A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)

[john2443]

davejf said:

One of the peculiarities of early steam engines - that is a portable engine which was used to drive farm machinery but at that point no-one had thought of connecting the engine to the wheels, so they were moved by horses.

Then one day someone must have been looking at it and thought Bugger me, if I put a couple a big gears on there it could move itself, and so the traction engine was invented! Seems an obvious thing to do, but most inventions are obvious once someone's invented them!

[P5BNij]

Abbey Wood level crossing, Thamesmead, 1968....

[Zener]

john2443 said:

davejf said:

One of the peculiarities of early steam engines - that is a portable engine which was used to drive farm machinery but at that point no-one had thought of connecting the engine to the wheels, so they were moved by horses.

Then one day someone must have been looking at it and thought Bugger me, if I put a couple a big gears on there it could move itself, and so the traction engine was invented! Seems an obvious thing to do, but most inventions are obvious once someone's invented them!

Did not know that long live steam power pressured steam powerful and devastagly dangerous in equal measure

[P5BNij]

[velocemitch]

Zener said:

john2443 said:

davejf said:

One of the peculiarities of early steam engines - that is a portable engine which was used to drive farm machinery but at that point no-one had thought of connecting the engine to the wheels, so they were moved by horses.

Then one day someone must have been looking at it and thought Bugger me, if I put a couple a big gears on there it could move itself, and so the traction engine was invented! Seems an obvious thing to do, but most inventions are obvious once someone's invented them!

Did not know that long live steam power pressured steam powerful and devastagly dangerous in equal measure

Dangerous? How many boiler explosions were there on the railways, compared to how many Steam Loco's?. I'd suggest statistically they were safer than flying. Road Powered steam would be the same.

[Lily the Pink]

P5BNij said:

Abbey Wood level crossing, Thamesmead, 1968....

What is that car ? I thought Singer SM1500/Hunter at first, but it's not that.

[RATATTAK]

Lily the Pink said:

What is that car ? I thought Singer SM1500/Hunter at first, but it's not that.

Humber Hawk I think.

[kimducati]

It's an early Humber Hawk

eta there's an echo in here!!

[Zener]

velocemitch said:

Zener said:

john2443 said:

davejf said:

One of the peculiarities of early steam engines - that is a portable engine which was used to drive farm machinery but at that point no-one had thought of connecting the engine to the wheels, so they were moved by horses.

Then one day someone must have been looking at it and thought Bugger me, if I put a couple a big gears on there it could move itself, and so the traction engine was invented! Seems an obvious thing to do, but most inventions are obvious once someone's invented them!

Did not know that long live steam power pressured steam powerful and devastatingly dangerous in equal measure

Dangerous? How many boiler explosions were there on the railways, compared to how many Steam Loco's?. I'd suggest statistically they were safer than flying. Road Powered steam would be the same.

Agreed, but possible all the same if the equipment is neglected etc

[Notwen]

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

[P5BNij]

Somewhere in Devon maybe...?

Not Devon, a bit earlier....

[droopsnoot]

P5BNij said:

Somewhere in Devon maybe...?

Glasgow: https://www.streetmap.co.uk/street/GARSCUBE_ROAD_i...

[P5BNij]

droopsnoot said:

P5BNij said:

Somewhere in Devon maybe...?

Glasgow: https://www.streetmap.co.uk/street/GARSCUBE_ROAD_i...

Thanks, but I was referring to the beach pic that notwen posted above mine

[williamp]

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

I can smell, as well as feel all that hot vinyl from here!

[Hugo a Gogo]

P5BNij said:

Somewhere in Devon maybe...?

Not Devon, a bit earlier....

My grandfather lived up Garscube Rd, near Firhill, at the end of WW1, when he was 16 and a telegram messenger boy (His brother was 18,and killed at the very end of the war)
Excuse the tangent...

[john2443]

Hugo a Gogo said:

My grandfather lived up Garscube Rd, near Firhill, at the end of WW1, when he was 16 and a telegram messenger boy (His brother was 18,and killed at the very end of the war)
Excuse the tangent...

More tangent!
My grandad owned a china shop on Garscube Road in the 1920s. He wasn't allowed to join in with WW1 due to a heart murmur, didn't do him any harm, he died peacefully in his sleep in 1967!

[droopsnoot]

P5BNij said:

Thanks, but I was referring to the beach pic that notwen posted above mine

[Dapster]

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

Love that! Could be any summer bank holiday jaunt from my youth - burning hot seats, Mr Whippy on the beach and a mandatory fight with my big sis on the way home!

I think that's a VW Type 3 Fastback next to the Landy. Maybe a series 1 XJ all the way to the right. The Cortina is T reg and I can't see anything to say it's not summer '79 or '80. The Capri looks pretty battered for a 2 or 3 year old car.

Local Ford dealer has done well!

Edited by Dapster on Thursday 21st January 11:48

[soxboy]

Dapster said:

Notwen said:

Ahh, summer time on the beach, remember those days when you could go near other people...

Love that! Could be any summer bank holiday jaunt from my youth - burning hot seats, Mr Whippy on the beach and a mandatory fight with my big sis on the way home!

I think that's a Type 3 Fastback next to the Landy. Maybe a series 1 XJ a few to the right. The Cortina is T and I can't see anything to say it's not summer '79 or '80. The Capri looks pretty battered for a 2 or 3 year old car.

Local Ford dealer has done well!

There's a Volvo 345 which was released in 1980 model year (according to Wikipedia)

[Yertis]

What's that white car nearest the camera on the right? Looks like a two door Cortina Mk2, I can't remember seeing many of those (although to be fair I was very young at the time).