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To be fair though, Barnstaple didn't experience 'involuntary aerial town planning' to quite the same extent as Hannover... 

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...and is that an Opel Diplomat to the left of the red Quatrelle?

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Looks like they could do with a Thatcher....

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Shoal Bay, NSW, full to the brim with pommie chod:

 

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There is also what I believe is a Simca 1300/1500 avec conduite a droite.

 

All they did since is remove the parking spaces and drive shit cars:

 

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Why did they have a portrait of Karl Marx in the shop window?

 

The shop on the left...?  ;)

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Yep.

 

Besides, I can't identify a single car in the pic.

 

I bought a couple older cards recently and I’m the same with them.

 

Might the dark one on the left be a Riley of some sort? It has that slight drop in the line along the bottom of the windows, like this example:

 

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1930s Riley saloon by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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The light-coloured car second from left in the Baslow photo, next to the Riley, looks like a Triumph, similar (give or take a spare wheel cover) to the 1934 Gloria seen here.  The drophead coupé that comes next looks slightly later - I wonder if it might be a Hillman Minx, but I can't make out enough of the grille to be sure one way or the other.

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Deffo Riley.  Not a clue on the others, though the light-coloured one is niggling my synapses.  Will research and report back...

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This is Lancaster Castle in Lancaster.

 

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Weirdly one can still park there to this day.

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Austin A40 Devon or Dorset, depending upon door count.    Yanks gobbled up most of the 2 door Dorsets so odds on it be a Devon.   Is that an actual Ramses on the Alex card?

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Skoda Octavia estate on the Southport pic.  No VAGshite here, oh no.

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Austin A40 Devon or Dorset, depending upon door count.    Yanks gobbled up most of the 2 door Dorsets so odds on it be a Devon.   Is that an actual Ramses on the Alex card?

 

Yep, Ramses.

 

Skoda Octavia estate on the Southport pic.  No VAGshite here, oh no.

 

You lost that war, there is a VW 1500 further back.

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I may have posted these before, but here are more from Rotten Row, Southport:

 

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Rotten Row, Southport old postcard 1960s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

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Rotten Row, Southport old postcard 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

 

That Avenger appears on another card, my guess is that it was the photographer's. As such, I feel he's having a bit of a game and that there may be more which feature it.

 

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Marine Terrace and Castle, Criccieth old postcard early 1970s by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

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