Shite in your town, in ye olden times.

[Asimo]

Rare base-model (3stud wheels, 1.6) Renault 20. Nice green. Door mirror broken off.

The Renault dealership was about 50 yards up the street.

[artdjones]

On 3/9/2022 at 5:15 PM, J W Pepper said:

 

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.

The green single decker is an  AEC Merlin. It stayed in use until 1980.

[dozeydustman]

3 hours ago, artdjones said:

 

The green single decker is an  AEC Merlin. It stayed in use until 1980.

I know the Merlin and the Swift were essentially the same bus, one was a bit longer with a bigger engine IIRC

[J R Hartley]

A couple from my nearest town (Dumfries).

 

 

[Tenmil Socket]

Speke, Merseyside. 1996?

[J W Pepper]

Bolton

[Spottedlaurel]

3 hours ago, Tenmil Socket said:

Speke, Merseyside. 1996?

That LS400 is the spitting image of mine.

[Cavcraft]

It's only Colin Mcrae in a Nova on Brook Lane, Chester! The petrol station is now a Vets4pets

 

Someone crashed into my dad's Talbot Alpine once by pulling out where that blue car is coming from.

[Cavcraft]

Princess Street/Hunter Street, Chester. No date, guessing about 1976/7 from the Mk1 Fiesta.

[JJ0063]

Don’t know if anyone’s ever linked the Sainsbury’s archive but it’s great to look at old car park photos!

https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/branch/branches

 

@LightBulbFuni wonder if you spend hours searching them, you might find a little blue car in a disabled bay?

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, Cavcraft said:

Princess Street/Hunter Street, Chester. No date, guessing about 1976/7 from the Mk1 Fiesta.

Everything in that picture virtually gone including  the 1899 Methodist church and the Masonic hall - 'modern life is rubbish'. Massive greedy retail going back probably - that nobody wants.... which will in turn be - demolished. Chester one of our historic fyne toynes.

[LightBulbFun]

22 minutes ago, JJ0063 said:

Don’t know if anyone’s ever linked the Sainsbury’s archive but it’s great to look at old car park photos!

https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/branch/branches

 

@LightBulbFuni wonder if you spend hours searching them, you might find a little blue car in a disabled bay?

Waay ahead of you there  

https://autoshite.com/topic/38161-sainsburys-archive/page/19/?tab=comments#comment-1913582

(its really interesting to note that despite there being an metric shit-load of photos, thats the only Invalid vehicle thats ever been spotted in them, did Invacar users simply not shop at Sainsbury's or something?!)

[Cavcraft]

6 hours ago, lesapandre said:

Everything in that picture virtually gone including  the 1899 Methodist church and the Masonic hall - 'modern life is rubbish'. Massive greedy retail going back probably - that nobody wants.... which will in turn be - demolished. Chester one of our historic fyne toynes.

 

The lodge and the church were amazing buildings, though the inhabitants of the former less so, imho.

There has been loads of (local) moaning about that side of town: some justified like moving the market, but a lot isn't as it means city centre parking again and a new lease of life. The buildings look smart, the old library is class, the Story House (which I thought would be a poncey arty farty sob fest) is outstanding and hopefully it'll all bring more footfall.

 

[warch]

On 3/23/2022 at 3:33 PM, Asimo said:

Rare base-model (3stud wheels, 1.6) Renault 20. Nice green. Door mirror broken off.

The Renault dealership was about 50 yards up the street.

That's a really interesting pair of houses, whereabouts is that?

[Asimo]

Brunel era railway bridge pillars next door. Sadly the houses now look like this. The Renault dealership is now a CoOp.

 

[JimH]

It's not that much different today. The Esso garage sells wedding dresses and that's about your lot. 

[MiniMinorMk3]

I've lived up north for 25 years, I used to be a soft shandy drinking southerner.

 

I never saw the big boats being made, but her in doors remembers them.

High Street 1967

High Street mid '80s

Some old bangers on show at the shopping centre

[dozeydustman]

1 hour ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Is that where Princess Anne went shopping?

[dozeydustman]

More Olde-wurlde Gravesend.

One of the old Shaws Laundry buildings in Gravesend. Might be their whitehill road depot but I think they also had one in Denton near the wharf.

ADO16 passes a Viva along the Terrace. City of London closed down as a pub in the 1990s but is still a hostelry in the form of a licensed B&B

Lovely collection of old grot at the top of New Rd. I think the 498 was a London Country route but on a rare occasion a Maidstone & District liveried bus would have an LC route, both being NBC by this time.

