Shite in your town, in ye olden times.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

12 minutes ago, RayMK said:

A bit of a guess, but the engine note sounded familiar and a glimpse of the dash, fresh air vents and steering wheel suggests a Fiesta MK1 Ghia from 1980 approx.  I had an absolutely horrible basic Fiesta MK1 in the mid 1990s.  However, the front indicators look more Escort MK3 and the steering wheel looks Cortina, like the one in my Ginetta G26, so a 'scene' specialist is urged to comment (and tell me it's something completely different)😀.

Isn't that a Mk1 Fez Ghia? 

[RayMK]

5 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Isn't that a Mk1 Fez Ghia? 

Could be - that's a still from the first few seconds of the clip. Another fleeting glimpse shows the indicator lenses wrapped round to the side of the  front wing. I have not seen a MK1 Fiesta with that feature (yet!).

[uk_senator]

On 6/20/2020 at 6:02 PM, dozeydustman said:

Gravesend, late 70s/early 80s. Pear at a fruiterer in Bath Street.

That R14 made it to 1999! NINETY NINE! 😳

Very few made it to 89, so I`m very impressed indeed, especially if it lived near the coast. Kudos to the owner..

[dozeydustman]

1 minute ago, uk_senator said:

That R14 made it to 1999! NINETY NINE! 😳

Very few made it to 89, so I`m very impressed indeed, especially if it lived near the coast. Kudos to the owner..

Is the Thames Estuary the coast? Gravesend was a seaside town until the 1930s

[uk_senator]

7 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Is the Thames Estuary the coast? Gravesend was a seaside town until the 1930s

I`ve always counted it as coast, far closer to water than any R14 ever wants to be, thats for sure 😂

[mk2_craig]

5 hours ago, FakeConcern said:

 

What car are we in here?

 

Thats a mk1 Fiesta FO SHO. I'm probably not 100% on the money here but the untrimmed door tops in body colour metal mean Not Ghia, so my best stab is

 

[bunglebus]

Cheating slightly as this could be anywhere, but is apparently Shenfield near where I grew up

[bunglebus]

Brook Street Brentwood 1936

[bunglebus]

Brentwood High St before the council ruined it with cobbles and the notorious Wilson's Corner double roundabout 

[Rab]

Fort William. circa 1975

[Rab]

Ft. William MacBraynes bus terminal.

[chaseracer]

Great Malvern in the late 60s, going by the hemlines...

The Midland Red 144 used to go past our house.

[dozeydustman]

More from Gravesend in years gone by.

Mid 1960s, early yellow & white on blue Mr Mercury design. I'm wondering what colour the P6 is

Top end of New Road again, a flat front Mini and what appears to be an avenger hidden behind the railings

Maidstone & District's depot on the Overcliffe; this is now an Iceland

Dover Road, Northfleet. I can't work out what's behind the Renault Trafic.

Lion Garage shops. Is that dangly mirror goodness?

For all you truckers out there, this is Britannia refined metals in the 1970s. Ergo cab Mammoth Major in front of its dad.

I'm unsure of the location; I think it's Saddington Street. Lovely Borgward Isabella flying round the corner.

Bottom of The Grove, opposite the clock tower. TALBOT POWAR

Mk2 Zodiac (I think a highline). Market stores closed well before my time; I've seen some great newspaper clippings of their adverts - 2lb broken biscuits for 1/3 and mandarin segments in syrup for 9d

[chaseracer]

I'm going for Tobacco Leaf on the Rover, just like on @dollywobbler's old Three Thousand Five.

