Eye-catching black and whites

[Remspoor]

España.

[lesapandre]

THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THERE

[Three Speed]

26 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THERE

Thanks for that @lesapandre. One of those could have been my Dad's Minx - OUC508F. 

[Remspoor]

[Remspoor]

Noddy bike, the internal ariel on the Imp.

[martc]

^^^ also a Halfords high street shop rather than out of town shed.

[High Jetter]

I've yet to see one with a Longlife Accessories shop though - am almost beginning to doubt I actually worked for them, very few references online.

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Noddy bike, the internal ariel on the Imp.

Imp...Imp...Singer Chamois I'd have you know!

[Remspoor]

7 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Longlife Accessories shop

Who are they? I really do not know about them.

[Richard_FM]

8 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Imp...Imp...Singer Chamois I'd have you know!

Rootes even considered a Humber version!

[High Jetter]

It was like that high street halfrauds. I worked in branches in...Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton, Worthing, Southsea, Portsmouth, Tunbridge Wells, maybe others. First job from school, late '70s. Even had reps from Duckhams (phwoar) and Castrol visiting regularly with gifts & promotions. At some sites we fitted tyres, Kelly Springfield was a tie-in (spotted part of a KS sign on junk & disorderly). Learnt loads about retail & display techniques, some a tad shady.

The area manager, Steve Austin (honest) had a company white 2dr 1.3 Marina that fuckin flew.  He had a penchant for changing names like Mister Beales (his boss) into Megesterger Begeleges. No,  nor me, but I humoured him. 

One Saturday in Worthing, busiest day of the week, Yours Truly spotty idiot was only staff in store, as Manager (Ian Sumpter IIRC) was sick. This is 1979/80, ok? On my own, I took £2,500 odd. And the Sweda till balanced to the penny! Desmo wing mirror might have been £1.50, a mini bypass hose 50p at that time.

I think they got bought out / asset raped by bigger sharks like so many companies in the 80's.

[D.E]

"At the horse races", 1947.

[High Jetter]

8 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Imp...Imp...Singer Chamois I'd have you know!

My first car was a Califorinian. EDY667E.

[barrett]

33 minutes ago, D.E said:

"At the horse races", 1947.

Nice find, hardly any info about that one http://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/gj6649.php

[High Jetter]

15 hours ago, High Jetter said:

It was like that high street halfrauds.

Actually, it was more like Les Smith than Halfords, in that we a) didn't do any bike stuff and b) we knew about, and were interested in, cars.

[D.E]

21 hours ago, barrett said:

Nice find, hardly any info about that one http://www.vintagebentleys.org/carpages/gj6649.php

Ha, cool! This is from the collection of a Dutch photographer who visited England in the 1940s. He took some other pictures that feature this Bentley in the background:

Edit: actually, it appears in a lot more pictures. Seems he was driven around in it!

 

 

[Dyslexic Viking]

Oslo Norway 1960s

[Dyslexic Viking]

Oslo Norway 1960s

[Dyslexic Viking]

Oslo Norway 1960s

[J W Pepper]

Deansgate, Bolton 1936

[J W Pepper]

[J W Pepper]

Lever Edge Lane, Bolton 1949

[Christine]

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[barrett]

double whammy!

[Christine]

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[High Jetter]

50 minutes ago, Christine said:

Is  that a Peel?

[Christine]

On 29/07/2022 at 23:11, barrett said:

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[Christine]

On 29/07/2022 at 23:28, High Jetter said:

Is  that a Peel?

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[Remspoor]

Rhyl

[hennabm]

7 hours ago, Christine said:

Yes ,I think so ... they were made on the Isle of White ..

Isle of Man - hence the name Peel.