Brew 5,423 Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Actually I think its the A40 Devon. I have a picture but the upload keeps failing for some reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 After looking at some old pics, I think you're right Brew. I remember a larger, and more sophisticated version too though. Must have been in the late 50's I reckon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,316 Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 My relatives in Garden Street had an old black Hillman Minx when I was tiny. It lived in the garage at the side of the house. Uncle George kept it polished and serviced it himself. It had those retractable indicators and they fascinated me. He and Emily travelled all over in it and sometimes they would take my mother, sister and I to Mablethorpe for the day in the school holidays. Dad would be at work, so he never came with us. I don't think they enjoyed taking me anywhere because I was always sick. Can still suffer from motion sickness even now. The interior of the car smelled strongly of the leather upholstery and I don't think that helped! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 I've put this photo on this site before in the past, but re #3894, here I am in mine: It was originally green, but my dad later painted it red. Mine still had the hub caps. Opening boot and bonnet (to reveal dummy engine), working headlights and horn. My dad also fixed an old AA badge to the bumper and painted the number plates. Photo dates to either 1952 or 1953. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 I remember pop-up indicators, retractable indicators also being called Trafficators. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 825 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 I have trafficators on a car that I use in good weather. Very few other road users seem see them these days and this has led to one or two dangerous situations. Same with hand signals, if they see the hand signals then not many know what the driver is telling them. I fitted motorbike flashers at the end of the bumpers on my car to help the modern motorist understand when I intend to go either right or left. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 When I did my MT training as part of my electrical fitters course in the RAF the cars used were Standard Vanguards, with trafficators Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,316 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 We had a Standard Vanguard Estate when I was a child. Remember it well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,187 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 My 1952 grey Ferguson TED tractor has the same engine (basically) as the Standard Vanguard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted February 28, 2017 Report Share Posted February 28, 2017 Three British Railways images you don't see any more (Except at Heritage Railways and in the case of the arrows, occasional signs still extant): 1: Lion over wheel 2: Lion Rampant 3: Arrows of indecision Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 I can remember my Dad having cars with running boards on ,I used to play at standing on them when he was starting the car,then jumping off when it moved. Not very health and safety. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 Good fun though, till you slip off, and he runs over your foot ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 2, 2017 Report Share Posted March 2, 2017 #3917 1. Lion over wheel symbol was nicknamed 'the cycling lion' 2. The Lion Rampant symbol was nicknamed 'the ferret and dartboard' 3. Long after the days of British Rail the double arrow symbol is still in current use as a sign to indicate the presence of a railway station, it also appears on all standard tickets and on the National Rail Enquiries website: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Funny, but I still remember the feel of those plastic Kia-Ora pots even after fifty years (2nd photo): Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Anyone remember the "Sucker" called Orange Maid? You would suck all the flavour out of the sucker, leaving the ice to be enjoyed at the end Oh, and the wooden scoops you got with your tub of ice cream at the pictures. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 Nottingham Football Post couldn't believe how quick after the match it was on sale on the streets, I used to read it after I'd been to an away game in case the Father-in-law asked me how they'd played? Just been informed by Notts Police football intelligence 'ossisfer not to travel to Burton tomorrow without a ticket? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, radfordred said: Nottingham Football Post couldn't believe how quick after the match it was on sale on the streets, Used to be about a quarter past five as I remember. Not bad going to be reading an account of the match you'd just seen half an hour after it finished. And of course, it was anxiously awaited as a means of finding out the results of other matches - up to date league tables too - unless you were one of the few who took a portable transistor radio about with you. Those days are gone - and next could be the traditional printed football programme, especially at lower levels of the game, with things moving towards on-line or digital versions so that people would download them to their tablets (or whatever they're called) or fancy mobile phones and read them that way instead. The times we live in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,328 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 I remember delivering both the Football Post (Pink) and the Football News (Green?) Never did understand why there were two papers? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 10, 2017 Report Share Posted March 10, 2017 In the years before that - pre-war and earlier - there were probably more than two. People used to read newspapers in the pre-TV age, and even more so pre-radio. I can remember when both the Evening Post and the Evening News were on sale in Nottingham, plus the Guardian Journal in the mornings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 555 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 A lot of people, me included, have stopped having newspapers because of the inane drivel that most of them print. I am not interested in which so called celebrity has done what to another waste of time or which socialite has cracked a fingernail. If they can't print worthy news then don't bother. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,316 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 #3927 Agree totally, woody. I don't know who any of these folk are and don't want to know. Getting rid of the tv was a brilliant move. The world today is full of attention seekers. The wannabe famous, those devoid of any talent whatsoever. Too much drivel! To paraphrase Marshall McLuhan/Timothy Leary, or whatever his name was, I've turned off, tuned out and dropped out. Long may it continue! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Sat in a Wetherspoon pub in Paignton Devon the other week & nearly choked on my pint. A "Team Member" actually cleaned a table that had been vacated half an hour earlier ! Wonders never cease. Just like the old days. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 555 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Often smile to myself at announcements in my local diy when the customer desk puts out a "colleague request". If they are colleagues why can't they use the name of the person needed? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 21/02/2017 at 10:03 AM, Compo said: Here you go Davep: A Gresham Flyer: I had one of those 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 45 minutes ago, woody said: Often smile to myself at announcements in my local diy when the customer desk puts out a "colleague request". If they are colleagues why can't they use the name of the person needed? Perhaps they don't need a particular person? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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