Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[Lane Ender]

Dagenham Dustbin?

Bedford rust bucket

 

[snootyfenooty]

Hillman Avenger ?

I'll second that

 

[sitwell]

Give up LE ,never thought I could be beaten on 70s cars.
This s an exact of my first car except it doesn't have Still Little Fingers on the windscreen visor.

 

[Lane Ender]

Mk1 Viva

Got it
Vauxhall Viva
Mine was held together with cardboard and gobo

 

[Sean Thornton]

Consul?

 

[sitwell]

Got it
Vauxhall Viva
Mine was held together with cardboard and gobo

You sure ?

 

[Lane Ender]

You sure ?

I'm not that old mate
Viva mark 2 HB

 

[BushBlade]

I'm not that old mate
Viva mark 2 HB

The mark 2 doesn't have lights and a grill like the car in the photo.

 

[sitwell]

Vauxhall went to square headlights after the Mk 1

 

[Woodwaaard]

The car is a Marina

It has those Leyland door handles

 

[stringjunior]

Shut everybody. I won, I won, I have been told so. No other guesses required. I won....

 

[BushBlade]

The car is a Marina

It has those Leyland door handles

Looks like this one I think

 

[Woodwaaard]

 

[Lane Ender]

Vauxhall went to square headlights after the Mk 1

I reckon youre right the wing mirrors are the give away

 

[Lane Ender]

Looks like this one I thinkView attachment 22293

Wing mirrors are in the wrong place

 

[Woodwaaard]

Check both of our pics

 

[Kentblade]

That is the corner of St Paul's Parade and Norfolk Street. Peace Gardens would be off to the right.

Ha I can see it now.
Thanks SEB

 

[Kentblade]

No, the bus went up Spencer Rd or Richards Rd. Alexander Rd runs parallel to Myrtle Rd.

Got it now thanks
The bus went up Richards Rd

 

[Kentblade]

Can't recall the Arthur Askey lookalike KB...Used to go as a kid and saw my first cinema film there.

You are probably to young!!

 

[Lane Ender]

Shut everybody. I won, I won, I have been told so. No other guesses required. I won....[/QUOTE

 

[LSF]

Here you go Robby..View attachment 22255

Ah, Myrtle Inn! My first drink in there aged 14/15... Stones, and tasted fuckin horrible. Mucky mirks as we called it back then in the mid 60's, hardly anyone used it so they were happy to serve us young bucks with a couple of points withojt ever asking if we were 18 or not.
Main entrance was oddly enough in Alexandra Rd ( as photo shows) and not Myrtle Rd (where I was born and raised), the Myrtle Rd part of pub was just a back yard really.
It was run by the Staniforth family around that time and well known Blade, Jimmy Milligan(R.I.P) married one of the landlords daughters so we were always welcome.
Happy days around Heeley in those times....

 

[Kentblade]

I remember jumping off the back of the old open back buses before they had actually stopped

I recall jumping on them as they took off going home from school!!!!!!!!

 

[Grappler]

I recall jumping on them as they took off going home from school!!!!!!!!

I did that too, usually on purpose, let it start moving first

 

[Kentblade]

Questions
1. What's the name of the bike in the photo
2. What's car is it

Questions
1. What's the name of the bike in the photo
2. What's car is it

Bike chopper
car Morris marina

 

[Hodgyman]

Give up LE ,never thought I could be beaten on 70s cars.
This s an exact of my first car except it doesn't have Still Little Fingers on the windscreen visor.

HC Vauxhall VIVA

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Lane Ender]

View attachment 22295

Mid 60s?

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

 

[Kentblade]

If you are up this way later in the year Barrow Hill round house is well worth a visit especially on a steam weekend. Closed for renovation work at the moment except in May for the Real Ale festival should be open again in the autumn. It could well be one of the last round houses in the country.
http://www.barrowhill.org/

Excellent place and have loads of images from there.
UTB

 

[BerksBlade]

Car is definitely a Morris Marina. I'm guessing a 1.3 as the 1.8 had a different grille.