COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)
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RESSE said:
Composer62 said:
I think the house is 'Cricket House, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset' (as used in To The Manor Born 1979 - 1981)?The house is now a Warner Hotel, and if you book a 'Historic Room' in the old house you get a reserved parking space on the gravel drive as one of the perks. The public rooms downstairs have a lot of on-set and behind the scenes photos taken during production of the sitcom too.
Sadly, I must confess, nothing so highbrow as the trials and tribulations of Audrey fforbes-Hamilton and Richard DeVere took me there. No, I was on a pilgrimage to Crinkley Bottom to mourn the loss to the nation of Mr Blobby's house, 'Dunblobbin', and the closure of Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park. Both places we'd visited when our children were young.
Our room for this visit was...
...behind the three windows on the upper floor to the right of Penelope Keith in this picture. It's enormous, and has two windows in the main room with padded window seating and views over the lovely gardens. The room behind the window closest to her head has been converted into a large bathroom with a free standing bath and large separate walk-in shower.
Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 1st July 14:32
Turbobanana said:
Indeed. It is badged as a Healey, but I have to confess I had to look the 'Elliott' bit up via the DVLA website and a Google search. And I was torn between posting it here, or in the 'Cars you never knew existed' thread. "Every day's a school day", etc, etc...Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 1st July 14:28
yellowjack said:
Turbobanana said:
Indeed. It is badged as a Healey, but I have to confess I had to look the 'Elliott' bit up via the DVLA website and a Google search. And I was torn between posting it here, or in the 'Cars you never knew existed' thread. "Every day's a school day", etc, etc...Edited by yellowjack on Thursday 1st July 14:28
TR4man said:
I passed that a couple of weeks back and it's just on the right side of crusty....parked a couple of cars up from it was an immaculate sister car in dark green On the other side of the road is a well loved and used 70's Saab V4
TR4man said:
A nice Spitfire parked up in Longton this morning.
My wife had an almost identical one thirty five years ago (XRC 441S where are you now?). I suppose it’s rather sad that I can remember our registration numbers from years ago!
Looking at the reg it hasn’t travelled too far either. It’s strange how some of the old family reg numbers still stickMy wife had an almost identical one thirty five years ago (XRC 441S where are you now?). I suppose it’s rather sad that I can remember our registration numbers from years ago!
Ardennes92 said:
TR4man said:
Looking at the reg it hasn’t travelled too far either. It’s strange how some of the old family reg numbers still stickGassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff