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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:03 pm Post subject: Back in the day... signs of the times |
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A date on this photo says 1967 and indeed the Council Yard was still there. (Just/Maybe). The HE Registrations are pre 1962 Barnsley and the RNU is Derbyshire general at around that time.
The Highways Department van is also displaying the circular white "C - Licence" disc. I remember my father's vans having these but don't know when they were abolished.
A sign of days gone by was the casual attachment of an L plate to the inside of the windshield. As a Council vehicle it likely attracted little attention from the law. The idea that "Learner" drivers could be allowed to drive or even worse actually be given instruction by a fellow worker would likely shock our younger readers. In 1974 I joined the newly formed Yorkshire Water Authority, and my first works vehicle was an ex Barnsley Corporation Land Rover. After a period of a few weeks it was sent to be repainted in the new YWA colours where upon it was discovered that the Road Tax had expired several months earlier.
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ukdave2002
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4104 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yep..the controlling element of the generation who have retired in the last 25 years have much to answer for.. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK
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alanb
Joined: 10 Sep 2012 Posts: 516 Location: Berkshire.
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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My father was the manager of a tyre wholesale and retail company, and I can remember him saying that you had to ensure the doors on the early Vauxhall Victor were properly closed before jacking the car otherwise the windscreen would break or pop out. _________________ old tourer
Morris 8 two seater |
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Peter_L
Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 2680 Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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………… and back in the day, when getting new tyres didn't mean having to drink free coffee.
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