How about a 'period' classics pictures thread

[Rich G]

May have posted these before (not checked all 260+ pages!)... couple of slides taken by Mrs G's grandfather, believed to be the NALGO camp car park at Croyde in Devon, early 70's at a guess.

[Rich G]

And bringing things more up to date, well around 1990. Mrs G's photos from our holiday in Herriot country...

[Number 5]

Rich G said:

And bringing things more up to date, well around 1990. Mrs G's photos from our holiday in Herriot country...

These kind of pictures are why I love this topic!

Thank you for posting them

[forsure]

I've only been off-line for a day and a half, and there's a host of fascinating new photos to study.

Great thread.

[manorcom]

100,000th Austin 7 1939

[manorcom]

A T Gittins & Son Ltd Broad Street, Birmingham. 1933. A well known and regarded auto electrical firm:

[manorcom]

Blimey. How many people in that bus?:

[manorcom]

Birmingham Snow Hill Railway Station 1912:

[manorcom]

Unnamed car park in Birmingham 1931:

Hagley Road Birmingham 1914....A cute little sports job:

[aeropilot]

Canada - very early 60's, with interesting mix of expected American stuff with European and British

[Hugo a Gogo]

Rich G said:

And bringing things more up to date, well around 1990. Mrs G's photos from our holiday in Herriot country...

that's Leyburn
United bus in the background of one shot, they split up and were renamed shortly before going pop completely around 1990 (read about the 'Darlington bus war' for a historic moment in UK buses)
I worked for them in 1989 as a young whippersnapper, at the old central works next door to Darlington's Feethams ground, it's Sainsbury's now I believe

[austin]

manorcom said:

100,000th Austin 7 1939

They are pre 1931 (short wheelbase) models.

I'm guessing that the photo is about 1929.

[Roy C]

austin said:

manorcom said:

100,000th Austin 7 1939

They are pre 1931 (short wheelbase) models.

I'm guessing that the photo is about 1929.

I found this alternative view on someone's website.

http://austinharris.co.uk/node/491

April 1929

[edited to add] This was one of the last parts of Longbridge to be demolished: http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/9585893...

Edited by Roy C on Monday 8th February 16:59

[nicanary]

manorcom said:

Blimey. How many people in that bus?:

They're holding cardboard periscopes of the type used to watch sporting events in a dense crowd. Makes you wonder what their destination was.

[TR4man]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Rich G said:

And bringing things more up to date, well around 1990. Mrs G's photos from our holiday in Herriot country...

that's Leyburn
United bus in the background of one shot, they split up and were renamed shortly before going pop completely around 1990 (read about the 'Darlington bus war' for a historic moment in UK buses)
I worked for them in 1989 as a young whippersnapper, at the old central works next door to Darlington's Feethams ground, it's Sainsbury's now I believe

Number 4 and 5 are just up the road from Leyburn - Richmond

[velocemitch]

2,3 and 4 are Leyburn.

[Hugo a Gogo]

TR4man said:

Number 4 and 5 are just up the road from Leyburn - Richmond

you're right about 5, Kings head hotel on the left and the Green Howards museum on the right
but 4 is Leyburn, the dry cleaners is still there!

[austin]

Roy C said:

austin said:

manorcom said:

100,000th Austin 7 1939

They are pre 1931 (short wheelbase) models.

I'm guessing that the photo is about 1929.

I found this alternative view on someone's website.

http://austinharris.co.uk/node/491

April 1929

Edited by Roy C on Monday 8th February 16:59

Ha! I knew I had seen it somewhere...

Glad I got the date right though.

[soxboy]

velocemitch said:

2,3 and 4 are Leyburn.

Number 1 is Harrogate, taken from about 2/3 of the way down Montpellier Hill.

The bigger building is the old Harrogate Advertiser office, before it closed down and became a Slug & Lettuce. There's also the Montpellier pub, home for many years to the world famous 'Gyrating Geoff'.

There's a surprising lack of cars in that photo, it will be full of white Range Rovers today.

[Dapster]

The green Granada behind the Nova in the first pic and the silver Carlton far right in the second image would place these late 80's - I can't see anything newer than these 2, c '87.