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‘Oi’ll geeve eet it foive !’Telly, Take Your Pick with Michael Miles, Vision On with Tony Hart, Opportunity Knocks with Hughie Green and that dopey girl, Moira I think?
‘Oi’ll geeve eet it foive !’Telly, Take Your Pick with Michael Miles, Vision On with Tony Hart, Opportunity Knocks with Hughie Green and that dopey girl, Moira I think?
men wore long trousers with crotches that didnt hang down to their knees.
And sometimes you would get a plastic toy inside to collect.I remember breakfast cereals came in just the cardboard box, there was no inner plastic bag.
Or a cut out thing on the back of the box, usually a boomerang thing in the shape of a cross.And sometimes you would get a plastic toy inside to collect.
Cast iron engines with core plugs Occasionally, one would pop out of its own accord, hopefully not the one behind the bulkhead. Get home by making a temporary wooden plugNo synchromesh between 1st and 2nd gear (and sometimes "temperamental" between the others too!). Cross-ply tyres and drum brakes. Leaf springs.
Carry out a ‘decoke’ every two or three months. Head off, remove the petrol/lead deposits, new head gasket, off you goCast iron engines with core plugs Occasionally, one would pop out of its own accord, hopefully not the one behind the bulkhead. Get home by making a temporary wooden plug
Rear wheel drive with prop shaft
Servicing was so much easier with little more than a set of spanners and screwdrivers. You didn't have to dismantle half the car to get at the component either.
Distributor, and rotor arm
Very little plastic apart from interior trim
Cast iron engines with core plugs Occasionally, one would pop out of its own accord, hopefully not the one behind the bulkhead. Get home by making a temporary wooden plug
Rear wheel drive with prop shaft
Servicing was so much easier with little more than a set of spanners and screwdrivers. You didn't have to dismantle half the car to get at the component either.
Distributor, and rotor arm
Very little plastic apart from interior trim
An Uncle had a 3 wheeler ( no idea which it was a lot of years ago, so maybe a "bubble car") powered by a motor bike engine, and I remember him putting his foot under the bonnet to kick it overMy dad’s first car had starting handle! Ford Popular E93a.
Bond mini car probably. Powered by a 200cc or 250cc Villiers engine. My BIL has one along with a Bond Bug and three or four other vintage cars.An Uncle had a 3 wheeler ( no idea which it was a lot of years ago, so maybe a "bubble car") powered by a motor bike engine, and I remember him putting his foot under the bonnet to kick it over
Seaside postcards, many would be considered non PC, sexist, or racist nowadays.
The drunk driver crashing his car (as depicted on some) would not be considered funny today
One day our battered old dustbin disappeared and we wondered where it went. I mean, who would take that old thing bearing the scars of constant battering against the dustcart.Dust carts that had curved sliding covers that were opened by hand and the binmen lifted the galvanised bins up to their shoulder to empty them. Everyones bins had dents in them. Then plastic bins came in with no hot ashes written on the lids.
The Kursaal ?My dad’s first car had starting handle! Ford Popular E93a. I recall going to Southend in that one Sunday, never been to the seaside before!
The Kensall was running then, made of timber. A guy would patrol the beach and collect money for using the deckchairs. My dad never did learn how to erect one
Yes thank you Graeme, blooming spell check!The Kursaal ?
Had some great times there in the sixties, fantastic amusement park now a grade 2 listed building.
Your family must have been loaded, I only remember the B&W version.
I don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but fairgrounds and piers at the seaside, which had shooting ranges with .22 live ammo rifles using a clip of 5 bullets.
Not that I actually owned it, my dad and a couple of his mates were keen shooters.I sometimes wonder what the reaction would be today to a 14 year old owning a .410 shotgun.