Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

The Mersey Tunnel entrance and exit in the centre of Liverpool in the late 1960s.
The green Bedford artic vehicle is the Liverpool Corporation mobile canteen for
their bus drivers and conductors, the Ribble bus crews also had tea & snacks in there.
The green bus is a Leyland of Liverpool Corporation, and the red bus, also a Leyland
is of Ribble Motor Service. The little white lorry is a BMC FG series vehicle.

Cheers, Ray.

ERF’s at Speech House

Ade

Buzzer

A Commer fire engine pump at the Fire Station in Bootle, near Liverpool in the late 1950s.
If you notice the local Bootle number plate, EM 6681, still at its 2 letters, EM, It was early
1960s that Bootle moved on to AEM, etc. Picture from Bootle History Forum.

Ray.

Which fire station became Flames nightclub, spent many an hour there in my younger days on the hunt for the future MrsHogg. :laughing:

abc.net.au/news/rural/2017- … c_news_web

Star down under.:
Lake King tractor museum - ABC News

4 Gallons an hour. I couldn’t catch what he said the bought ones used, but I bet it was more.
Marvellous what you can do with a bit on nouse.

Thanks to Buzzer, Tyneside, 5thwheel, Ray Smyth and lurpak for the photos :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Oily

From recent travels heading north on the A9 at Drumochter.

Westwards on the A689 at Wolsingham.
Oily

Speech House

Ade

Bedfordshire steam and country fayre 2023.

I’ve just got back from this years show which has been on for the last 3 days. I’ll post some photos I took, apologies if any are the same as last year but I tried my hardest to take some different ones.

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Buzzer

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Found online so not sure where this was taken. Ouistreham perhaps? I do remember those Norby Trailer Savoyade tilts (bottom right). I used to pull them out of Dover docks on traction work - mostly triaxle ones. Being a short-arse I wasn’t so keen on those high drop-sides.

It shouldn’t be too difficult to date this image, as the period will be somewhere between the beginning of series 2 Scanias and the beginning of Ferrymasters trailers bearing the P&0 logo. :wink:

Can anyone tell me more about the numberplate of this truck? Moreover, it bears an unusual axle display.
Thanks.

Froggy55:
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Hi Froggy, The number plate is from Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. Cheers, Ray.