Shite in your town, in ye olden times.

[D.E]

[Metal Guru]

On 18/12/2022 at 15:00, dozeydustman said:

There were several branches around SE London and Kent.

Below is Parrock Street, Gravesend in 1964

She worked at theGravesend one.

[Three Speed]

9 hours ago, D.E said:

Unusual hubcaps on the 2-tone 6-cylinder Traction Avant.

[EML]

1983 Cleethorpes market place looking towards the seafront. 

 

Photo coloured , and snaffled from the Gy telegraph 

[Skut]

Dundee. Tagora caught in the wild.

[De Selby]

North Welsh shiters might recognise this scene. Yes, I'm originally from Wrexham.

The Land Rover takes me back. Up till the 90s you could count on at seeing at least one on market day, usually being piloted by a crusty looking bachelor sheep farmer from the hills out of town. Sad to say both the sheep farmers and their vehicles have died out now! 

[Cavcraft]

NMPs, but down at the river in Chester, circa 1980...

[EML]

Grimsby town centre 

Cleethorpes Notts hotel 

Albion st Grimsby 

[chaseracer]

On 01/01/2023 at 22:57, D.E said:

Is that a Rover P3 in front?

[D.E]

2 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Is that a Rover P3 in front?

I think so, yes.

[Wibble]

That Chevette is odd, should have had the later “flush” glazed headlights before then.

[adw1977]

21 hours ago, Wibble said:

That Chevette is odd, should have had the later “flush” glazed headlights before then.

UGC433W was registered in August 1980.  Flush headlights were introduced in September 1979, so it's certainly pretty late to have the previous type.

DVLA think it's green!  Untaxed since December 1993, but last V5 issued April 1994.

[mk2_craig]

24 minutes ago, adw1977 said:

UGC433W was registered in August 1980.

Year of manufacture 1979 though, so registered elsewhere for a year ish then imported? 

[Skut]

Tayside again. Dundee was big on it's Rootesmobiles before it got into Beemers and Heroin.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Wallsend Woolworth

1970

1980

[MiniMinorMk3]

Rodney Bewes on Wallsend High Street filming the Likely Lads

Plus two more stills

[bigstraight6]

1 minute ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Rodney Bewes on Wallsend High Street filming the Likely Lads

Plus two more stills

Not just any episode of the likely Lads, the film! How man it’s canny like….

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Rodney Bewes on Wallsend High Street filming the Likely Lads

Plus two more stills

Oh what happened to you...🎶

[busmansholiday]

14 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Wallsend Woolworth

1970

1980

Top picture is around 1976 given the bus and advert on the side.

[MiniMinorMk3]

3 hours ago, busmansholiday said:

Top picture is around 1976 given the bus and advert on the side.

And the reg no.

[EML]

Found a rich pile of chod photos of Grimsby,  Cleethorpe Rd

 

Feast your eyes on these

My Mum and Dad bought me my 1st "Mountain bike" to go to big school from Whitby's. Dad would buy his shotgun cartridges from light woods.

All these shops have gone now

[Wibble]

I love this thread, especially London pics as always hoping to see my Cortina pop up in one as it was a London car most of its existence.

[sheffcortinacentre]

47 minutes ago, EML said:

Found a rich pile of chod photos of Grimsby,  Cleethorpe Rd

 

Feast your eyes on these

My Mum and Dad bought me my 1st "Mountain bike" to go to big school from Whitby's. Dad would buy his shotgun cartridges from light woods.

All these shops have gone now

Did he do many blags?

[EML]

2 minutes ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Did he do many blags?

Ducks was more his thing

[sheffcortinacentre]

Not very fair when their unarmed 

[Macscrooge]

On 1/22/2023 at 2:58 PM, Skut said:

Tayside again. Dundee was big on it's Rootesmobiles before it got into Beemers and Heroin.

Rootes products probably supplied by Stout Brothers. My dad had two Avengers and an Alpine from them. And then after a 5-year penance with BL, six Peugeots!  

[stuboy]

[High Jetter]

3 hours ago, EML said:

Found a rich pile of chod photos of Grimsby,  Cleethorpe Rd

 

Feast your eyes on these

My Mum and Dad bought me my 1st "Mountain bike" to go to big school from Whitby's. Dad would buy his shotgun cartridges from light woods.

All these shops have gone now

Is that a branch of Les Smith in the first pic?

[EML]

@High Jetter That was a local department store called Lawson & Stockdale who had two branches in Grimsby.

One on Cleethorpe Rd and the other in Grimsby town centre on Victoria st. 

Marks n Sparks is on the former premises, And strangely I know of 2 Les Smith's father and son, no shops though

[horriblemercedes]

16 hours ago, EML said:

Found a rich pile of chod photos of Grimsby,  Cleethorpe Rd

 

 

Feast your eyes on these

 

All these shops have gone now

 

 

Colt Sigma?