Those were the days.
May 20th 2014, 11:30 am
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Those were the days.
Photos taken in 1939 of a couples motoring holidays. Must have been a great time to own a car and do motoring trips. Worth a look. I would like to have the car now
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...reak-WWII.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...reak-WWII.html
May 20th 2014, 12:13 pm
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You feel you are right back there. Thanks for that.
May 20th 2014, 1:15 pm
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Great shots.
I imagine anyone fortunate enough to have a car back then, could truly enjoy the freedom of the open road with so little traffic about.
I imagine anyone fortunate enough to have a car back then, could truly enjoy the freedom of the open road with so little traffic about.
May 20th 2014, 1:43 pm
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May 20th 2014, 3:33 pm
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and that nice man from the AA would give you a salute
(if you had your badge showing)
(if you had your badge showing)
May 20th 2014, 8:03 pm
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You mean back to the years when people had time for each other, werent in such a damn rush, and didn't always feel the need to belittle others??? 
Yes, those were the days
Yes, those were the days
May 20th 2014, 11:23 pm
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Oh WOW ! I just love that . Such a wonderful find for the grandson & the family.
May 21st 2014, 1:16 am
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May 21st 2014, 1:28 am
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Beautiful. The England my parents grew up in. Very nostalgic.
Not sure why it's in PDT, but lovely.
Not sure why it's in PDT, but lovely.
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May 21st 2014, 7:20 am
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May 21st 2014, 8:46 am
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Thank you. I wondered why I had put it in PDT afterwards 
May 22nd 2014, 3:32 pm
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Love the pictures, the landscapes, the buildings, the car!, the glasses the woman is wearing, the streets, even the cloths!
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Who ever said we progress!!!
May 22nd 2014, 4:05 pm
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I agree that the pictures are absolutely charming.
But I'll bet that car, although very pretty, was slow, noisy, unreliable, costly and smelly.
But I'll bet that car, although very pretty, was slow, noisy, unreliable, costly and smelly.
May 22nd 2014, 10:44 pm
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Pretty? Yes.
Slow? Not by standards in those days.
Noisy? All part of the fun and easy to gauge the health of the engine, unlike today's cars
Unreliable? Maybe, but easy to fix, all part of the fun.
Costly ? I don't think. I believe new cars were available from less than 200 quid, which wasn't such a fortune even back then and petrol at little more than a few pennies per ltr,...... peanuts.
Smelly ? Maybe, but all part of the attraction. I used to get high on the smell of a dirty oily rag.
I passed my test in a pre-war Rover,(poor man's Rolls Royce), as soon as I was old enough to take it in the 60s, but I drove all around the empty roads by myself for years before that, still hardly able to see over the steering wheel, with no problem or interference at all.
I have some old glass plate photos of my old man riding an ancient Sunbeam motor cycle, maybe worth developing into a modern format if I knew how.