Buzzer
Tyneside wrote;
Some Fire Appliances from the NE. Not sure if it is correct but I was told the Top photo was the first appliance ever built on an ERF chassis
Yes that’s right Tyneside, ERF produced two models in 1966, one as a Water Tender, as in the photo, the F-Series 84 RS and the other for mounting a turntable or hydraulic platform the heavier F-Series 84 PF. The Newcastle and Gateshead appliance in the photo was the first ERF they bought and was stationed at the HQ in Pilgrim St as you know in Newcastle centre. LBB 914D was also delivered in time to make it’s debut at the Brigade’s centenary parade in 1967 and was said to be the fastest appliance in the fleet with the V8.510 Perkins. The front of the chassis on these new builds were stepped to enable the low entry of the crew and this one also had super single rears although they were later changed to twins to be in line with the other vehicles rather than having odd tyres to stock. Newcastle and later Tyne and Wear Fire Brigade had many other ERF models following the success of this first one including the Simon Snorkel type. The Commer at the Gosforth High St Station, which was then situated on the A1 Great North Rd was said to be one of the hardest working of the Brigade. The Station later moved to a location behind the High St on Jubilee Rd and up until I left TWFRS it was still very busy compared to other stations. The third photo if you didn’t know wasn’t from the war period despite the Leyland Turntable Ladders dating from pre WWII, but the 1960’s, we certainly got the best out of any vehicles we could but despite most being hard worked they were very well serviced and maintained. Franky.
Thats the Thornycroft I mentioned earlier a regular on the road in the late 80,s
one for Buzzer my father told me it was one of the first imported into the UK after the second world war.
Have no Idea how I managed to turn it inside out lol.
Dig
oiltreader:
Froggy55:
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Would any of you locate this picture and give the make & model of the two cars, registered in Berwickshire before 1953? What does the HSC disc stand for? And what about that guy in beige uniform? Thanks!A wild guess !! Hong Kong taxi cabs and the reg plates a coincidence.
Oily
If it’s not HK, I reckon Singapore. Another wild guess though.
Froggy55:
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Would any of you locate this picture and give the make & model of the two cars, registered in Berwickshire before 1953? What does the HSC disc stand for? And what about that guy in beige uniform? Thanks!
The cars are Austin Cambridges, either A40 or A50, both released in 1954. The A40 was fitted with a 1200cc engine, the A50 was the same body with a 1500cc engine.
The 1953 number plates predate the car, so as suggested elsewhere, a British influenced, overseas country.
Froggy55:
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Would any of you locate this picture and give the make & model of the two cars, registered in Berwickshire before 1953? What does the HSC disc stand for? And what about that guy in beige uniform? Thanks!
The earliest this picture can be is 1959. Asia Insurance was founded that year, in Hong Kong.
oiltreader:
Froggy55:
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Would any of you locate this picture and give the make & model of the two cars, registered in Berwickshire before 1953? What does the HSC disc stand for? And what about that guy in beige uniform? Thanks!A wild guess !! Hong Kong taxi cabs and the reg plates a coincidence.
Oily
I don’t think they’re HK taxis. Googling 1960 HK taxi images does not show any taxis with a yellow disc.
Does the disc say 1961?
peterm:
oiltreader:
Froggy55:
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Would any of you locate this picture and give the make & model of the two cars, registered in Berwickshire before 1953? What does the HSC disc stand for? And what about that guy in beige uniform? Thanks!A wild guess !! Hong Kong taxi cabs and the reg plates a coincidence.
OilyIf it’s not HK, I reckon Singapore. Another wild guess though.
And Austin Cambridges ?
Thanks for all your answers and suggestions! Austin Cambridges, yes certainly, and let’s go for a post-1959 picture. A closer look to the picture shows some people, maybe queuing at a bus stop, dressed in style that certainly doesn’t look British. The trees on the right look more African than Far East. Then, what about Rhodesia, Nigeria or Kenya? And the yellow discs could indeed belong to a taxi company.
Hopefully Chris Webb will confirm that its Singapore. 
flickriver.com/photos/eastbtm/2774736954/
Looks like Singapore then.
Austin Cambridge, circular disc and “SH” reg plate.
remembersingapore.org/2014/10/0 … ore-taxis/
scroll down to find taxi driver Mohamed Ismail and his Austin Cambridge.
also another Singapore photo.
Oily
oiltreader:
Taxi! Taxi! The Evolution of Singapore’s Taxi-Cabs | Remember Singapore
scroll down to find taxi driver Mohamed Ismail and his Austin Cambridge.
also another Singapore photo.
Oily
Post 1961 by the Cambridge A60.
My guess would be mid 60s.
essexpete:
oiltreader:
Taxi! Taxi! The Evolution of Singapore’s Taxi-Cabs | Remember Singapore
scroll down to find taxi driver Mohamed Ismail and his Austin Cambridge.
also another Singapore photo.
OilyPost 1961 by the Cambridge A60.
My guess would be mid 60s.
I’d agree with mid sixties, but I reckon your A60 is in fact a Morris Oxford. The biscuit coloured car, parked on the far left, looks like an EH Holden, they were a '64 model.
I’m viewing on a tablet, so pictures are a bit small.
Star down under.:
essexpete:
oiltreader:
Taxi! Taxi! The Evolution of Singapore’s Taxi-Cabs | Remember Singapore
scroll down to find taxi driver Mohamed Ismail and his Austin Cambridge.
also another Singapore photo.
OilyPost 1961 by the Cambridge A60.
My guess would be mid 60s.I’d agree with mid sixties, but I reckon your A60 is in fact a Morris Oxford. The biscuit coloured car, parked on the far left, looks like an EH Holden, they were a '64 model.
I’m viewing on a tablet, so pictures are a bit small.
Yes you are right, the Morris grill with larger horizontal bars.
