jackson 301 Posted April 22, 2012 Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Doesn't half look cold: some people are warm blooded and can put up with it but the sight of snow makes me shiverrrrrrrrrrrrr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2012 Nice pics again. I take it that from the size of your car, petrol/diesel costs less than our 'arm-and-a-leg' prices over here? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted April 23, 2012 Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 RGR, I agree with Compo regarding the photos. I have really enjoyed looking at them on the different topics. I can see that it brings yourself a lot of pleasure also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Got my first camera when i was ten,a Kodak 127 from Boots in nottingham.So over the year's always had Camera with me to record the event.I have few Big boxes of old Photos in in the Basement along with some of my dads phohos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 My Dad 'RCAF' Ready to Leave Canada(Oshawa Ont) for England in 1944 along with my Grandfarther who was in the Reserve RCN. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Got my first camera when i was ten,a Kodak 127 from Boots in nottingham.\snip\ This model? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Why Brownie? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Clifton Nottm 1966,old 35mm neg. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Can you recall what the car was RGR? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Why Brownie? FROM: www.brownie-camera.com <Quote> (My red highlight) In 1898 George Eastman asked Frank Brownell, his camera designer and manufacturer, to design the least expensive camera possible while at the same time making it effective and reliable. Eastman realized that if the cost could be reduced that more people, especially children, might take up photography which would lead to future film sales. Brownell came up with the Brownie Camera which Kodak started selling in February of 1900. "The Brownie" was named after the little characters created by the Canadian author and illustrator,Palmer Cox. His verse and entertaining drawings had been highly popular, even "Disney" character like, with children throughout the 1890's. By adopting the name and using the characters in advertising, Eastman, shrewd as always, gained a major marketing advantage. Some would argue that Eastman created a market that was not there before! That in itself would not have ensured the long-term success of the cameras, and thereby film sales, if they had not been of good value and reliable. For the next 80 years the name "Brownie" was synonymous with popular photography. Several generations of famous photographers acknowledged that their interest began through first using a Brownie box camera, which still happens today for future famous photographers as the Gallery on this website will point out. From the first cardboard and wood model in 1900 to the last, a compact moulded plastic cartridge loading pocket camera made by Kodak Limited in 1980, almost 100 cameras bore the famous name. <End quote> See also http://www.brownie-camera.com/articles/origin/origin.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,878 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Anglia? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 It would be easy if you cold see the rear lights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Thanks Compo,.............& I think the car could be a consul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 I thought 'Consul Classic' at first but I can't be sure because the back end is missing in the photo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 You mean the classic 315, twin headlights, if you listened carefully you could hear it rotting away!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Yeah that's the one I mean. Had a coupé twin brother the Ford Crapi (crap-e), long before the later Crapis came out. I don't think the rear wing is that of an Anglia though; but of course I could be wrong - I usually am. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Bulwell Park Tavern in mid 80s Left side the late Charlie Calkin old Highbury Boy and on the right Melvin Dobson Land Lord. (The car was a Ford Consul.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Tell tale identifier for a Consul 315 is the fuel cap being behind the rear number plate. You can see the hinge assembly beneath the number plate in the image. The Consul 315 was short lived, eclipsed by the far better Consul Cortina. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 My 'Consul' Cortina MKI: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 A Fabulous Zodiac MK II. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 One Gorgeous Zodiac MK II,Tatton Park UK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ford Consul Capri Coupe, Tatton Park. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ford Consul Capri GT Coupe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Ford Rental,mid 80s Derbyshire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 27, 2012 Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Fording a river in Beautiful Derbyshire in my Rental Ford, 1987. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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