Cavcraft Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Not my town as such, but where my wonderful nan lived. Norbury, Croydon thought to be sometime early 1980's RobT, RayMK, JeeExEll and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 Bridge Street, Chester, 1982... Tenmil Socket, RayMK and adw1977 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyCat Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Teville Place, Worthing. Current view: https://goo.gl/maps/JjbWQzT2Z2J8HZgJ7 JeeExEll, adw1977, Fat_Pirate and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyCat Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Montague Street, Worthing. Current view: https://goo.gl/maps/jKgeMKxd6UZCxfn2A hennabm, BlankFrank, JeeExEll and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 12 minutes ago, GrumpyCat said: CPX 371L - untaxed since June 1984 DPO 534L - untaxed since Jan 1987 EPX 372L - untaxed since June 1983 hennabm, uk_senator, Amishtat and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 A few beauties from my home town of Gravesend. I think @GrumpiusMaximus will recognise a few places. Most of what I could find from shameless internet stealz includes a bus. West street petrol station, 1950s Bat & Ball cricket ground. Judging by the size of the crowd possible a county match. Milton Rd, late 60's I am led to believe. Maidstone & District Atlantean PDR1. Nice FB victor, can't work out what's going past the bus though. The other end of Milton Rd. RML 2323 now in London Country livery. 1974 London Country rebranded Kentish Bus in 1986. This dates 1989/90. Extreme close-up of the Mk2 Granada which looks like low or mingebag spec judging by the wheels. Good cars, but sadly normally driven by the rough families in Gravesend in the 80s and 90s. I'm saving the best til last though WE HAD TALBOT BUSES IN THE 90s! hennabm, comfysofa, Amishtat and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 "Can't work out what's going past the bus though". Hilman Minx would be my bet. adw1977, RayMK and Amishtat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 "WE HAD TALBOT BUSES IN THE 90s!" Bet the drivers and fitters weren't that happy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 11:32 PM, GrumpyCat said: Teville Place, Worthing. Current view: https://goo.gl/maps/JjbWQzT2Z2J8HZgJ7 What a photo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw1977 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 4 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Extreme close-up of the Mk2 Granada which looks like low or mingebag spec judging by the wheels. Yeah, bottom of the range Granada L with those wheels. EDIT: I just noticed that there is a taxi sign on the roof, so it's probably the taxi spec Granada with diesel engine. comfysofa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 11 hours ago, dozeydustman said: A few beauties from my home town of Gravesend. I think @GrumpiusMaximus will recognise a few places. Most of what I could find from shameless internet stealz includes a bus. West street petrol station, 1950s Bat & Ball cricket ground. Judging by the size of the crowd possible a county match. Milton Rd, late 60's I am led to believe. Maidstone & District Atlantean PDR1. Nice FB victor, can't work out what's going past the bus though. The other end of Milton Rd. RML 2323 now in London Country livery. 1974 London Country rebranded Kentish Bus in 1986. This dates 1989/90. Extreme close-up of the Mk2 Granada which looks like low or mingebag spec judging by the wheels. Good cars, but sadly normally driven by the rough families in Gravesend in the 80s and 90s. I'm saving the best til last though WE HAD TALBOT BUSES IN THE 90s! Kentish Hopper. I remember those - they were phased out when I was about 10 I think. I remember talking to a teacher at my Primary School about them and wondering why they were called that (I was about 6). I've always known the high street (which I know isn't the high street...) to be pedestrianised so it's really odd to see it jam packed with cars like that! Lovely stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 12 hours ago, busmansholiday said: "WE HAD TALBOT BUSES IN THE 90s!" Bet the drivers and fitters weren't that happy ! When bus dereg happened in the late 80s, a company in Inverness, Inverness Traction ran Sherpa and Talbot buses. The rear suspension on the Talbots were always causing problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 9:06 AM, hennabm said: When bus dereg happened in the late 80s, a company in Inverness, Inverness Traction ran Sherpa and Talbot buses. The rear suspension on the Talbots were always causing problems. I remember the deregulation period. These glorious steeds bought off LT made their way at a local independent. Meanwhile, more of Gravesend & Northfleet 1979/80, top of New Road junction of Darnley Rd & Bath Street. Plenty of rammel in the background. Northfleet Hill. Late 1970s I would guess as there's a Mk2 Granada in the background. I'm not entirely sure when the AEC Swift was last used by London Country. EDIT - it might be a Mk 5 Cortina. ANOTHER EDIT - doing some generic search engineering, the bus is an AEC Merlin with Met-Cam bodywork and withdrawn in 1979; it's quite possible this was one of its last journeys and the reason it hadn't had it's dents knocked back. This bus was scrapped in 1982. What's in front of the Farina? Led to believe Mid 1960s, King Street hennabm, LightBulbFun and JeeExEll 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 50 minutes ago, dozeydustman said: What's in front of the Farina? Led to believe Mid 1960s, King Street Looks like a Ford Corsair adw1977 and dozeydustman 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Alexandra Street Southend, 1987 Shep Shepherd, Amishtat, RayMK and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Nope series 1 MK2 Granada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 More of Gravesend from the 70s and 80s 1970, crossroads of Milton Rd, Parrock St, King st & Queen Street. Gotta love an HA van, plus what looks like a MkIV Zodiac in the background. Early Mk2 Grandad in New Rd. Is that a Mk2 capri in front? Also can't work out the roofline of the red car partially obscuring the Mk3 Shitscort van. Mk2 Shitscort? 800 Rover but coming out of Stone Street is that a Mitsubishi Spacewagon, Nissan Prairie or a Toyota Tercel? JeeExEll and EssDeeWon 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 1st photo looks like a scene from The Beiderbecke Affair. 2nd one, I reckon that's a Datsun 100A with a viny roof. That gold colour did seem to be popular on Mk2 Granadas, I remember our neighbour having one in the very early '90s when they were everywhere as a cheap, tatty big car. 3rd photo, Honda Civic Shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 6/28/2019 at 2:17 PM, dozeydustman said: ANOTHER EDIT - doing some generic search engineering, the bus is an AEC Merlin with Met-Cam bodywork and withdrawn in 1979; it's quite possible this was one of its last journeys and the reason it hadn't had it's dents knocked back. This bus was scrapped in 1982. Technically it was bodied by Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company ( MCCW). It certainly had the dents knocked out as it was one of a number bought by Belfast Citybus in 1979 to replace vehicles destroyed in the troubles. Scrapped in 1982 across there. As for Swift v Merlin, an argument that went on for years in those days. London's were Merlin's because they had the 691 engines rather than the 505 the rest of the UK operators bought. Well, apart from Sheffield that is who called them Swifts. JeeExEll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 St Helens JeeExEll, uk_senator and adw1977 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 St Helens Sealtainn, JeeExEll, EssDeeWon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 St Helens JeeExEll, Cavcraft, Amishtat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 BlankFrank, Cavcraft and EssDeeWon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 uk_senator, face, JeeExEll and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Cavcraft, Amishtat, uk_senator and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Dick Longbridge, Shep Shepherd, vonmon and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Cavcraft, JeeExEll, Shep Shepherd and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Spottedlaurel, EssDeeWon, Dick Longbridge and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Belter posted up today on a local page on social media. This is now a dual carriageway and the petrol station (and the one opened later, on right hand side of picture) long since gone... That Fiat is still on the DVLA too, last tax expired July 1988. Be ace if it's still sat in someone's garage somewhere. Dirk Diggler, Amishtat, Dick Longbridge and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Ooh, Manta A for me please. One of my all-time favourites. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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