How about a 'period' classics pictures thread
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oxford drinker said:
Dated 4th August 1967 in Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames - some interesting vehicles, not least the BMW in the right-turn lane, a 700? Its registration, 80 PE, is quite good too. The bus is a 1949 Bedford OB.
The scene today has changed little; the Catherine Wheel is now a Wetherspoons but the rest is remarkably similar.
Just up the road from me. The scene today has changed little; the Catherine Wheel is now a Wetherspoons but the rest is remarkably similar.
As you put the excact date in, the Beatles "All you need is love" was at the No1 spot in the UK charts.
99t said:
Taken somewhere in Europe in about 1988 or '89.
I remember being particularly impressed by the Lambo spec. 345 P7's on the back!
Tastes definitely change, today it is the e28 next to it that I would covet, without hesitation!
If that was the owners child I'd be telling it to call Childline! I remember being particularly impressed by the Lambo spec. 345 P7's on the back!
Tastes definitely change, today it is the e28 next to it that I would covet, without hesitation!
99t said:
Taken somewhere in Europe in about 1988 or '89.
I remember being particularly impressed by the Lambo spec. 345 P7's on the back!
Tastes definitely change, today it is the e28 next to it that I would covet, without hesitation!
Mine haven't, even back in 1988 I would have looked at that, err..... thing, and just laughed I remember being particularly impressed by the Lambo spec. 345 P7's on the back!
Tastes definitely change, today it is the e28 next to it that I would covet, without hesitation!
King Street, Hammersmith W6 in 1977...
I used to live in Cromwell Avenue just a few yards off to the left, the Hampshire Hog was a proper dodgy old boozer in those days with much villainy taking place within its walls. About a quarter of a mile up the road to the left at 124 King Street was the premises of Harold Radford Coachbuilders, by the time of this photo though it was a dealership for yank muscle cars.
I used to live in Cromwell Avenue just a few yards off to the left, the Hampshire Hog was a proper dodgy old boozer in those days with much villainy taking place within its walls. About a quarter of a mile up the road to the left at 124 King Street was the premises of Harold Radford Coachbuilders, by the time of this photo though it was a dealership for yank muscle cars.
rene7 said:
they don't make 'em like this anymore - some may say thank f
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This used to come to the caravan site at Beadnell circa 1971, not saying I'm old or anything..just saying.....vaguely remember they also had a Ford Anglia conversion as well- blue and cream in colour.k>
Many a happy childhood spent at Beadnell,playing in the dunes, getting scratched by the sharp long grass, crab hunting on the table top rocks or walking along desolate beaches with the dog and the wind howling, I really miss that place to to this day.
A neighbour caravan had a Lotus Elan +2 Reg. VXX 1 lovely, lovely car
Talking about ice cream. I saw this recently and was wondering what it was. Riley or Alvis?
This wonderfully eccentric vehicle was built by Wright and Son, former coach builders of Loughborough Road, Belgrave.
"A while back, Terry Wright, director of W Wright and Son, Leics Ltd, wrote to me explaining:
“Your 1953 photo of Belgrave Road featured a Massarella’s ice cream van and judging by the registration number, FRY 82, it was built in our factory, being one of many that were built for Massarella and also for Carolis of Sheffield.
“The chassis which these vans were built on were one of four makes: a Bradford 10cwt, a Ford 10cwt, or one of two chassis built in Leicester by Partridge Wilson Electrical (Evington Valley Road) or at Morrison Electrics, who were based near St Mark’s Church.
“For Massarella’s and Carolis, we also built the vans on new Riley and Alvis rolling chassis, which today, would be far in front of anything built in this particular field of commercial vehicle building.”
This wonderfully eccentric vehicle was built by Wright and Son, former coach builders of Loughborough Road, Belgrave.
"A while back, Terry Wright, director of W Wright and Son, Leics Ltd, wrote to me explaining:
“Your 1953 photo of Belgrave Road featured a Massarella’s ice cream van and judging by the registration number, FRY 82, it was built in our factory, being one of many that were built for Massarella and also for Carolis of Sheffield.
“The chassis which these vans were built on were one of four makes: a Bradford 10cwt, a Ford 10cwt, or one of two chassis built in Leicester by Partridge Wilson Electrical (Evington Valley Road) or at Morrison Electrics, who were based near St Mark’s Church.
“For Massarella’s and Carolis, we also built the vans on new Riley and Alvis rolling chassis, which today, would be far in front of anything built in this particular field of commercial vehicle building.”
P5BNij said:
Botley Road, Oxford, just to the south of the railway station, 2nd September 1977, photo c/o Ian Walmsley...
I know that Botley Road scene very well, as I drove along there many times around that time. On the right hand side just along from where the pic was taken was a shop called City TV who used to sponsor a dragster called Helzapoppin' ... which I think is this thing ...
Oxford Station has changed beyond all recognition now of course. If you go back down Botley Road in the direction the Spitfire is travelling, which is actually West, not South, there were a few car garages back in the day - the F I A T dealer where I got my MG sprayed in 1983 and Hartwell's Ford garage at the traffic lights and later the HQ for their Honda motorcycle dealership - the times I spent staring at the new CBX they had in their window ...
Happy days!
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