dozeydustman Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 (edited) And a couple from Chichester, my current home. “The snobbiest shithole in Britain, but at least it’s not Bognor Regis” according to Ilivehere.com Market Cross, undated East Street, undated. I’m finding old pics of Chi very hard to find. With Goodwood being very close it should be a golden opportunity but I have more luck spotting! Edited January 6, 2022 by dozeydustman Location corrected Cavcraft, Dyslexic Viking and Shite Ron 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 1 hour ago, dozeydustman said: Is the car a Mk2 Cortina or a Viva HB? I think it might be a Toyota 1000. dozeydustman and sheffcortinacentre 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Old one of Leicester. The same spot now is an utterly depressing shit hole. I can't believe how lovely the city used to be; grogee, Cavcraft and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surface Rust Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Some of my birthplace in Norn Iron robbed from old postcards I have and in glorious Technicolour! Cavcraft, Shite Ron, Dyslexic Viking and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogee Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Here's some from my town, Southam in Warwickshire. The town centre 'car park' bit has now been remodeled and contains about 9 spaces instead of the previous 18 or so. Utterly ruined it. Anyway credit to Fred Frith for the black and white, other two unknown unfortunately but courtesy of Southam Heritage Collection. Shite-wise I'm not even going to guess at what's in the B&W pic, I'm not into old pipe-smoking side-valve shite. I like the Marina pickup and Minis in the middle pics though, from a time when BL ownership was basically compulsory. Dyslexic Viking, Cavcraft and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Nearly five years ago, Spelthorne Council installed some new recycling bins in Shepperton, Middx. Here are the two most interesting ones (to me at least) Let's take a closer look. sheffcortinacentre, chaseracer, Dyslexic Viking and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 1980's St.Helens Cavcraft, Shite Ron, Dyslexic Viking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 46 minutes ago, Tenmil Socket said: 1980's St.Helens I was in St Helens a few months ago. Just the cars are different! Saabnut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 24 minutes ago, Metal Guru said: I was in St Helens a few months ago. Just the cars are different! Well at least you didn't have to stay here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherStu Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 10:52 AM, dozeydustman said: And a couple from Chichester, my current home. “The snobbiest shithole in Britain, but at least it’s not Bognor Regis” according to Ilivehere.com Market Cross, undated East Street, undated. I’m finding old pics of Chi very hard to find. With Goodwood being very close it should be a golden opportunity but I have more luck spotting! What's wrong with Bognor? We're looking at a house in Pagham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, TheOtherStu said: What's wrong with Bognor? We're looking at a house in Pagham. Nothing in particular, I was quoting ilivehere.com TheOtherStu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Gotta be careful what you search for. 1st hit for "Hutton Essex 1977" (where I grew up/year I was born) is a Daily Fail story about a man cutting off his own testicles... Thankfully Flickr came to the rescue with some images of nearby Shenfield where I occasionally caught a train from this station, here before, and during being refurbished in 1974 And in '75 Moving to the other end of the high Street, and onwards by nearly two decades, I remember this Q8 station opening and a couple of young ladies handing out free sweeties. I wonder how much the Micra and Metro cost to fill up with 4* at 44.9p a litre? My friend's dad worked in the adjacent garage, at one time an NSU dealer IIRC - apparently there are engine blocks buried in the walls from when alterations were made... Same site, different angle in 2010 Now? More bloody flats. sheffcortinacentre, Cavcraft, LT84 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Even earlier shot of the station. Look how simple and elegant everything was Compared to now - Taxi rank that spills out halfway under the bridge, railings, bikes, takeaways, gantry due to an extra railway line going in, pedestrian crossing... Eyersey1234, Cavcraft, Dyslexic Viking and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/6/2022 at 4:25 PM, grogee said: Here's some from my town, Southam in Warwickshire........... Great to see the 180B. Apparently it made it to 1984. Neat plate on the Marina pickup. adw1977, Eyersey1234 and Cavcraft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Cannock bus station, summer 1975... All of the building in the photo are now gone - except the white multistorey car park, which is due to be demolished soon. At the time, it was two years old. Vantman, Cavcraft, Eyersey1234 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenmil Socket Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside - 1984 Dyslexic Viking, Cavcraft, Shite Ron