The holiday scrapbook 2010

[seth]

We spent a week and a half in the Chichester environs, including the weekend at Goodwood. Saw some good old stuff. These first few were in Arundel a couple of days before the Vintage festival so might have been around for that.

 

 

 

 

 

I visted the Amberly Chalk Pits museum when I was about 10 in the mid eighties. Some things looked very familiar but there were quite a lot of new parts. Highly recommended if you're in the area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This "Tramocar" was ferrying public around the place.

 

 

 

Bus pervs would be satisfied.

 

 

 

 

 

There was a newish building housing a display of BT equipment. I'm sure I remember going to a BT museum, maybe in Oxford as a child and that much of this came from there.

 

 

Minor's don't get much newer.

 

 

 

 

There was an electricity building too.

 

 

 

"Portable" electric bath.

 

 

Anyone remember "A View to a Kill"? The mine scenes where filmed here.

 

 

Perhaps most autoshite was a building dedicated to the story of road building, complete with tarmac lorries etc. And signs.

 

 

 

Back to Chichester itself, I reckon this place must have been converted to a garage or something pre-war. Now a southern dept of Hirst Cabs.

 

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Proper CPT. Riley RM?

 

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Mrs_Seth is credited for spotting these two, at the same property.

 

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Had to stop to get a photo of the Purple mini parked on...

 

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But some proper MAN-cars were lurking too!

 

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And these two are from the way home

 

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Beetle with roofrack! But full of a family on their way back from holidays with actual luggage up top.

 

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[Dukestar25]

seth wrote:

 

that Metro is quality, looks like it's ready to break in half. Excellent pics

[Mr Lobster]

GR8 pics!

 

The museum looks pretty good, I shall remember that for when I am next passing.

[STUNO]

Ancestor type stunos came from Dorset, I wondered how they got here!

[morris_ital_lover]

Minor lolz at name on the bridge sign! There are some really atmospheric photos here, especially of the garage with the minor poking out from the rear!

 

m0rris

[Polystratus]

Must visit Amberly museum sometime !

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I was taken to Amberly Museum as a child... I don't remember much of it, but seeing the road signs it was like I was there yesterday.

[barrett]

I have a feeling I went there as a kid, but i'm not certain. It certainly looks familiar.

thanks for sharing these, very evocative. Have you thought about putting any of these through photoshop and making them look a bit more 'period'?

[AXrescuer]

Minor lolz at name on the bridge sign! There are some really atmospheric photos here, especially of the garage with the minor poking out from the rear!

 

m0rris

That bridge sign brought back a lot of memories for me. There is an identical one on Greys Bridge just outside of Dorchester. Used to walk past it every day on my way to school in Stinsford.

[CortinaDave]

I see your manhood lane and I raise you

 

 

Its in Norfolk Survived a petition last year by the residents to have it changed.

[Jack_Harpers_Teeth]

 

What a great topic!

[seth]

Stuno, glad to have solved a family mystery for you

 

Peter, They've got sections of road from different eras of history. I walked back into the mid eighties when I saw them again.

 

Barrett, could do some 'shopping on them I suppose but I don't tend to do that very much. Really ought to have taken the old SLR with B+W film in it....

[mattblack]

I see your manhood lane and I raise you

 

 

Its in Norfolk Survived a petition last year by the residents to have it changed.

The road where I used to live (and my folks still do) contains the word 'CLINT'... the 'L' and the 'I' get joined together on a regular basis...