Angrydicky Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 A Pageant Blue S reg Allegro estate has appeared in a driveway a few doors down! It used to be there a few years back, but was replaced with an R reg Metro and I thought it had long been scrapped. Must take pictures in daylight Out for pizza last night, took a wrong turn and stumbled across a Mk3 Granada limo and a driveway containing a Viva and no less than two mid 70's Vauxhall Victors, one saloon, one estate... another visit to be paid in daylight, I think! I wonder if those are the Vivas JJ has spotted in Glasgow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 The amount of PRIME CHOD in Cyprus (FIAT 132, Datsun 140J, ancient festering Leyland lorries, etc.), as well as meeting my niece for the first time and seeing my sister for the first time in nearly 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 First proper session out in the Riva today - OMG how much do I love it?! It even smells exactly like my old one did!! Same wallowy ride, treacle-filled gearbox, wandering steering, and vague pedal action, I literally couldn't stop smiling Also quite impressed by the amount of disgusted/pitiful/confused/angry looks it generates from onlookers, although the whole unwashed patina might be adding to it a bit too much. In all honesty, it's amazing how many people don't even recognise/remember them, the (young-sounding) lad at the insurers didn't have the slightest idea what it was! Must be my age..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 At long bleeding last Chester seems to have found something to attract people to for Crimbo... Not to chipper with heights but it was bloody brilliant and hoping to go back tomorrow for the daytime view and maybe have a bash at the ice skating rink. *Excuse shite photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Ace! A pikey fairground! I'll keep an eye on my diesel when I'm passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Great, now you can see your scabby council house in Blacon or the Lache, and see it being robbed whilst YOU are being robbed. Brilliant. Obviously not YOUR house Cavette, more "One's house" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 The amount of PRIME CHOD in Cyprus (FIAT 132, Datsun 140J, ancient festering Leyland lorries, etc.), as well as meeting my niece for the first time and seeing my sister for the first time in nearly 2 years. Humblest apologies sir! I forgot the dates you were coming over. Never mind, I hope you'll be posting pics? I don't get to spend a lot of time where you were, so it'll be interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Great, now you can see your scabby council house in Blacon or the Lache, and see it being robbed whilst YOU are being robbed. Brilliant. Obviously not YOUR house Cavette, more "One's house" Whoa there Neddy, one used to live in Smokey. Blacon is fucking ace, I had a few years there once and to say it was full of 'characters' would be something of an understatement. It gets a very bad press (some of it deserved) but in all honesty most people there would give you their last fag or slice of bread if you asked them. I loved most of my time there though as I know a lot of people round there and my missus has family in the 'hood it certainly helped. The Lache (or Lar Shay as it's known) is a bit of a blast too and to be fair both of those areas are not full of snobs unlike most of the rest of the place. Having said that I wouldn't be in any great rush to buy a place there if I could help it I still couldn't see my scabby council house in the dark though, I'll try again tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 I used to live in Lloyd's Place in Blacon, and on Sycamore Drive in the Lache. I drank in the then "Saddle" and the Bear n Billet, also another pub that had Dave Brubeck and The Move on the Jukey, nearer the rail station.... (It will come to me). I worked close to Padeswood, opposite the cement works, and drove a late 60's petrol Land Rover in Blue. Used to hang around the Nurses home at Countess too..... that was fun! Got it... Bull and Stirrup. nowhere "near" the station, but closer to it than the Saddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Neil Diamond on the electric proms bbc2 is great... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Neil Diamond on the electric proms bbc2 is great...+1 Another great music doc beforehand too. Come the revolution I will make all X-factor-watching PLEBS sit down and be forcibly educated on what music is actually about. These programmes are ace. This one was particularly informative, as although the recent Reuben-collaborative Diamond work is on my radar, my initial contact with his work was the wanky 70's/80's bouffant-era toss that my mother listened to when I were a lad. Always worth a watch regardless of who is being showcased. In fact as a result of watching the one on Steve Winwood a couple of months back, I ended up with the man himself as a faecebook friend.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Ah couple of my irregular haunts there. The Bull was a half decent place and was quite empty about 8.30pm on a Saturday night so good for a game of pool or two in peace and quiet.Saddle was good for live bands and some of the regulars were a bit eccentric but a good laugh. That's now called the Chester Bells and went a bit sort of snooty and uninviting. The Bear had one of the worse reputations in Cheshire at one point, I think if you didn't have a pocket full of Columbian marching powder or bush you weren't allowed in. IIrc Lloyds Place is off Stamford Road? I lived the other side behind the old camp shops and many a good night was had in the Wagon, saw some fucking hilarious things in there, though it always seemed a bit of a powderkeg pub. Funny about you mentioning Castle Cement and Land Rovers, there's been a Land Rover specialist right opposite the entrance for as long as I can remember and I expect you'll probably know the fella, D Lawrence is that where you worked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autofive Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 i like the idea of a royal family roundabout presumably it