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Could you post the original version of the tanker please Neil, I'm curious!!
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Here it is...bit out of focus but nice enough Neilmickthemaverick wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 09:14 Could you post the unmolested original version of the tanker please Neil, I'm curious!!
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Thanks Neil, my curiosity is satisfied with the 'Hot Food'. I couldn't make out what the black rectangle was!!
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Just above the cab in the background on the original you may just make out the name Hardy.mickthemaverick wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 11:58 Thanks Neil, my curiosity is satisfied with the 'Hot Food'. I couldn't make out what the black rectangle was!!
More your trout and salmon and fly fishing traditional name and long established firm, but they would be mad not to make other gear now. er...their website looks like they are still paddling round exclusively in their traditional market
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Borrowed from the Birmingham history forum, I travelled on this a few times as a lad, a bus adapted to run on gas during the war.
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On a bit of a trivia link from Ilford a recent subject on the Remember these all our yesterdays thread, on geograph put Ilford in the browser search, and if you do nothing it defaults to within 2km.
This pulled up these images of the Barking Bus Garage from David Kemp and co-incidentally old favourite Alan Murray-Rust who supplied wiki commons with the photograph of the last mainline steam hauled journey before steam was officially axed in 1968, reproduced on the One for the train buffs thread...
...and yes another landmark end of an era event to record, the last journey of the iconic London RT bus, route 62 ending up at the afore-mentioned Barking Bus Garage (and a mere stonesthrow from Ilford!), with a parade following on to mark the occasion.
Here's Alan's end of an era pictures, click on the thumbnails for larger images.
The end of an era – 1979
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London's last RT buses on parade
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and one of David's from a 40th year anniversary event in 2019
Line-up of RT buses inside Barking bus garage
© Copyright David Kemp and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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This pulled up these images of the Barking Bus Garage from David Kemp and co-incidentally old favourite Alan Murray-Rust who supplied wiki commons with the photograph of the last mainline steam hauled journey before steam was officially axed in 1968, reproduced on the One for the train buffs thread...
...and yes another landmark end of an era event to record, the last journey of the iconic London RT bus, route 62 ending up at the afore-mentioned Barking Bus Garage (and a mere stonesthrow from Ilford!), with a parade following on to mark the occasion.
Here's Alan's end of an era pictures, click on the thumbnails for larger images.
The end of an era – 1979
© Copyright Alan Murray-Rust and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
London's last RT buses on parade
© Copyright Alan Murray-Rust and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
and one of David's from a 40th year anniversary event in 2019
Line-up of RT buses inside Barking bus garage
© Copyright David Kemp and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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The Series 1 episode 1 of Retro Electro Workshop just keeps giving.
The Bryan Double Decker machine
Its a sort of tipping point penny falls game with two "decks" and the added animation of a matchbox double decker bus whizzing from side to side on a rocker arrangement for each of the decks. The game featured briefly in the episode
This is a short example of its operation
For the chapter and verse this links to quite an engaging more detailed longer presentation, down to the wheels of the standard matchbox double decker being changed by "Bryan" to brass to run on the rockers.
https://youtu.be/TW-VeFnA_iA
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The Bryan Double Decker machine
Its a sort of tipping point penny falls game with two "decks" and the added animation of a matchbox double decker bus whizzing from side to side on a rocker arrangement for each of the decks. The game featured briefly in the episode
This is a short example of its operation
For the chapter and verse this links to quite an engaging more detailed longer presentation, down to the wheels of the standard matchbox double decker being changed by "Bryan" to brass to run on the rockers.
https://youtu.be/TW-VeFnA_iA
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In its day intended a workhorse for local tradesmen, but now whoever bought this is unlikely to shove building materials and equipment in the pick-up and re-use it as a working vehicle.
Back in 2017 it achieved a £21,000 hammer price at SWVA (South West Vehicle Auctions).
You can see from the gallery of picture that it had been "done". Absolutely pristine.
https://www.swva.co.uk/classic-car/aust ... k-up-1958/
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Back in 2017 it achieved a £21,000 hammer price at SWVA (South West Vehicle Auctions).
You can see from the gallery of picture that it had been "done". Absolutely pristine.
https://www.swva.co.uk/classic-car/aust ... k-up-1958/
UAB101 is the 75th Austin A35 pick-up produced out of a total of just 475. Originally intended as a small utility vehicle for local tradesmen the A35 pick-up went into production in late 1956 but was halted within a few months due to issues with purchase tax. Commercial vehicles were at that time exempt from purchase tax whereas standard road cars were not. The A35 pick-up had a tiny load capacity and no tailgate along with seats fitted in the rear tub (that fold away), and as a result the tax authorities decided that this made it more of a recreational rather than work vehicle and applied the purchase tax thus making the car very expensive to buy in the UK. As a result and with very few sold production was halted and all unsold models were shipped abroad (mostly Australia and New Zealand), roughly half of these little pick-ups ended up overseas. |
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