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Terrible things. Had one as a crew car in Castle Donny. Permanent leak on wheels.
Bloody 'ell! Old curly, is he still about?Memory jog:- slightly off thread. The head engineer at the Kiddeminster sugar beet processing factory was a Mr Kale.
Another piece of Cleckheaton iron. Pater used it in reliability trials, with mater on the flapper pad!Ooh, Cleckheaton's finest! Yes please!!
Sent from my karzi while losing several pounds
Friend of mine had a Rover 75 .... lovely car ... built like a Tank ... it too had freewheel .... and a manually adjusted accelerator control mounted by the steering wheel ...
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That looks like a cork bung and even I am not that old. This is the thing I vaguely remember.
You are absolutely correct ... my error ... but that photograph has just demonstrated the angular design of the Gear Stick ... certainly not stubby nor straight .... another oddity I seem to remember , hopefully correctly , was that the handbrake was on the RHS of the driver .Wasn't that the freewheel control? Nothing to do with the accelerator.
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When was this? Was the Welbeck you refer to rebranded as Meden Vale?We would cycle down to a place called Welbeck abbey to collect conkers, pannier
bags each side of the rear wheel, behind the seat and on the handle bars,
Panniers full, head back home, it took an age to get back,
Size the conkers and sell them
A friend and I had a handcart, to deliver groceries and fetch and carry for people,
all to make a few bob.
Catch the free miners bus to the next village to go swimming.
Bull roaring,
Three stories terraced housing, brain pipes from ground to roof,
stuff as many drain pipes possible with newspaper using a length of stiff
wire, then light them all at once, they made a hell of a noise if done in the evening,
hence, the name![]()
Another piece of Cleckheaton iron. Pater used it in reliability trials, with mater on the flapper pad!
I don't know if the names changed, I have just googled "Welbeck Abbey, Worksop"When was this? Was the Welbeck you refer to rebranded as Meden Vale?
in the early episodes of " Last of the Summer Wine " ... currently being broadcast on the Drama Channel early evening Cleggie , played by Peter Sallis , sports a one ... even in fine weather .I remember the original pac-a-mac raincoat. Grey waterproof plastic, with buttonholes that usually split after a few uses.
Tried to find a photo, but no luck.
Edit: It was the smell of the vinyl that I can still remember
Welbeck Abbey remains. The mining village of Welbeck (Notts) was renamed Meden Vale. You were in the area way before I was born but thanks for the response.I don't know if the names changed, I have just googled "Welbeck Abbey, Worksop"
it appears the name is still Welbeck Abbey,
I first started going to the Abbey in 1952/3,
Going on Google, to the Abbey took me back in time, looks the same.
Do you live in the area?Welbeck Abbey remains. The mining village of Welbeck (Notts) was renamed Meden Vale. You were in the area way before I was born but thanks for the response.
Not now, but my sister does.Do you live in the area?
You are absolutely correct ... my error ... but that photograph has just demonstrated the angular design of the Gear Stick ... certainly not stubby nor straight .... another oddity I seem to remember , hopefully correctly , was that the handbrake was on the RHS of the driver .
I remember the original pac-a-mac raincoat. Grey waterproof plastic, with buttonholes that usually split after a few uses.
Tried to find a photo, but no luck.
Edit: It was the smell of the vinyl that I can still remember
Friend of mine had a Rover 75 .... lovely car ... built like a Tank ... it too had freewheel .... and a manually adjusted accelerator control mounted by the steering wheel ...
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News flash" The 24 year search for the croydon park mac flasher has come to an end. A Mr Solomon88: has admitted that his father was guilty of the crimes that galvanized the nation. police 5 presenter Shaw Taylor said" At long last the perpetrator can now be brought to justice"Found one in the back of the garage only the other day! It must have come out of one of my dad's cars a couple of dozen years ago. I'll get some photos. soon as I can.
News flash" The 24 year search for the croydon park mac flasher has come to an end A Mr Solomon88: has admitted that his father was guilty of the crimes that galvanized the nation. police 5 presenter Shaw Taylor said" At long last the perpetrator can now be brought to justice"
I recall watching Maggie Thatcher arriving in Downing Street after winning the election in 1979, she pulled up in a very impressive, if somewhat outdated, black car. Asking someone who knew I was told it was a Rover, which surprised me as Rovers to me had always been those rather angular, space-age cars from the late 1960s that were then replaced by the fantastic looking (they were absolutely dreadful when it came to build quality) Rover 3500 SD1s.Friend of mine had a Rover 75 .... lovely car ... built like a Tank ... it too had freewheel .... and a manually adjusted accelerator control mounted by the steering wheel ...
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I recall watching Maggie Thatcher arriving in Downing Street after winning the election in 1979, she pulled up in a very impressive, if somewhat outdated, black car. Asking someone who knew I was told it was a Rover, which surprised me as Rovers to me had always been those rather angular, space-age cars from the late 1960s that were then replaced by the fantastic looking (they were absolutely dreadful when it came to build quality) Rover 3500 SD1s.
Anyone remember what was the model of Rover she arrived in? Presumably it belonged to Denis, as you could just see him tootling off to the golf club in it.