[dozeydustman]

That was one of the colours I was thinking. Did they do a cream or a grass green? That would look similar in b&w

[Asimo]

Taster for a set of photos of 1970s ish Bristol on Flickr. Much obscure old street-chod.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/albums/72157594155572977/page1

 

[Rab]

Stock car racing. Inverness. 1973. I hereby refute any connection..interest..love affair with Inverness. Its a shithole. Its like an arranged marriage. We reluctantly have to go there.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

On 2/8/2021 at 9:04 AM, bunglebus said:

Brentwood High St before the council ruined it with cobbles and the notorious Wilson's Corner double roundabout 

Liked for the ATE "tin lantern" traffic signals

[adw1977]

On 28/03/2021 at 19:22, dozeydustman said:

I can't work out what's behind the Renault Trafic.

Datsun 120Y ?

[dozeydustman]

6 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Datsun 120Y ?

That’s a good shout. It looks very 1970’s Japanese in styling

[Tadhg Tiogar]

9 hours ago, adw1977 said:

Datsun 120Y ?

And a 2-door 120Y at that 

[vonmon]

On 5/22/2017 at 8:27 PM, fred said:

Walsall in thar 70's

 

Brilliant, thanks...reminds me of my dear mom and a childhood in Walsall

[vonmon]

On 6/17/2017 at 5:37 PM, Vin said:

An old postcard of a street in my local town...

 

 

    

What I find bemusing, is who at the time thought a non-descript street (most of which now is pedestrianised) with a primered Simca 1100, Mini pick-up and Opel Kadett parked outside Brian's DIY (Still going strong, although tidied up a lot) was worthy postcard material...

 

I'm glad they did though...

Had many nights in your town, lovely place. The White Horse then Le Raj always were my favourite places.

[hennabm]

On 3/28/2021 at 10:43 AM, Rab said:

Fort William. circa 1975

Ahhh yes I remember the square well as it is in the photo.

The BMW is Inverness registered, so likely to have been sold by Calterdon.

 

[dozeydustman]

More Gravesend goodness

In 1985 Lester Banks bought a derelict building, the three daws public house (previously the cornish chough) he still owns it but sadly he no longer has his sherpa; that was last seen in the mid 1990s when I drank there in my school lunch break.

EDIT: dvla says the sherpa was last taxed in 1988, so it may well have been replaced with a later freight rover or Leyland DAF. Was always a Sherpa van there

A40 farina? At the top of New Rd?

Trafalgar Rd. 3-wheel tupperware car in front of a Humber Sceptre?

 

Mid 1990s, Perry Street. Baldwins was a bit of a Grace Brothers type store. I’m liking the R19

High Street, Northfleet outside the Edinburgh Castle. Mid 1960s I would guess.

[LightBulbFun]

6 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

High Street, Northfleet outside the Edinburgh Castle. Mid 1960s I would guess.

and a GEC Clearmain Difractor 

much want  

http://www.streetlightonline.co.uk/Z8128B_photographs.htm

[Amishtat]

Not a Sceptre, that's a Singer Gazelle 3A or B. You're right about the A40 though, it's an early one too with that grille. 

[martc]

14 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Looks like the nuts have arrived.

[Split_Pin]

On 3/29/2021 at 8:52 AM, Rab said:

Stock car racing. Inverness. 1973. I hereby refute any connection..interest..love affair with Inverness. Its a shithole. Its like an arranged marriage. We reluctantly have to go there.

I worked in Bank Street there in 2005 and lived in Culloden. I had moved directly from Glasgow at the time so possibly didn't notice it but when we visited the town to meet friends last year I realised what a unbelievably broken-down dump it is. The further East you go the worse it gets too, Lhanbryde, New Elgin, Fochabers. I was delighted when I moved away back down to the Central Belt, thats how bad I thought it was.

[georgeinabz]

I worked in Bank Street there in 2005 and lived in Culloden. I had moved directly from Glasgow at the time so possibly didn't notice it but when we visited the town to meet friends last year I realised what a unbelievably broken-down dump it is. The further East you go the worse it gets too, Lhanbryde, New Elgin, Fochabers. I was delighted when I moved away back down to the Central Belt, thats how bad I thought it was.

Ouch , ever thought writing reviews for the lonely planet


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