A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
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TCEvo said:
Interesting E London pic.
Any idea of the street name?
There was an Earl of Ellesmere in Poplar, E14 (according to What Pub), it was demolished in 2003.
Most of the tower blocks in the distance will still be there, although many now have retrofitted pointy roofs.
Hmmmm, I used to live (as a student) opposite an Earl of Ellesmere pub in East London in mid 90's. But this doesn't look like the same place! Firstly, I'm sure there were houses opposite. Also, I would have described it as "Bow" rather than Poplar. "My" pub was parallel to "the Roman" - where the market was. And was close to Victoria Park. Pub had amazing darts teams - the walls were lined with trophies - but was one of the most unwelcoming places I've ever been!Any idea of the street name?
There was an Earl of Ellesmere in Poplar, E14 (according to What Pub), it was demolished in 2003.
Most of the tower blocks in the distance will still be there, although many now have retrofitted pointy roofs.
I often wonder how much that house would be worth now. To us it was a crumbling, damp house of multiple occupancy. But it was great that it had a garden, access to the canal with the park behind. I guess a 3 story, 6 bedroom house in trendy East London with a garden that backs on on to a canal with the views over a park would be pretty attractive today.
Dapster said:
The Type 1 was VWs internal code for the Beetle, T2 was the first Transporter / Bus and the Type 3 was the compact mid range car available as either a notchback, fastback or estate. The estate was known colloquially as Variant in all markets except the US where it was the Squareback.
My father had a white 1967 1600 Variant which brought me home from the maternity ward in 1970! Exactly like this
Is that another Karmann styling effort? The nose looks similar to the Karmann Ghia, and a little bit like the TR6.My father had a white 1967 1600 Variant which brought me home from the maternity ward in 1970! Exactly like this
Dapster said:
The Type 1 was VWs internal code for the Beetle, T2 was the first Transporter / Bus and the Type 3 was the compact mid range car available as either a notchback, fastback or estate. The estate was known colloquially as Variant in all markets except the US where it was the Squareback.
Not really colloquial, VW call all their estates 'Variant' right up to the current Passat
None at all, sorry. It was in a box of slides I bought recently. There are a lot more from what appears to be the same air show, I will post some as I scan them and maybe one of those (or the combination) will give some clues. That said, I'm not sure this is the best place for them as there's no car content. I must try to figure out a way to clean some of the marks off them, too.
Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 7th October 10:49
CobolMan said:
Scimitar, Gannet AEW3 and Sea Vixen. Any idea when and where the first pic was taken?
Probably between Oct 1966 and Dec 1970 as the last Scimitar front line NAS disbanded in Oct '66, and the Scimitar was relegated to 2nd line duty with the FRU units, and there appears to be no squadron markings on the tail, which would indicate likely FRU use.Also XD219 did serve with the FRU, as it was flown to Farnborough after the type was withdrawn from service in early 1971 and with the outer wing panels removed continued to be used in ground running trials at Farnborough of the Dunlop Maxarat anti-skid brake system, but was written off in 1973 when it struck a concrete block after failing to engage the runway arrestor wire during a high speed wet runway run.
The remains were transferred around various facilities right up until the early 1990's before ending up on the fire dump at Yeovilton and ultimate destruction and scrapping there afterwards.
Dapster said:
The Type 1 was VWs internal code for the Beetle, T2 was the first Transporter / Bus and the Type 3 was the compact mid range car available as either a notchback, fastback or estate. The estate was known colloquially as Variant in all markets except the US where it was the Squareback.
My father had a white 1967 1600 Variant which brought me home from the maternity ward in 1970! Exactly like this
Funny, I always thought of them as the VW Variant from my 'car spotting' childhood into my driving days from 1980 onwards, but a couple of mates of mine are well into the VW scene in the UK, and being younger and with no doubt a heavily biased US culture I only ever hear them call them Type 3, squareback etc., and I've now just got so used to hearing that I'd forgotten about the Variant name!My father had a white 1967 1600 Variant which brought me home from the maternity ward in 1970! Exactly like this
Touring442 said:
CobolMan said:
Scimitar, Gannet AEW3 and Sea Vixen. Any idea when and where the first pic was taken?
I suspect an air show at Yeovilton. But given the era, also possibly, Bawdy which was a RNAS back then, or Lossiemouth which was also a RNAS.
Actually if that castle shot was taken at a similar time, it could be more chance of it being Bawdy, being in Wales, as I'm pretty sure that is Caernarfon Castle?
aeropilot said:
Touring442 said:
CobolMan said:
Scimitar, Gannet AEW3 and Sea Vixen. Any idea when and where the first pic was taken?
I suspect an air show at Yeovilton. But given the era, also possibly, Bawdy which was a RNAS back then, or Lossiemouth which was also a RNAS.
Actually if that castle shot was taken at a similar time, it could be more chance of it being Bawdy, being in Wales, as I'm pretty sure that is Caernarfon Castle?
eccles said:
I think the amount of naval aircraft and the number of people in the last picture in naval uniforms would point to it being a naval base of some sort, rather than an airshow at a RAF base.
I'd agree with that.But where I have no idea. Its got a lot of ramp space, the background behind the US Orion is distinctive in relation to the pans, and doesn't look like anywhere at Yeovilton or Lossie which were the two biggest RNAS stations back then?
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