure announcement came as a complete volte-face from Bombardier's previous statements which included optimistic statements about the Manage plant's future.

'Nothing today has added to or subtracted from the controversy of the closure announcement.'

However over the 12 months after the closure announcement, the audience figures recovered significantly under a revised strategy which described output as ' a friend of the family'.

It also calls on the general assembly to deplore British Steel's 'abrupt' closure announcement of the Ravenscraig plant.

Shortly after the closure announcement the plant became the focus of a dispute between Volvo and the Canadian Auto Workers Union.

On March 15, 2013, Feedly announced 500,000 new users in 48 hours due to the closure announcement of Google Reader.

Since the closure announcement, an active job search programme has been mounted to help the 360 people made redundant.

As of the closure announcement, NorthStar had about 40 full- and part-time employees.

After operating only during peak hours for more than 30 years, the closure announcement came on 4 January 1993.

Mr Kemp said the atmosphere of despair which swept the homes after the closure announcement on January 9 had now gone.