Sainsbury's Archive

[HMC]

@Spottedlaurel 

Wandsworth 1982; What is it? some sort of special edition? (Can’t quite read the writing)

Edit- does it say “NISSAN BROXTON”?

[adw1977]

NISSAN BRIGHTON ?

[HMC]

Kensington 1983

[HMC]

Top drawer chod ; Kensington 1983

[bunglebus]

Nissan Brixton?

[HMC]

Kensington 1982/3- construction

[Pillock]

Ha! I'd missed this thread, been keeping up with the more boring design pictures they'd been tweeting for the 150th anniversary (old packaging and stuff) but had no idea there was so much chod in the archive. 

[bunglebus]

We had some from Raleigh Wier 1981 but I think there are more?

 

 

Checkout the Peppermint (or is it Signal?) green Mk1 Fiesta

 

 

Supersport Mk1 Fiesta ^^ 

 

 

 

[tul66]

Anyone else amazed at the number of wedges in these pictures, I never knew that Princesses & Ambassadors were that popular.

[Pillock]

It's "Silvery Green Car Tuesday" at Sainsburys in Kimberley, near Nottingham. Drivers of silvery green cars get up to 8.5% off all fruit, vegetables and toilet rolls.

Note the police have turned up in their Vauxhall Astra to control the crowds. Due to underfunding, they have to brush-paint the stripes on their patrol cars.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

7 hours ago, HMC said:

Ealing 1985

 

I think the top pic is West Ealing,  due to the glimpse of Woolworths. Both it and Sainsbury's are long gone from here. Woolworths premises is being redeveloped as shared-ownership flats.

7 hours ago, HMC said:

Ealing 1984/85

This one's long gone as well. The only Sainsbury's presence in Ealing today is a Local around the corner from Ealing Broadway station. 

[NorfolkNWeigh]

the rectangular thing is a Nissan 300

Surprised nobody on here is such a sad anorak to point out that early terracotta Cavalier has got post 1985 facelift GL trims. Oh, wait...

 

In 1985 that hot milf with a metallic green R16 complete with vinyl roof AND tailgate would have seen the 21 year old me fantasising about the " rally resting" position of the seats. ( TBH the 55 year old me is too)

Whats the blue Sportscar? Jensen Healey, Triumph TR? The shape of the arches doesn't look quite right.

[Spottedlaurel]

Love the tatty Datsun 1200 estate and early 100A with narrow rear lights. The 3-door Stanza probably a dealer-concocted 'special' edition, with a vinyl roof that was never available here as a factory option.

These photos are truly extraordinary.

[Spottedlaurel]

Just looking through Flickr contacts' latest photos and I noticed a Suzuki Alto with the registration A978 FLF. Immediately I recalled the silver Ambassador A863 FLF at Pinner.

Why do I (and doubtless others here) remember this sort of stuff?

[sheffcortinacentre]

Jenson,the MK3 on previous page is an L a base would've had a plain black grille & plain chrome bumpers.

Both petrol stations are still in business at meadowhall (Sheffield) even though the store became a next quite a few years ago.

[LightBulbFun]

18 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Just looking through Flickr contacts' latest photos and I noticed a Suzuki Alto with the registration A978 FLF. Immediately I recalled the silver Ambassador A863 FLF at Pinner.

Why do I (and doubtless others here) remember this sort of stuff?

I do/notice it with invalid vehicle registration blocks if it makes you feel better!

(ie I notice when a vehicle is part of a registration series that also contains a block of invacars etc)

see page 18 for an example!

[Muniphobia]

That would explain it as the original Tesco West Bromwich store seemed to get stuck in the 1980s until it closed.  Other that them closing the first floor with the toys (which was loved by me in the 1980s and clothes not so much loved by me in the 1980s but now seems to have infiltrated my wardrobe) the store signs etc were still all as it was in the80s right up until it closed about 8 or 9 years ago with Christmas decorations from the previous Christmas still on the clearance shelf the following December!

[Sudsprint]

I am going with a Stag (but the wheelbase looks way too short)

10 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

 

Whats the blue Sportscar? Jensen Healey, Triumph TR? The shape of the arches doesn't look quite right.

 

[HMC]

Maybe a tvr m series? I think it’s got Seam where the bonnet starts 4/5ths of the way up the front wing and a chunky b pillar, possibly a vinyl roof, a 1600m doesn’t have the big cooling vent on the front wing the larger engines ones do.

[bunglebus]

12 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

In 1985 that hot milf with a metallic green R16 complete with vinyl roof AND tailgate would have seen the 21 year old me fantasising about the " rally resting" position of the seats. ( TBH the 55 year old me is too)

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

Could the mystery blue sports car be a Triumph Spitfire?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

44 minutes ago, bunglebus said:

 

She reminds me of an '80s comedienne called Marti Caine.

[adw1977]

12 hours ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

Jenson,the MK3 on previous page is an L a base would've had a plain black grille & plain chrome bumpers.

HMC posted this pic:

It was ProgRocker that said

"P reg Cortina with round headlamps would make it a 1300 or 1600 base model"

Which would be true for most P reg Cortinas, because for the 1976 model year (October 1975 brochure) the base looks like this:

And the L looks like this:

But KLT598P was registered on the first day of the P reg, 1st August 1975, so it's a 1975 model year car and so a base would look like this:

And the L got the emblem on the grille that is mentioned in the brochure and you can see in the picture that HMC posted originally.

KLT598P lasted until April 1987.

[adw1977]

54 minutes ago, MorrisItalSLX said:

Could the mystery blue sports car be a Triumph Spitfire?

I think it could be.

[adw1977]

13 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Some nice clear number plates, let's see how long they lasted:

C195 XEX - 1 December 2000

HCC 775Y - 1 May 1998

EWG663V - 1 October 1991

[adw1977]

16 hours ago, HMC said:

Kensington 1982/3- construction

Bedford ETF 737F was right at the end of its life, untaxed since 1st April 1982, which narrows down the date for that photo.

Morris KUV 120X lasted until 1st September 1993, Ford LMD 784W until July 1992.

[adw1977]

On 11/16/2019 at 11:22 PM, HMC said:

TAXI! Sunderland 1989

B256 DVK lasted until 28th May 1993, only eight and a half years.

[Sudsprint]

I'm beginning to wonder...

[HMC]

Good call!

i was thinking 

(With a vinyl roof) But not convinced here. Hard top /coupe? I don’t know if it’s a chunky b pillar, a targa roof/ Surrey top or just a reflection. And the rear deck is too short on the tvr. There also looks like a bit of a “hip” between the top of the door going up to the start of the rear wing.

[HMC]

Or a tr4 with a body colour Surrey top?