Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Cheap imports or work going abroad? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 I just noticed a Rozzer in a proper uniform on a 'sit up and beg' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Two photos that mean something to me. I was in the Boys Brigade 14th company based at the church at the time the photo was taken. Later when first wed I lived over a shop on the corner of Middleton Street and Salisbury Street. Happy days on two counts. Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted October 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 The Former, Bilraborn, and yes I saw the rozzer mind you he was in daylight uniform lol, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Whats the car next to pc plod? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 Was it an Austin A40 Somerset? I was in the Life Boys there in the 50s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 I believe it's an Austin A40 Devon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 What was the A30, was that the Somerset. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 I agree, Austin A40 Devon in my book Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 My brother had an A30. I think the 30 meant the top speed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 5, 2013 Report Share Posted October 5, 2013 A30 = 30bhp, A35 = 35bhp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 I remember my brother's A30. It was his first car and it served him well. I can't remember how much he paid the bloke with the red flag LOL. Chug Chug Chug Chug. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,084 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 My dad had an A30 for a few years (168AAL). When we used to go to Cornwall on holiday, he somehow shoe-horned two adults, three or four kids (depending on how many of us he was taking), full camping gear, food and clothing for a fortnight into it. Used to take us two days to get there though, in the days before motorways. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 My brother's would probably have taken 2 months. LOL. I still like to photograph them at shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 My dad had an A30 for a few years (168AAL). Hi Rob.L, 168AAL was issued mid-1958 so your dad probably had an A35, not the A30 that ceased production in 1956. Outwardly very similar, the A35 had a larger rear window, flashing indicators and a painted front grille. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,084 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Quite possible that I got it wrong, but my excuse is that I was only three years old... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 In the 1950s I knew more about WWII aeroplanes than cars. No one in our family had a car until my uncle bought a Morris Isis in the 1960s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Re #63. It wasn't much quicker on the train (although you kept going - well, sort of - as you weren't dependent on one driver!) Dad worked on the railway, so we had free passes. More than once started from Midland just before midnight on Friday. Changed at Derby on the Newcastle - Bristol mail, landed at Bristol about half past five in the morning. A cold, draughty hour to spend finding a cup of tea. Then away on the overnight Manchester - Penzance that left Bristol at half past six. Got to Penzance about half past one on a good day with a following wind. But on Summer Saturdays it was not unusual to be a couple of hours late. So you could say between 14 and 16 hours for around 350 miles - average speed, say 25mph! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 That was life in those days. When we lived in Glasgow we could only afford the coach to Nottingham. In winter we got the coach in town at 9pm.Then it was every town arriving in Manchester at 6.30am. After 2 hours wait, we got another coach arriving in Nottingham at around lunch time. Summer was little better, getting a day coach going to Corby. It did not stop at Nottingham so we had to get off at Oxton Lane end on the A614 and wait for the local from Oxton into Nottingham. With all the luggage! One year, a woman sitting in front of us and her 2 kids took ill. We ended up nursing her kids who kept being sick all over us. Bless'em. If we go up to visit friends we usually get the train now. Free on my retirement passes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob.L 1,084 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Lot different now. I go to Glasgow quite often on business. Leave home at 7am, arrive in the office in Glasgow city centre at 10am, just in time for a Lorne Sausage sandwich. Used to be even quicker when BMIbaby used jets, as opposed to FlyBe's turboprops. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 No one in our family had a car until my uncle bought a Morris Isis in the 1960s. Hi Bilbraborn, Morris Isis was posh, 6 cyl version of the Oxford, not made in great numbers. Only about 20 left now in the UK. Any photos? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 I knew it was limited edition when he had it. My old deputy headmaster had one but he swapped it for a Rover when he got made up to headmaster. Let's face it, petrol was a lot cheaper then. I saw an estate version at Wollaton Park last year. It was like a traveller. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 Sorry. We didn't get any photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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