Eye-catching black and whites

[St.Jude]

On 8/29/2020 at 4:57 PM, JeeExEll said:

The Dunlop Denovo.

Tina O'Brien? Of Coronation Street fame? Or is it her mother?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

11 hours ago, Amishtat said:

He later moved to France and was in a band there called Creme Anglais within the last fifteen years or so. Charente-Maritime area. 

There must be millions of bands out there

[Austat]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

10 minutes ago, Austat said:

Is this lot out of Bulgaria? I'm trying to think of other Soviet-era states that might have let their departments experiment with capitalist cars

[Richard_FM]

43 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Is this lot out of Bulgaria? I'm trying to think of other Soviet-era states that might have let their departments experiment with capitalist cars

The plates look like Soviet ones, even without digging out my copy of Registration Plates Of The World I'm fairly sure they aren't Bulgarian ones.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

15 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

The plates look like Soviet ones, even without digging out my copy of Registration Plates Of The World I'm fairly sure they aren't Bulgarian ones.

I was thinking of states that used the Cyrillic alphabet, other than the USSR itself.

The Renault 20 bears the marking "Milishia" (Militia), but I can't remember if Soviet police were known by that term.

[Austat]

[martc]

13 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Is this lot out of Bulgaria? I'm trying to think of other Soviet-era states that might have let their departments experiment with capitalist cars

12 hours ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

I was thinking of states that used the Cyrillic alphabet, other than the USSR itself.

The Renault 20 bears the marking "Milishia" (Militia), but I can't remember if Soviet police were known by that term.

These are all Soviet Union photos the numbers including M... are either for Moscow itself, or Moscow Oblast (the area surrounding Moscow, think of it like Inner or Outer London) - the next set of letters determine whether it's inner or outer.

The Nissan ambulance has former Soviet Union 'Government Vehicle' plates.

There certainly was, and still is, a Militia (or Militsiya) in the Soviet Union and modern day Russia; although technically it should be called  the 'Ministry of Internal Affairs'. The active officers are conscripts. It's functions are wider than western militias, for example the Gendarmes in France, .  The cities and rural settlements of Russia are divided into 'uchastoks' ; a feature unique to the Russian militia is the 'uchastkovyi militsioner' ('quarter policeman'), one is assigned to each uchastok . The uchastkovyi keep in touch with known felons, drug addicts etc to try and keep them on the straight and narrow. They also maintain local relations and are responsible for tackling minor offences like loud noise, residential area parking etc. The uchastkovyi is also the main, and in reality the only, 'police' force in remote areas and small settlements where there is no  permanent police presence. 

 

 

[Amishtat]

[JeeExEll]

[puddlethumper]

^^ SA is an Aberdeen/shire reg.

[somewhatfoolish]

4 hours ago, Amishtat said:

Isn't this a mild form of heresy, one of the general's lumps of iron in a Ford?

[JeeExEll]

'Watch out Mrs, there's a fucking bus coming, didn't you see it, have you the mind of a chicken?'.

This safety bulletin brought to you by the Cholmondley Warner Pathe Road Safety Council For Things About Road Safety. 

 

[JeeExEll]

[JeeExEll]

Parked Austin.

[JeeExEll]

Where I'd like to live.

[JeeExEll]

Actually looks very solid.     '£9995 m8'.

[JeeExEll]

Early Mk1 2-door porn.  Must be worth sixty farzand pahnds as the base for a Twin Cam replica,

[JeeExEll]

Check out that van with the windows.

[JeeExEll]

Guess what the estate is.  I had to look up DVLA.

A mate had a W-reg Ascona 2000SR like that one. His first auto, a 3-speed.  On the first night he had it he was fucking about with the selector and managed to put it in 'park' at about 35mph with busy traffic following behind.  Slithered to a stop sideways right across the road facing the kerb.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

6 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Guess what the estate is.....

Never mind that. I'm trying to guess where the location is......errm...errm...

[JeeExEll]

Do you really want to know? Really really?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Just now, JeeExEll said:

Do you really want to know? Really really?

It sort of looks mildly Devon-ish

[JeeExEll]

[Amishtat]

23 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

'Oooh, that's a really good answer but it's not the right one. Fucking miles off'.  (In Roy Walker voice).

It's a rail crossing at Broughty Ferry, near Dundee. Good try though.

What's the estate car? I didn't know.

 

Mazda 323? I'm probably wrong 

[JeeExEll]

Possibly same 100E from above.

[JeeExEll]

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[Austat]

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