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9 minutes ago, HMC said:

Mr Vsevolod Serafimovich Murakhovsky (the Soviet Union's Minister of Agriculture) and other delegates visit the Sainsbury's store at Clay Lane, Burpham, Guildford on 5 July 1986

 

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“BOGOFF?!”

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This was not long after Gorbachev had instigated his glasnost and perestroika plans for the Soviet Union. He seemed particularly keen to learn from Britain and see if aspects of British consumer society could be successfully adapted for the USSR, the oul command economy not having worked all that well.

BTW, is Bogov/Bogoff a genuine Russian name? ?

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2 minutes ago, Spottedlaurel said:

White Sunny E621 ELX is a 1.6 LX just like mine, it made it to 2001.

Attractive metallic blue 140J which I think is DBM 592T only got to 1986, seems an unusually short life given that its looks quite decent in the photo.

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1 hour ago, bunglebus said:

Cockfosters, 1959

 

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Cockfosters  same view recently. 1930's north London suburb so Sainsbury's probably there from the beginning. No longer - they abandoned a lot of their small stores until they...opened them again. Shows changing culture, economics and shopping habits in play over 60 years. Note delivery bike for shop - these now coming back of course. Gr-gr-granville inside.

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20 minutes ago, HMC said:

Fill ‘er up AGAIN

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14 mpg on a good day. In suburban traffic 9? ?. The Minor was taken abroad with that GB - still on DVLA database - nice number. Bedford CA pick-up in background - probably belonged to a local builder but probably not on DVLA database. Jensen possibly?

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Where it all began;

Sainsbury’s very first shop; Drury lane, Holborn, London, shortly before closure 1959; 90 years after it first opened on the site. The adjoining theatre also shut and was redeveloped in the 1970s; as another theatre complex. It looks like the background building with the adverts on the corner survived and is in the background on the last shot.

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1 hour ago, HMC said:

@Spottedlaurel

chertsey 1980

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That's a winning shot right there! Fiesta lived until 1995, the Datsun until '91 and the ovloV - who knows? Can't say I even know what country it's registered in. If it's a UK plate it's on a Merc now, never seen a mis-spaced pressed plate before

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