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Strange the things you remember. I went early to queue for the Damned tickets but there were already loads of people queuing. Turns out they were all queuing for Kid Creole and the coconuts tickets. And they reckon the world's fucked today!
Can distinctly remember the sloping floor. I went twice in the autumn of '81 just having reopened. I had a ticket for the first gig - which I think was Odyssey - but didn't go , was much more into going for Gang of Four and The Cure.
Sportsman in Crosspool was ok and was my local, worked in the South Seas though for several years in the 70s
Not sure but believe the hard top roof was detachable allowing the configuration as in the first photo. Fella who came to where I worked late 50's had one same colour as the photos, though remember a blue and possibly one other colour which I cannot recall.Amazing bit of kit that! So the "retractable" hood must have been around for longer than I thought. I associate that feature more with modern day top-end marques. These days it's possible to retract the hood whilst still on the move, although I think the recommendation is not above 20 mph. I'm not sure I'd want to risk it though if I had Petunia in the car with me. Her long hair could easily get trapped in the mechanism as the hood is retracting and she'd end up dragged from her seat and dumped in the boot. Then again...
The rear end of that car reminded me of this...
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Anyone remember these cars? They were a few around in the U.K. during the '60's. Here's another view...
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Originally called the Nash Metropolitan and sold mainly in the US market, they came to the U.K. from 1957 onwards, sold as the "Austin Metropolitan". They didn't last long, but I remember seeing them on a few occasions when I was a kid. Right-hand drive models of course, like the one below.
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I'm not a car-buff btw. But I do enjoy seeing pictures of cars and other vehicles that remind me of the bygone days of my childhood. Somehow I think cars were more individual and interesting back then.
(Austin A40 to the left in white. MG Magnette behind it, in black. Not sure what the pale blue one is? Could be a Triumph Herald?)
Marje! That must have been about 1970/71 when Joe was struggling to come to terms with his success and tea probably wasn’t his beverage of choice.
Yes, Duck Egg Blue, original colour as I believe was the yellow, I had passed it through my mind earlier but was not too sure. Was the black original, possibly but surly not that pink colour, horrible, or would they call it shrimp, if so an insult to shrimps.
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Great stuff XM and many thanks . I particularly like the first photo and it's not one I've seen before .
The Metropolitan is another of Longbridge's finest, I believe the red, green, light blue, yellow and black were the UK colours, the pink being reserved for export. The engines were from the Austin Somerset and I seem to remember that Nash would not allow them to carry the Austin badge, so they were marketed as the Metropolitan
Ah, Miss Jepson the drama teacher, she was quite a lot of fun, it’s a shame I wasn’t a luvvy, I never enjoyed doing school plays. I couldn’t remember the name of Brownhead Farm, I was never in with the in crowd so never got the chance to go.
I do, we followed him all over the city, Crosspool YC, Black Swan, High Storrs school, where he was disappointed to find that there wasn’t a bar. Good guy, always time for a chat and remembered you the next time - I understand that when the houses in his old street were down for demolition, he bought them from the council for his neighbours.
I followed him in the sense, good singer and a Sheffield lad but was out of Sheffield most of the sixties. First I heard of him was '67 when a work colleague said to get to the Arbourthorne Hotel, singer called Joe Cocker sang there every Wed***day or Thursday night. Never went but remember seeing a TV programme on his career many years ago, still living, and seeing his home in Oregon, thinking lads done well for himself, beautiful area though cold in winter, then again so is Crooks.
Used to see him in the Broadfield as well.
Sturdy and reliable it certainly was, my mate had the car version, a slightly darker grey I remember, back in the late 60s we went almost every Sunday in it up to North Yorkshire fishing.
Remember the indicator switches, part of the 'winker' kit to up date or bring your vehicle in line with the law. One of those things I would never have remembered had you not put the photo up. Life is full of surprises,
Didn't know Billy Bremner sang in a group!
After the 5-1 win against Cardiff 27/4/1971
The re-arranged Coventry v Blades match in the 1971-72 season. We were winning 2-0 in the original fixture on 4/3/72 before a snowstorm caused the ref to have the match abandoned. Then in the re-arranged match on 18/4/72 we lost 3-2 (Currie had a good goal disallowed near the end of the game which would have been a hat trick by him had the goal stood). I was at Wembley on 4/3/72 to see Stoke beat Chelsea in the League Cup final and the scoreboard at Wembley had stated that we won 2-0 at Coventry. Later that evening at a M1 service station my dad and I were surprised to discover from an evening paper that the Coventry v Blades match got abandoned after 60 minutes! We went to the re-arranged match .
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