The decker is more than likely an M&D liveried Bristol VR - I’ve never been for a ride on a VR, shame as I like a growly Gardner.

I may have put this one before; It’s Northfleet Hill outside St Botolph’s church in I believe the mid 1950s

New Rd again, 1960s undated

[MiniMinorMk3]

34 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Is that where Princess Anne went shopping?

Yes, on her way to Balmoral.

[Cavcraft]

St Werburgh Street, Chester. No date but guessing early 1980s as that looks like a Mk1 Astra in front of the Sherpa.

[chaseracer]

On 28/10/2022 at 18:05, dozeydustman said:

I may have put this one before; It’s Northfleet Hill outside St Botolph’s church in I believe the mid 1950s

Bergerac's dad on the right?

[dozeydustman]

Moar Gravo goodness.

Crooked Lane. One of the V-reg Altlantean (ex-London Country AN class) being persued by a luton bodied Mk2 Transit.

A little earlier than the photo above, this AN class Atlantean of the EPH - V series of number plates is about to join Crooked Lane at the end of West Street (outside thePier Hotel & Three Daws pub). It may well be the bus in the first photo.

A plethora of early 80s tat outside the Lion Parade on Rochester Road.

Top end of New Rd, undated. Mk3 Fezza would signify 1989 at the earliest.

When the buses were denationalised in the mid 80s, a couple of independents got routes from both London Country and Maidstone & District. Black Horse Buses has this distinctive orange livery and this Bristol VR looked very smart travelling down Clive Road to the railway station bus stand. Most of their fleet was knackered out ex-London Fleetlines. I’m unsure what bus the M&D decker following is. Clive Road until the recent Crossrail/Elizabeth Line redevelopment still had idiots parking on the yellow lines and bus stands.

I believe this is Northfleet High Street. The 2 chimneys at the end are from the former Blue Circle cement kilns, which Top Gear blew up to destroy their Lacetti when it was retired as their ‘reasonably priced car’.

King St/New Rd. The RtT has just turned out of Stone Street opposite Chiesman’s (later Army & Navy). No idea what the single decker is but that Imp looks tasty.

[MiniMinorMk3]

On 10/27/2022 at 10:16 PM, JJ0063 said:

Don’t know if anyone’s ever linked the Sainsbury’s archive but it’s great to look at old car park photos!

https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/branch/branches

 

Had a quick gander and found the Tonbridge Angel Centre branch. I used to live in a house that was on the edge of the car park (now demolished), and when I was at college we used to go into the Bentalls for a coffee in their cafe

[High Jetter]

On 10/27/2022 at 10:16 PM, JJ0063 said:

Don’t know if anyone’s ever linked the Sainsbury’s archive but it’s great to look at old car park photos!

https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/branch/branches

Reading that will stop you doing other stuff for a while!

[mat777]

On 6/24/2022 at 4:21 PM, Tenmil Socket said:

Speke, Merseyside. 1996?

I currently tolerate living and working in Speke - and this picture has had me racking my brains! I think I sort of recognise it, but it doesn't match any of the rows of corner shops I know of. 
Going by the name of the off licence matching what is now the Nisa, was this a previous all-shop incarnation of what is now mostly redeveloped into the retirement home by the Royal Fail depot?

 

Keeping it Liverpool themed, this is one shared a while back by a Facebook acquaintance: A United Africa Co. truck carrying cotton destined for the Manchester mills, leaving St Georges Dock and passing the wonderfully Gothic St Nicholas Church and Tower Building offices. 
The exact year is unknown, but the presence of the Zephyr means it must be at least 1956? In which case, it is interesting to note that they are still using a 1926 Sentinel Super 6 Steam Waggon! Looks like a Ford Pop sneaking in from the left, and an AEC model I don't recognise (unusually tiny headlights?) following behind. Can anyone ID the white car behind the waggon trailer?
Although the warehouse is long gone, both the other buildings still exist in splendid condition - I keep meaning to head down there and take a modern shot from the same angle, to make one of these trendy "old and new" blended pictures. Of note, that particular Sentinel also survives, apparently in preservation in Yorkshire but no pictures extant. 

[DVee8]

Chester le Street high street 1970's

[DVee8]

Dobbies garden centre Birtley

[DVee8]

The Jarrow Crusade marching through Chester le street October 1936

[DVee8]

Chester le Street Police station , now the library