involves pretending your not an interbred German with an uncle who married a man, hiding in Scotland during world war two, then killing a pregnant clothes-horse in a tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Another great music doc beforehand too yeh, that was good - loved the bit about how 'Beautiful Noise' was written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 My arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Yup, That's the man and the place, Darryl taught me almost everything I know about Series Land Rovers. I remember Neville, who lived in a Teepee off the Saltney road, he had a Blue 109 Land Rover, I lived with a barmaid in Blacon, she had a Mk1 Escort.I always got the job of taking the crumpet home from the pubs, as I had a few more seats than most. A couple of the regular girls always wanted dropping off last, for some reason.... Is this the Grinner thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Yup, That's the man and the place, Darryl taught me almost everything I know about Series Land Rovers. I remember Neville, who lived in a Teepee off the Saltney road, he had a Blue 109 Land Rover, I lived with a barmaid in Blacon, she had a Mk1 Escort.I always got the job of taking the crumpet home from the pubs, as I had a few more seats than most. A couple of the regular girls always wanted dropping off last, for some reason.... Is this the Grinner thread? Do you know the guy who ran Bluebird Engineering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brammy777 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Booked my theory at last, for the 25th of November, heres hoping I do well and dont fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Yup, That's the man and the place, Darryl taught me almost everything I know about Series Land Rovers. I remember Neville, who lived in a Teepee off the Saltney road, he had a Blue 109 Land Rover, I lived with a barmaid in Blacon, she had a Mk1 Escort.I always got the job of taking the crumpet home from the pubs, as I had a few more seats than most. A couple of the regular girls always wanted dropping off last, for some reason.... Is this the Grinner thread? Do you know the guy who ran Bluebird Engineering? Bluebird were the place who did mad Range Rover conversions weren't they, by the canal in Chester? Seem to recall they made stretched/six wheeler ones that were funky as hell. My dad came perilously close to buying a 127 Sport from there once and I mithered the hell out of him to get it but he never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Yup, That's the man and the place, Darryl taught me almost everything I know about Series Land Rovers. I remember Neville, who lived in a Teepee off the Saltney road, he had a Blue 109 Land Rover, I lived with a barmaid in Blacon, she had a Mk1 Escort.I always got the job of taking the crumpet home from the pubs, as I had a few more seats than most. A couple of the regular girls always wanted dropping off last, for some reason.... Is this the Grinner thread? Do you know the guy who ran Bluebird Engineering? Bluebird were the place who did mad Range Rover conversions weren't they, by the canal in Chester? Seem to recall they made stretched/six wheeler ones that were funky as hell. My dad came perilously close to buying a 127 Sport from there once and I mithered the hell out of him to get it but he never did. That's the place. Owned by a grumpy scotsman who never gave you a bargain but never ripped you off either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 The amount of PRIME CHOD in Cyprus (FIAT 132, Datsun 140J, ancient festering Leyland lorries, etc.), as well as meeting my niece for the first time and seeing my sister for the first time in nearly 2 years. Humblest apologies sir! I forgot the dates you were coming over. Never mind, I hope you'll be posting pics? I don't get to spend a lot of time where you were, so it'll be interesting... Nae bother, here for another 2 weeks. Just found a yard full of old Karriers, Volvos, etc. need to select an early morning moment to hop over the fence. Piics coming when I come home, the netbook can't handle RAW files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Rar! I'm making stuff in the lathe again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Two Y'alltoob videos currently making me grin... Safety Fails with superior Czech built Karosa... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcMLC55D4Lc&NR=1 ... and Chinese bus manufacturer Higer, proving that their bus will surpass the international 35 degree tilt test. GR9 4 Engrish, but the fun starts at 2mins 12secs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSparrow Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Safety Fails with superior Czech built Karosa... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcMLC55D4Lc&NR=1 Blimey!No-one can stop progress of glorious socialist bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Just been reading this from 1979, I can't see it catching on, The number plate made me laugh as well. and as a extra bonus these stickers were still inside as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 This just put a huge grin on my face....I remember going and can't believe I was only 6 at the time. http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/s ... p?p=121796 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Just bought a Sega Dreamcast and some games including Ecco, Red Dog, House of the Dead 2 and a few other odds and sods. Time for some SERIOUS nostalgia I'm goona get right ahead and blame Negative Creep for this latest drain on my limited finances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Dreamcasts are great machines....have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Creep Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I have a Master System on the way. Waiting for some money to clear before I bid on a Sega Megadrive and Mega CD combo and I also have my eye on a Japanese Saturn. So I now need a 3DO, Jaguar, Atari 5600 and CD32 (all mega shite) to have every major retro console released in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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