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Old garage pic. nr Pitsea Essex and 1937 d.test card
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BigJohn



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:42 pm    Post subject: Old garage pic. nr Pitsea Essex and 1937 d.test card Reply with quote
Further to my post in the commercial section about Gunness oil depot, I also have these pictures from the Old Mans effects,
The first is a pic I took of his driving test card



And this is a post card of a garage he was in some sort of dealings with before the war near Pitsea, Essex. He served his time at a company which ran Rolls Royce, Daimler and Minerva servicing. The garage in the photo was a dealers he "moonlighted" at repairing the stock. My Old Man, being the type of guy he was, joined the RAF in Sept 1939 for what he thought would be 6 months of "a bit of fun" as he put it! Well he saw the world but it was nearer 6 years.



This is written on the back.

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PAUL BEAUMONT



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
What a wonderful collection of family memorabilia. Thanks for sharing it!

Paul
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
PAUL BEAUMONT wrote:
What a wonderful collection of family memorabilia. Thanks for sharing it!

Paul


Agreed, fab to see them, the garage looks well worth a visit Smile

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great stuff,BigJohn. Fantastic memories,thanks for sharing.
I wonder what that garage forecourt would be worth if it was available today.
Cheers,JD.
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Richard H



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's really interesting, thanks for sharing!
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Penman



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi
Would it be possible to use the Test Appointment card photo in an instructor's trade paper please?
I have a monthly column and am always on the look out for historic items for fillers. This one is particularly interesting because of the information re meeting the examiner as it is so soon after the introduction of compulsory testing.
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1935

Voluntary testing is introduced by the Road Traffic Act, 1934, to avoid a rush of candidates when the test becomes compulsory.

Mr J Beene is the first person to pass his driving test, at a cost of 7 / 6d (£0.37.5 new pence)


1 Jun 1935

Compulsory testing brought in for all drivers who started driving on or after 1 Apr 1934:

* around 246,000 candidates apply
* the pass rate is 63%,
* 250 examiners taking at least nine, and up to sixteen, half-hour driving tests a day.

Examining staff also make all test bookings. There are no test centres, examiners meet candidates at a pre-arranged spot such as a car park or railway station.

Anyone buying a driving licence must put ‘L’ plates on the car and eventually take a driving test to get their full licence.


There have been ad hoc locations for tests on some of the remote areas of the Highlands and Islands even up to the current day, but they are starting to do it again in some cities, meeting the pupil at such locations as Halfords car parks and even some Fire Stations.
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BigJohn



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Penman, feel free to use it, a further thing was Dad said he turned up in the works Ford van ( I think he said it was an A or AA model) and that he had been advised by his foreman to take some white gloves so the hand signals were obvious. The examiner told him that if he hadn't have been so tall he would have failed him as his hand was only just visible from behind due to the van body. Dad was 6'4". The glove trick obviously worked!

John.
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