Old Photos For No Reason Whatsoever

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Went to Plaxtons coach builders open day in Scarborough yesterday and this was on show having been made there.
I hope these photos bring back some memories.










Very nice but I’m glad I’m not travelling all the way to Bournemouth in it.

 

[XM657]

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Went to Plaxtons coach builders open day in Scarborough yesterday and this was on show having been made there.
I hope these photos bring back some memories.


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Very nice but I’m glad I’m not travelling all the way to Bournemouth in it.

Original name or SUT were formed out of United Motor Services aka UMS. This was the way my maternal grandmother always refered to SUT as when I was a lad.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

Went to Plaxtons coach builders open day in Scarborough yesterday and this was on show having been made there.
I hope these photos bring back some memories.


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Very nice but I’m glad I’m not travelling all the way to Bournemouth in it.

To make it truly realistic one of the rear windows should be shattered, with a brick-shaped hole in it and the offending object lying on the floor in the central aisle.

 

[JJ Sefton]

 

[Mad Mick]

My walk towards BDTBL in Spring 1970. As a chabby, I'd walk down Shrewsbury and on QuuensRoad and take a right turn. When I was older I went through town and finished at the Pump Tavern, I was invariably a few minutes late cos I had to have that last pint.

 

[TaxiBlade]

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this took me a while to work out., link to now. Great shot!

I thought it looked like here, as I've seen lots taken from this place

 

[georgebernardshaw]

 

[Bert]

More from Bert's garage.
Bert went to Hillsborough that day just to see the 16 year old boy wonder, who duly scored.

 

[Bert]

 

[Bert]

 

[Silent Blade]

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More from Bert's garage.
Bert went to Hillsborough that day just to see the 16 year old boy wonder, who duly scored.

I was at a reserves match at the Lane (v Wolves, I think) and Hodgy was in goal. I think it was the last time he played in the reserves. During half time there were gasps from the crowd when the pavilion scoreboard revealed that Colchester were winning 2-0 against L**ds in the FA Cup

 

[Blade56]

 

[Wooden Blade]

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I was there - my only ever trip to Charlton - happy drive home though.

 

[Bert]

I was at a reserves match at the Lane (v Wolves, I think) and Hodgy was in goal. I think it was the last time he played in the reserves. During half time there were gasps from the crowd when the pavilion scoreboard revealed that Colchester were winning 2-0 against L**ds in the FA Cup

It rained all day, Bert got very wet on their Kop.

 

[Bert]

I was there - my only ever trip to Charlton - happy drive home though.

Bert has only ever been to Charlton once as well, to see The Who in 1976.

 

[XM657]

My walk towards BDTBL in Spring 1970. As a chabby, I'd walk down Shrewsbury and on QuuensRoad and take a right turn. When I was older I went through town and finished at the Pump Tavern, I was invariably a few minutes late cos I had to have that last pint. View attachment 59543

Ahhhhhhhhhh Pump Tavern, memories

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Hands up if you ever caught a 71 bus back home from a game at BDTBL.

 

[Sean Thornton]

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I was at the Johnny Johnson gig. They were superb.

 

[wavy-blade]

Great old picture, showing where I stood on the Kop.

God remember the kop with that gangway which ran in the middle , I used to stand above that gangway with my mates as a youth , I stood just after the barrier and every time we scored I would end up jumping into that gangway ahhh the memories, lost contact with all those who I used to stand with now .

 

[bornablade]

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Although there's no mention of the year it looks as though that's from February 1971.

Interestingly that decimalisation came in that month but most places seem to be ignoring it.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

I was at the Johnny Johnson gig. They were superb.

You were lucky. I went to the Valentine Disc Show at the White Rose, Handsworth to meet some of the “dollies” who’d been allowed in free. I went in drag to get in for a bob, as stated in the ad, but they wouldn’t let me in because I was underage.

Their loss.

 

[Bert]

Although there's no mention of the year it looks as though that's from February 1971.

Interestingly that decimalisation came in that month but most places seem to be ignoring it.

Correct, it was the week before decimilsation.

 

[Bert]

Their loss

It would have been your loss if they'd had a hot pants competition.

 

[bornablade]

Correct, it was the week before decimilsation.

So pleasing that now in the 21st century we are much more mature about accepting major issues that have been decided and that we now embrace these changes rather than resisting them.

Or are things still the same?

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

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For those of us of a certain age this picture has to be one of the most fascinating I’ve seen for a while. Some right gems in there!

 

[Bert]

Edmund, fag in hand.

 

[Bert]

 

[Bert]

 

[Bert]

 

[Bert]