Lardbeast
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Terrible things. Had one as a crew car in Castle Donny. Permanent leak on wheels.
Memorable stuff from your formative years
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Terrible things. Had one as a crew car in Castle Donny. Permanent leak on wheels.
cent05zr70
GCM
Bloody 'ell! Old curly, is he still about?
cent05zr70
GCM
Another piece of Cleckheaton iron. Pater used it in reliability trials, with mater on the flapper pad!
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solomon88
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solomon88
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Yes, I remember those. Screw in top, something a bit like Bakelite with a soft rubber ring to seal the fizz.
Border_Reiver
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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 .
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Choux Bun
Clanker
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
JackSofty
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anglo
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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.
Border_Reiver
ADC
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 .
Choux Bun
Clanker
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.
anglo
LE
Do you live in the area?
Choux Bun
Clanker
Not now, but my sister does.
solomon88
LE
Yes, I think the earlier models had a straight stick, later models had the proper "umbrella" grip. All rod operated. through to the rear drums.
solomon88
LE
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.
Rodney2q
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Lovely cars. My old man had one of those - he loved it. They certainly were built like tanks. IIRC the chassis alone weight about 1.5 tons.
My dad pulled up at a set of traffic lights in the 70s and he and my mum felt a slight bump. Dad got out and found that someone had driven into the back of him. I think it was a Triumph or some other lightweight sports car.
When my dad pulled his Rover forwards he found a small dent in the steel rear bumper, while the front bumper, grill and other assorted bits of the other car fell off...
Edited to add that I remember that car from the late 60s/early 70s so it may have been one of the later Rover models - the 110 series seems to ring a bell.
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solomon88
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That was my brother, honestly.
Mike Barton
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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.
Gardner6LXB
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P5B, istr.
Edit; Here-
Rover P5 - the ministerial Rover that ruled the waves
The full story of the Rover P5 – from design inspiration in the early 1950s to the end of production in 1973. From straight-six to Rover V8.
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