Eye-catching black and whites

[lesapandre]

18 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

Imp, g-red, trilby and roof-rack in an x-reg world...

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End of the Westway with traffic from the Harrow Road pushing in so as to use the Marylebone Flyover - early 1980s. Paddington Basin is over to the left and that was a total dump back then. Wharf Road was cut in two by the Westway - here's a picture from the old GWR stables in what is now South Wharf Road - I was told that is was once the biggest urban stables in Europe - no idea if that's true.
Stables got disinfected and turned into part of the adjacent St Mary's Hospital

[edit] - my memory needs a rebore. Nth and Sth Wharf road have the canal running between them - they've always been seperate.

[Remspoor]

8 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Imp, g-red, trilby and roof-rack in an x-reg world...

I just want to know how and why is she there?

[lesapandre]

Waiting for that Marina which is pulling onto the hard shoulder?

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[lesapandre]

13 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

End of the Westway with traffic from the Harrow Road pushing in so as to use the Marylebone Flyover - early 1980s. Paddington Basin is over to the left and that was a total dump back then. Wharf Road was cut in two by the Westway - here's a picture from the old GWR stables in what is now South Wharf Road - I was told that is was once the biggest urban stables in Europe - no idea if that's true.
Stables got disinfected and turned into part of the adjacent St Mary's Hospital

Horse ramp for getting the horses off.  The one in Deptford still survives and is Grade II Listed. You, or indeed your horse, can still use it.

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2 minutes ago, lesapandre said:

Horse ramp for getting the horses off.  The one in Deptford still survives and is Grade II Listed. You, or indeed your horse, can still use it.

That one is also still there (handy for wheelchairs - maybe a bit steep)?)
The police stables in Great Scotland Yard have their ramp internal to the building - I saw it when it was being renovated around 1994 - all the stables there are on the first floor- (allegedly) in case of flooding.

I worked around Central London 1981 - 1997 and, now, regret the fact that I didn't give a tinker's cuss for any of the history of where I was working - that era seems to have slipped from history - too young to have been properly curated and too old to have hit the internet/digital camera age.  A lot of the buildings have been demolished, often re-demolished in the property treadmill that we seem to have as an economy these days.

[sheffcortinacentre]

1 hour ago, lesapandre said:

Waiting for that Marina which is pulling onto the hard shoulder?

More likely it's already broken down & she's alighted for shame I mean safety.

[MiniMinorMk3]

22 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Imp, g-red, trilby and roof-rack in an x-reg world...

It's a Y-Reg world. XR3 to the right of the transit. Also the D-Series looks like a Y too.

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[adw1977]

5 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

He's keeping an eye on the lion on the roof, but what about the other one sneaking round the other side of the car?

[Richard_FM]

56 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

He's keeping an eye on the lion on the roof, but what about the other one sneaking round the other side of the car?

Anyone else humming Born Free!?

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, Richard_FM said:

Anyone else humming Born Free!?

Er no. Theme to Casualty maybe?

[lesapandre]

3 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Er no. Theme to Casualty maybe?

"Put A Tiger In Your Tank"?

[lesapandre]

6 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

1941-47 Hudson Commodore

[lesapandre]

7 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Bit of a Limehouse, London - landmark that. 

[Metal Guru]

11 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

At first glance , I thought that was an anagram of swastika. 

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[Madman Of The People]

On 29/03/2024 at 09:27, lesapandre said:

 

Imp, g-red, trilby and roof-rack in an x-reg world...

 

Y-Reg, according to the Escort in the left of the photo, so August 1982 at the earliest.  Probably later than that, judging by the woman's coat in the background.  Hillman Imp's G-Reg is from August 1968-July 1969.

Trilby Man is the greatest hero in this photo!  Looking at his steely determination behind the wheel, I suspect he's a WWII veteran who singlehandedly captured an entire German regiment!  He arose every morning at the crack of dawn and shaved with a bayonet he took from a dead Wehrmacht officer he killed on the beach at Normandy.  There is a village in France that still celebrates the day when he alone, separated from his fellow soldiers in the fog of battle, strode into their village and and sent the enemy fleeing in terror, liberating them from German occupation.  Trilby man is not a slave to fashion.  He will drive his trusty, faithful Imp for as long as is necessary (and as long as the MOT inspector will allow).  I salute you, Trilby Man!  

The second greatest hero in this photo is whoever is driving that Volvo 164 in the background.

 

[Madman Of The People]

On 29/03/2024 at 09:36, Remspoor said:

I just want to know how and why is she there?

 

I gather she's the local "good time" girl?

 

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