and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 More from the Gravesend Archives London Country RF(?) class on probably one of its last runs - I only ever remember Leyland Nasties on single decker routes. Behind the bus is an R8, an unidentified van and I think a Chrysler 180 Dashwood Road early-mid 1970s Parrock St. Renault 15/17 goodness on the right. Chalmer’s motoring shop 1960s. Shop still going strong today in the hands of the original owner’s grandson. New Rd/Overcliffe outside the Maidstone & District depot. RML2329 overtakes a PDR 1/2 type Atlantean behind the unidentified coach (I know someone here will recognise the body). EDIT: could be a Fleetline - M&D used both for a while The Hill, Northfleet. My guess is mid-late 1950s given the advert on the hoarding and a Mk1 Consul. Shite Ron, JeeExEll, Dyslexic Viking and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Pepper Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 JeeExEll, Dyslexic Viking, Eyersey1234 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Pepper Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Cavcraft, JeeExEll and Eyersey1234 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Pepper Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 JeeExEll and Eyersey1234 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Pepper Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 The Honda in the above picture was only six years old when last taxed face, Eyersey1234, sheffcortinacentre and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 6 hours ago, dozeydustman said: More from the Gravesend Archives London Country RF(?) class on probably one of its last runs - I only ever remember Leyland Nasties on single decker routes. Behind the bus is an R8, an unidentified van and I think a Chrysler 180 Dashwood Road early-mid 1970s Parrock St. Renault 15/17 goodness on the right. Chalmer’s motoring shop 1960s. Shop still going strong today in the hands of the original owner’s grandson. New Rd/Overcliffe outside the Maidstone & District depot. RML2329 overtakes a PDR 1/2 type Atlantean behind the unidentified coach (I know someone here will recognise the body). EDIT: could be a Fleetline - M&D used both for a while The Hill, Northfleet. My guess is mid-late 1950s given the advert on the hoarding and a Mk1 Consul. Top picture, sure the van is a Sherpa introduced 1974, so fits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 5 hours ago, Metal Guru said: Top picture, sure the van is a Sherpa introduced 1974, so fits. Can’t see a bonnet/nose on it, might be a J4 (my initial thought) or a Commer PB, which was the Gravesend Tradesman’s van of choice growing up in the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 My home manor, famous for an unexpected reason... https://mixmag.net/feature/diy-soundsystem-dreaming-in-yellow-extract-book-free-party-castlemorton?fbclid=IwAR0AIQgzJsdO2IymL0mmp_D_rEIYdEw6Lp9q-eNKnYEAoCXdsKnBMy1UD8c 30 years?!? How the.....? Dyslexic Viking, RayMK, JeeExEll and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Plenty of top notch old toss in that shot. Polonez? hennabm, Dyslexic Viking and chaseracer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Indeed, FSO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 The mini is parked exactly where I caught the school bus home. This picture taken June 1975, the day the BRS depot closed. Also the month I left school. face, Dyslexic Viking, RayMK and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny Jim Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 From a local Facebook group: "Me and the Bethesda (north Wales) GP in 1993 - 1.8 diesel - ended up being nicknamed the “golf ball” because of the dozens of dents it aquired in the course of its duties - note the Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue badge in the centre of the screen. Despite our best attempts we never managed to break it." Dyslexic Viking, mk2_craig, JeeExEll and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/9/2022 at 4:58 PM, dozeydustman said: More from the Gravesend Archives London Country RF(?) class on probably one of its last runs - I only ever remember Leyland Nasties on single decker routes. Behind the bus is an R8, an unidentified van and I think a Chrysler 180 Dashwood Road early-mid 1970s Parrock St. Renault 15/17 goodness on the right. Chalmer’s motoring shop 1960s. Shop still going strong today in the hands of the original owner’s grandson. New Rd/Overcliffe outside the Maidstone & District depot. RML2329 overtakes a PDR 1/2 type Atlantean behind the unidentified coach (I know someone here will recognise the body). EDIT: could be a Fleetline - M&D used both for a while The Hill, Northfleet. My guess is mid-late 1950s given the advert on the hoarding and a Mk1 Consul. Top pic is an AEC Merlin with MCW body. RML2329 is indeed passing an Atlantean, black four spoke steering wheel. Coach on,right appears to have a Duple Commander IV or possibly a Viceroy body. Far, far more interesting is the Strachan,bodied Leyland Panther single deck in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 More Ross-on-Wye shite: '80s mishaps. JeeExEll, Dyslexic Viking, Eyersey1234 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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