Shite about the House (1974 London traffic)

[autofive]

just uploaded this vid to utube

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzcpa5-DzA

 

a short segment of the film Man About The House from 1974

 

a good selection of 70s shite on the street, including the same mk4 Zodiac shown about 4 times

[Albert Ross]

Reflections? Just remove the effing screen!

 

Just checked on DVLA, and the Beetle's still legal!!!!

[Torsten2001]

Funny how the wipers and windscreen rubbers are missing in the close ups

[Albert Ross]

Funny how the wipers and windscreen rubbers are missing in the close ups

Like I said, just remove the screen..................

[AXrescuer]

Funny how the wipers and windscreen rubbers are missing in the close ups

They often do that and remove the windscreen too so that the camera can take the shots without glare or reflections.

[autofive]

Its a Hammer film - they were always made on the cheap

[Minimad5]

If it just me who gets annoyed by that horn ?

[Guest]

Sod the cars, look at Paula Wilcox! Phwoar! Wahey! etc.

[pompei]

I saw a picture of Richard O'Sullivan a couple of years ago. Apparently he now lives in an old peoples' home and he looked dreadful.

[Richard]

That was quite a few years ago, Alan Freeman was in the same picture wasn't he?

[chaseracer]

I saw a picture of Richard O'Sullivan a couple of years ago. Apparently he now lives in an old peoples' home and he looked dreadful.

He had a stroke in 2003, according to IMDB.

[retrogeezer]

Jeans Beetle - FTW!

 

Sad to hear that about Richard O'Sullivan.

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... sable.html

[Richard]

Here he is in the Daily Mail the same week. Recycling ftw.

 

64 YEAR OLD MAN LOOKS OLDER THAN HE DID IN 1972 SHOCK

 

He lives in Brinsworth House.

[autofive]

he looks fucked

 

just goes to show what chasing paula and sally does to a man

[Jack_Harpers_Teeth]

Tripp ain't trippin' no more .

 

Anyone noticed how Mellinda Messenger has suddenly turned into Yootha Joyce recently?

[boobydoo]

Really enjoyed that......the Zephyr Mk4 does crop up rather a lot. I think I spied a "Top Hat" Avenger aswell!

 

Man About The House was ok...but George And Mildred was better in my opinion......good strong characters. I liked it when Mildreds snobby sister Ethel came round.

 

I remember being on holiday in Scotland when Ms Joyce died in 1980....a chain-smoking alcoholic by all accounts, and looking back at the later series, she did suddenly age very badly.

[pogweasel]

At the start, why is that man doing his survey right in the middle of the road?

GR8 equipment though

[chaseracer]

I think I spied a "Top Hat" Avenger as well!

Maybe I'm a bit thick here, but is this the 2-door with a vinyl roof?

[boobydoo]

Yes, they were Metallic Blue with a white vinyl roof. Quality!!

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/275 ... fa98_m.jpg

 

Comme ci!!

[chaseracer]

Merci, mon brave!

 

Kwalitee indeed; my first motor back in '83 was an Avenger 1600 inherited from the maternal parenting unit

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Jeans Beetle - FTW!

 

Sad to hear that about Richard O'Sullivan.

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... sable.html

Tony Blackburn must have laughed his tits off when he saw this!

[boobydoo]

Lawks! Here's a Zephyr Mk4 in the same colour scheme. Again, a special edition introduced in 1971. 1000 were made as the run out of the model.

Chrysler UK must've looked at it and thought "We'll have a bit of that!"

 

 

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/275 ... 06e202.jpg

[Station]

Jesus, a man grows old, and his looks accompany the passing years?

Actually, my mum's the same age, and she looks a million times better!

 

It says he's still alive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O% ... cent_years