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[VWPowered]

great pics them real nostalgic

[Guest Tony Hayers]

Argggg! My shoes are getting wet

 

I would bet that the Mk3 Scrote never lasted the decade out........

 

Nice collection of snaps Hirst.

[Pillock]

Argggg! My shoes are getting wet

Clearly not the guy in front, he appears to be skimming across the surface! Now that's talent.I love these old pics, I like the fact that a Lada Estate was once just an everyday car. Great stuff.

[Guest]

Magic. That's nicely helped me get a few mins closer to going-home time

 

 

I'm trying to gauge when these were taken - probably says on the website but I'd better get back to work

 

Lack of anything newer than early 86 suggests that it cant be much later, but that Cortina looks a lot older than about six years... unless

 

1. Photos were taken over a few years, or

2. Its so grim in that particular part of Yorkshire, the photos all date from 1991.

[Station]

Nice pics - back just before England turned into the tiny, broken version of America it is today. Check out the lack of advertising boards.

[Guest]

Meant to say, in the Escort shot something more modern looking is coming down the hill behind the Metro, any guesses? Regata?

[seth]

Lovely old snaps of nothing in particular Hirst

 

Hang on, isn't that Seth?

Might be if I drove a Vauxhall

 

What's the van following the Renault 16?

[M'coli]

Some sort of 1970s Leyland, IIRC.

*edit*

BMC or Leyland, one of these:

[andrew e]

Is there anm after picture with just white dog shit next to the CA?

[Father Ted]

Finally, Pogweasel moves in.

I LOLed so hard a little bit of wee came out - then I ha to explain to the wife what I was LOLing at and now she thinks Im tapped. Just had the cat put to sleep tonight so this has cheered me up.

[RedSparrow]

Great pictures, thanks!Love stuff like this.

[seth]

 

Awful slogan, just terrible. I hope someone lost their job over it.

By the size of that device it looks like they can only sort out the IN_RY on this side of the railway though.

 

Thanks for the van ID M'coli. Another commercial that seems to have totally escaped my memory.

[M'coli]

^^^ No probs, glad to help.

[Richard]

It looks like Spencer & Halstead might still be on the go.

[Pillock]

 

Westgate Motors fo' Austin, shizzle!

 

Awww these are absolutely great. I wish I lived in the past.

[Anglevan]

 

This is in Ossett corner of Kingsway and Dewsbury road it's only just recently been knocked down for houses. It's walking distance from my house so i'll take a shot tomorrow to show you what it's like now. I'll try and get it from the same angle. When I moved to Ossett 13 years ago Bowetts was a Honda Dealer and the dealer ship to the left was Barons a Lada dealer. Bowetts are still in Wakey (the old BMW site) and also in Ossett but just a storage yard now.

 

Then

 

 

I knew this was a road at some time - old maps show it as towngate but been closed off years ago. They were going to reopen it again (for buses only) but big petition shelved the idea a few years ago.

 

and now

 

 

 

Love these old shots - fantastic

[vicsmith]

Told you those Accords used to be common.I remember seeing that Lada Estate around quite a bit, I think it was a bit unusual even then, hence why I noticed it, to see a chrome bumper Lada Estate. Saloons were common until the early `90s.It was red with a thick black stripe which can just about be made out. Always very tidy looking until the last time I saw it, which was late `80s possibly early `90s. GUG is a proper Wakey plate!

[Pillock]

At some point we're going to have to organise an Autoshite meetup at Osset, it's been featured so much :)"Osset: Twinned with an internets forum, we're that rubbish".

[Volksy]

I used to do the advertising for the Bowetts, It's two brothers, one is generally pissed all the time, whilst the other is mainly on the golf course.They had a big row a few years ago, and went their separate ways, hence why the site changed hands. Robert still has a large dealership in Leeds, covering Saab and Suzuki, and his brother has SB Honda in Wakefield.They have been in the motor trade for donkeys years.

[mk1_4dr]

Awesome pics Mr Hirst, I had a giggle working out where the photos were taken from.

 

 

Papa 4dr will have been working for Westgate motors at the time, driving to work and back in either a very lacey, white, brush painted HC viva, a maroon viva coupe with maroon furry seat covers, a green 3dr Chevette or a two tone green 4dr Chevette Saloon. I'll see if he can remeber which what he had at the time...

 

Again Cheers Hirst, I might have to have a drive out with the camera see if I can get some current pics.

[Anglevan]

Then

 

 

And now

 

[mk1_4dr]

Im still amazed by the number of folks from round these parts on here.

[Rocket88]

Managed a Motorist Discount Centre in Bournemouth in the eighties. they were a nationwide chain who grew very big, very quickly, successfull for about 9 months, then went bust just as quickly. All my fault of course [or that's what my area manager used to tell me] Triying to compete with Halfrauds [who had a store bang opposite] when you had no oil in stock "due to a supplier problem" [i.e.they hadn't been paid] was a bit tricky................

[mk1_4dr]

Cheers, again Dan, quality shite in the five towns Im loving the view up northgate (3rd pic down), you can see my old pub just behind the artic, next to Sherwoods

[michiel]

Is this a perspective thing or are they really that close to the houses?

 

[Spottedlaurel]

The chimneys shot is bonkers!EL in his Audi outside the Co-op bank.Is the Horizon outside Othello still there? Looks like one of the special edition ones - the names Silver Fox or Pullman spring to mind...

[londonm]

More posts like this please chaps.

[trigger]

You could always add some of your own?

[londonm]

You know, I may just do that!