tul66 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 sheffcortinacentre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Supposedly taken at Tweseldown Race Course,near Aldershot. Shite Ron, Rab, Tadhg Tiogar and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Clandeboye Shopping Centre, which used to be just round the corner from me, probably taken around the time I was a nipper. BMW 2002 is blurred due to WARP SPEED YO. I fancy that the pale VW Variant on the extreme right might have been the light blue one that our next-door-neighbours drove at the time. The whole place burned to the ground in July 1987, after someone decided to do a spot of welding on some doors in Stewarts supermarket delivery bay without bothering their arse to move the adjacent stack of toilet rolls. This is why health and safety assessments have to exist these days, kids. The site was cleared and stood vacant for over a decade, except for a derelict BP petrol station in one corner which became something of a hang-out for local ne'er-do-wells. Eventually, a Halfords store was built on the site along with some other big-box retail units (Currys, Homebase, MFI, Dreams), and I spent far too many years of my life behind the parts desk there, probably on the exact spot the Beemer's occupying in that pic. hennabm, warch and LightBulbFun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tul66 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 sheffcortinacentre, puddlethumper, Vantman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMort Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Recently I stumbled across the website for the British Newspaper Archive and came across a fantastic discovery: an advert my family put in the Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1956 selling their Consul! FORD Consul. 1955 model; green, beige leather; carefully maintained and in excellent condition all round: fitted heater. wing mirrors, kerb scrapers, etc.'. mileage 11.000; owner going abroad; £625. Why's this relevant? Well it turns out you can just type in a street near you and find a stack of old classifieds showing you what cars were on it in the past. OK its not as cool as a photo but it's interesting none the less. Sadly, their archive of Coventry newspapers only seems to go to the late 70s which is a pain since that's when my street was built. So, I've decided to find out what was on an older street near me with the fitting name of Golf Drive. Here were my findings: 1962 Austin A35 Van (?) - 1962-66 196? Austin Mini Deluxe (Oak Green) - 196?-64 1961 Austin Mini SDL (Blue) - 196?-67 1959 Ford Anglia (?) - 19??-68 1965 Ford Anglia Super - 196?-67 1964 Ford Cortina 1200 (?) - 19??-72 1968 Ford Escort GT (White) - 19??-72 1964 Hillman Husky (?) - 196?-67 1964 Hillman Imp (?) - 196?-68 1952 Hillman Minx (?) - 1952-56 196? Hillman Super Imp (?) - 196?-69 1963 Jaguar MkX LS (Bronze) - 196?-69 1964 Morris 1100 (?) - 19??-73 196? Riley (Green) - 196?-69 1960 Standard Atlas 12 Seat (Blue) - 19??-64 1955 Volkswagen (?) - 19??-66 LightBulbFun, RobT, adw1977 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 That sounds like a very extensive rabbit warren to explore - I must take a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Couple more I’ve extracted showing my home town of Gravesend in years past. Perry Street, Northfleet in the mid 1960s almost brand new Metro behind what appears to be a Fiat 127. Photo from a local rag. Hammonds Corner, Singlewell late 60s/early 70s. Bit potato-cam this one, think it’s a mk4 Zephyr on the left sheffcortinacentre, LightBulbFun and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Now some from my current home of Chichester North street early 1960s The other end of North Street at the market cross. Nice P4 but I can’t identify the lorry. South Street by the cross. The saloon on the left looks like a Humber but I may be mistaken. Not sure what the sit up and beg is. Two views of The Hornet during the 1993/4 floods; well before I moved here. Market Avenue during the same And St. Pancras 1993 just before the River Lavant burst its banks. Bonus Volvo 340 LightBulbFun, KitKat and RobT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantman Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Lorry could be an Austin/Morris 504-- dozeydustman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Speed Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 The Humber is a Vauxhall- no idea about the sit up and beg but it’s leaning at and odd angle and the policeman seems to be giving it a funny look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, dozeydustman said: Couple more I’ve extracted showing my home town of Gravesend in years past. Perry Street, Northfleet in the mid 1960s almost brand new Metro behind what appears to be a Fiat 127. Photo from a local rag. Hammonds Corner, Singlewell late 60s/early 70s. Bit potato-cam this one, think it’s a mk4 Zephyr on the left P5 rover. RayMK and dozeydustman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Dølemo Norway early 1970s LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil1971 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Believe this is Stratford E15 JeeExEll, warch, mk2_craig and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The pharmacy in Åmli Norway in the early 1960s. warch, lesapandre and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 9:22 PM, dozeydustman said: Couple more I’ve extracted showing my home town of Gravesend in years past. Perry Street, Northfleet in the mid 1960s almost brand new Metro behind what appears to be a Fiat 127. Photo from a local rag. Hammonds Corner, Singlewell late 60s/early 70s. Bit potato-cam this one, think it’s a mk4 Zephyr on the left Wow what a change to Gravesend High Street. Completely pedestrianised and really quite nice. I was sitting out there this afternoon doing some emails sipping coffee just about where the Escort is parked. Gravesend is worth a stroll if you are that way anytime - some great buildings and characterful Thames river frontage. chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 6/28/2021 at 10:29 PM, Three Speed said: The Humber is a Vauxhall- no idea about the sit up and beg but it’s leaning at and odd angle and the policeman seems to be giving it a funny look. Cresta I think - and an early one with small back window and less chrome. The leaning car is a Morris 8 or 10 of circa 1939. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 8:50 PM, tul66 said: Very fast? Yes sir...it does £5000 to £500,000 in less than thirty years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 8:55 PM, 155V6 said: Supposedly taken at Tweseldown Race Course,near Aldershot. One is a difficult highly strung filly and the other is errr...a horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 9:00 PM, tul66 said: "It's alright Bob he'not going to blow the bloody doors off this one" Eyersey1234 and sheffcortinacentre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 The tiniest glimpse of CF. lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 gm, Shite Ron and hennabm 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 hennabm, sheffcortinacentre, Amishtat and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, JimH said: The tiniest glimpse of CF. Careful now, you don't want to be giving @eddyramrod too much pressure! eddyramrod and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 That is the refinery filling station in Grangemouth. The reason for the photo is they are selling the first north sea oil derived petrol. You will note that everyone is happy, the sun is shining, everything looks clean and fresh and there is no diesel for sale. These facts are not unconnected. eddyramrod and hennabm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Abbey Hotel, Abbey Gateway (you could drive through it until about 1980 when a large box-van got stuck...) and Belle Vue Terrace, Great Malvern - 1960s: Thirty feet to the left, twenty-odd years later: One of Malvern's finest offerings during production, yesterday: eddyramrod, lesapandre, Shite Ron and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennabm Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 You learn something new everyday. I never knew of the Grangemouth airport, even though I have been there many many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 eddyramrod, gm and chaseracer 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 2 hours ago, JimH said: That is the refinery filling station in Grangemouth. The reason for the photo is they are selling the first north sea oil derived petrol. You will note that everyone is happy, the sun is shining, everything looks clean and fresh and there is no diesel for sale. These facts are not unconnected. Happy days when global warming was not a thing...much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 5 hours ago, JimH said: The tiniest glimpse of CF. Woman on the right is saying: "Any excuse to drag up again eh Fred?" JimH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 1 hour ago, chaseracer said: Abbey Hotel, Abbey Gateway (you could drive through it until about 1980 when a large box-van got stuck...) and Belle Vue Terrace, Great Malvern - 1960s: Thirty feet to the left, twenty-odd years later: One of Malvern's finest offerings during production, yesterday: That's the original Morgan Aero. chaseracer and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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