Old street scenes thread

[autofive]

Anybody think they can date this old Wigan picture?

 

 

Its here on flickr if you wish to comment

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jwhittox/4499763629/

i will date it, but im not buying all the drinks

 

 

heres some glass slides i scanned a while back

 

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 360&page=1

 

few examples

 

 

 

[Tayne]

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[Richard]

Love the shitting dog.

[michiel]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/sets/72157603847180040/

 

3900 pics and still more to add...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crash pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/michielverburgh/sets/72157603846932984/

 

 

[Tayne]

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[Tayne]

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[chaseracer]

Love the shitting dog.

I thought it was an Allegro?Ah. I see...

[maxpower]

just thought i would continue the theme with pics from my hometown.. copyright is urbanglasgow.co.uk

2 granadas

next five pics are bus progress through the years

same road as above but empty?

and lastly is that frank spencer..right hand bottom corner?

[Spottedlaurel]

Very early Hiace in that last colour photo.

 

Some interesting stuff in this one:

 

 

Corolla at the front first grabbed me, but then I noticed the Granada on slotmags and what looks like a Hunter GT. SOme good vans too, but what's the bigger commercial behind the Transit?

[hennabm]

The bigger commercial looks like an A series Ford to me.Came with a V6 petrol or a 3.6 York diesel. (an extended 2.4 York from the Transit).

[hammy]

 

This shot reminds me of the titles to Only Fools & Horses where one of the background shots is an early 80's overview of the market car park.

[hennabm]

Great pic that. I can see one R14 and one E21 - either a 320 or 323 as it has 4 lamps. The other BMW at the bottom of the pic is a Bauer conversion. Looks like an E30 which dates the picture post March 1983.

[seth]

I presume this is the Linwood Rootes factory?

 

[Vin]

PICTURE REMOVED IN CASE MILFORD READS THISThis shot reminds me of the titles to Only Fools & Horses where one of the background shots is an early 80's overview of the market car park.

Highlights for me are the Fiorino in adriatic blue , the van at the bottom left, Barkas??? the Merc van, the robins, and the people having a shufty under the bonnet.As it's York, I assume that the then brand new Jeep Cherokee XJ (behind the bronze MK1 Scrote) probably belonged to one of the many American residents of Harrogate....Could be 84 because of that and the blue Mongtego, but I'd say 85...Only cos that's what it says on Flickr Great Picture :DEdit- DRAT. Tayne got there before I could edit.....This picture also once had it's own thread a while ago.

[Tayne]

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[GrumpyCat]

Wasn't sure where to put these, this thread seems best.

 

I can't seem to embed pictures from fotopic, so here's the links...

 

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p54508714.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p54508726.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p54508706.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p54508724.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p59256464.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578544.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578570.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578559.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578569.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578549.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578557.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578556.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p14544527.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p4624225.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p4624226.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p1451572.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p1343786.html

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p1596677.html

[Jon]

Nice finds Grumpycat! Naturally, here's my fave:

 

http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/p15578555.html

 

Had the same problem as you with posting. Anyway, going by the wheels, it's probably a GLS, with the 5 speed gearbox and hand cranked rear adjustable suspension - I wonder if any of those survive?

[trigger]

They are fab pictures, I remember as a child my primary school was next to the railway lines and seeing the trains coming past with wagons full of brand new Fords like Fiestas and Escorts, I used to get very excited when i saw them.

[shaun1706]

This is the best thread ever

[Vin]

As we're on car transportation by rail. I posted these piccies a few years ago, in a now long dead thread, but I think you'll agree they are worth another look at again

 

 

 

More examples of RAMMEL travelling by RAIL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[seth]

Its the shite holiday express!

 

Whats that in front of the Marina? 1100 estate? I see the posh Jag gets a carriage all to its own.

 

 

Great photo

[michiel]

Only Jags and Invacars get a carriage of their own

[Pillock]

Wow, great photos.... I never imagined they used rail transport for new cars that late, some of those photos are dated early 90s. I know that's 20 years ago like, but still there's cars like Rover 400s and Mk4 Escorts on there. Doesn't seem that long ago for a smokey old diesel loco to be hauling cars around the country.

[trigger]

That photo with that lovely looking Consul on the back is fab!

[michiel]

Wow, great photos.... I never imagined they used rail transport for new cars that late, some of those photos are dated early 90s. I know that's 20 years ago like, but still there's cars like Rover 400s and Mk4 Escorts on there. Doesn't seem that long ago for a smokey old diesel loco to be hauling cars around the country.

Holland, July 15 2010:

 

[Vin]

That photo with that lovely looking Consul on the back is fab!

That's the beauty of MOTORAIL

 

Most of the rail car carrying today is invisible.....

 

As can be seen in some of the previous pics, attempts were made (mainly in the 80s) to try and 'enclose' the Cartic 4 (the main double deck units which were of late sixties vintage) with mesh and corrugated plastic etc. from the 'stone throwers' and 'stereo thieves' thus resulting in when the Cartics were finally withdrawn, they were replaced with fully enclosed units, which from the outside, the observer would have no idea of what was contained within.

 

The Carflats in the pictures were converted coach chassis. These were the mainstay of Motorail as they were easy to load/unload. Cartic 4s were tried but were inconvenient. Eventually Motorail utilised converted coaches like this...

 

 

I have a thing about Motorail in the Carflat days. I think it's Papa Vin said they looked at using it once in the pre M5 early 70's, to go from Hull down to the West country, but it was too expensive...

[pogweasel]

 

As can be seen in some of the previous pics, attempts were made (mainly in the 80s) to try and 'enclose' the Cartic 4 (the main double deck units which were of late sixties vintage) with mesh and corrugated plastic etc. from the 'stone throwers' and 'stereo thieves'

Hey, that bit has just reminded me of something... when my dad bought his Montego new in '86 it had a factory non-cassette radio. After a few weeks this was replaced with a Ford-branded rad/cass super-deluxe affair. Ten years later or so, I found said same unit in the garage and fitted it into the Skoda Estelle I had as a first car. Recent conversations with father_pog about this resulted in the revelation that he's bought it from a local yourth well known as a bit of a rapscallion - said lad would rob head units from brand new ford motors whilst they were on the trains being moved about... and that a couple of months after my dad buying the stereo (for £10 or so) the boy had been killed when he fell off the wagons whilst carrying out his crimes....

[cms206]

I presume this is the Linwood Rootes factory?

 

It actually isn't - I *think* this is the Clydeside Expressway looking Partick Bound, not far past where the tall ship is now. The old sugar house? is in the background, but the flats are throwing me...

[Albert Ross]

These flats? Now demolished.

 

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... s%3Disch:1

[cms206]

While on the subject of the old Linwood plant, these still exist... but probably not for long. Apologies for bigness!