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[martc]

[martc]

The Digbeth Flyover, also known as the Camp Hill or the Bordesley Flyover, was a notable feature of Birmingham’s mid-20th-century urban landscape. Constructed over a single weekend in October 1961, it was initially intended as a temporary solution to alleviate traffic congestion at the Camp Hill roundabout, where the Coventry Road entered the city centre. Despite its provisional design, the flyover remained in use for 26 years.

[martc]

Kings Cross, that London.

[martc]

Festiniog Railway's 'Prince' mingles with the traffic on Britannia bridge in Porthmadog.

[83C]

13 minutes ago, martc said:

Festiniog Railway's 'Prince' mingles with the traffic on Britannia bridge in Porthmadog.

That would have been in the late 1950s when the stub of the line across Portmadoc to Portmadoc New station and the WHR still existed. In the early preservation days the Simplex ‘Mary Ann’ used to be driven across Britannia Bridge to be refueled, because there was a petrol station just out of shot to the right. 

 

[artdjones]

On 15/06/2025 at 09:43, lesapandre said:

The Triumph looks like good value compared to the P6.

[lesapandre]

And the Peugeot 504-inj an absolute bargain  - no wonder so many sold.

[artdjones]

44 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

And the Peugeot 504-inj an absolute bargain  - no wonder so many sold.

There was an import duty on all the non French cars.

[lesapandre]

5 hours ago, martc said:

Kings Cross, that London.

That road has gone - but the gasometers remain as part of the redevelopment of the whole area.

[D.E]

[Metal Guru]

4 hours ago, lesapandre said:

And the Peugeot 504-inj an absolute bargain  - no wonder so many sold.

Audi 100 very cheap too.

[D.E]

[Andrew353w]

10 minutes ago, D.E said:

The short guy on the pavement has his hand perilously close to the propellor....

[Yoss]

15 hours ago, artdjones said:

The Triumph looks like good value compared to the P6.

I would have still bought the Triumph even if it cost more than the Rover! Given the choice I can't imagine why anybody would ever pick the Rover but maybe* I am a bit biased. 

But the car I'd really like out of that lot today would be the Fiat 130 saloon but that doesn't have a price and I don't know what non fixé means. 

Edit: non fixé - not fixed. Does that apply to the price or the status of the car itself? Probably both. 

[High Jetter]

4 minutes ago, Yoss said:

I don't know what non fixé means. 

Not fixed, POA.

[Andrew353w]

On 15/06/2025 at 09:43, lesapandre said:

The B.M.W. (top right) looks uncommonly like a Wartburg Knight in silhouette. Bearing in mind B.M.W.s were first built in the Wartburg plant that might explain it!

[lesapandre]

10 hours ago, Yoss said:

I would have still bought the Triumph even if it cost more than the Rover! Given the choice I can't imagine why anybody would ever pick the Rover but maybe* I am a bit biased. 

But the car I'd really like out of that lot today would be the Fiat 130 saloon but that doesn't have a price and I don't know what non fixé means. 

Edit: non fixé - not fixed. Does that apply to the price or the status of the car itself? Probably both. 

If the chart is 1968/69 - probably means it had not been announced yet as the car was a new model in 1969  - ie not fixed yet.

[High Jetter]

55 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

The B.M.W. (top right) looks uncommonly like a Wartburg Knight in silhouette. Bearing in mind B.M.W.s were first built in the Wartburg plant that might explain it!

Knight was shorter though, more the length of a BMW 2002, I think.

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[lesapandre]

[lesapandre]

(Brooklands banking in background. Car is a 1938 Wolseley 18/80 - 2.3 six. 80 bhp was a good output in the 30's.)

[lesapandre]

[Remspoor]

[MrT]

On 25/10/2024 at 15:58, martc said:

Bridge Street junction with The Cross, Chester 1955. I believe the factory making this fuselage still exists, owned by Airbus, but they move the large components by water rather than road nowadays.

It is where Airbus wings are made and they are flown out in specially modified Airbuses, the Beluga and Beluga XL. Pretty sure the photo shows an early Comet fuselage. 

[MrT]

On 19/10/2024 at 20:06, D.E said:

Leeds, 1984.

Recognise where there is, it is near St James's Hospital, I lived near there  when I was a student nurse. 

[lesapandre]

Current view - this was the old Hooper works in Acton. The factory was designed by Wallace Gilbert - the 'Docker Daimlers' were built here. Later became a Triumph service centre.

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