Buzzer:
Buzzer
John. I think the picture is from Roe Street in the centre of Liverpool in the 1960s.
Toward the top left of the picture it shows " MEEK LTD ". One of the main fruit and
veg wholesalers was called " BELLIS & MEEK ", and I cant recall this name in the many
town and city wholesalers during my time at Robert Baillie & Co Ltd, mainly delivering
Guernsey Tomatoes or Breton cauliflowers. Perhaps someone else has another clue ?.
Cheers, Ray.
Froggy55:
0On Dec 3, 1970, I had just walked round the corner on my way back from school when this scaffolding collapsed behind me close to Kensington High Street. I just think I was lucky.
The Rover P6 seems to have survived quite well. Infact you’d probably have been safer sitting in the car which seems to have taken most of the impact than walking along the street
Carl Williams:
Froggy55:
0On Dec 3, 1970, I had just walked round the corner on my way back from school when this scaffolding collapsed behind me close to Kensington High Street. I just think I was lucky.The Rover P6 seems to have survived quite well. Infact you’d probably have been safer sitting in the car which seems to have taken most of the impact than walking along the street
Think if you look closely Carl, the P6 roof is just below the ashtray!
mushroomman:
Traffic jam in ■■■■■■■■0
Isn’t the first car a Wolseley?
Froggy55:
mushroomman:
Traffic jam in ■■■■■■■■0
Isn’t the first car a Wolseley?
Yes, a Wolseley 1500. 1500 relating the the engine capacity, 1.5 litres. Nice little cars. Did you know that the badge in the Radiator grille declaring the car to be a Wolseley lit up with the sidelights? There was a sister car badged as a Riley.
Froggy55:
mushroomman:
Traffic jam in ■■■■■■■■0
Isn’t the first car a Wolseley?
Wolseley 1500 or Riley 1500?
What external difference is there between the two?
Franglais:
Froggy55:
mushroomman:
Traffic jam in ■■■■■■■■0
Isn’t the first car a Wolseley?
Wolseley 1500 or Riley 1500?
What external difference is there between the two?
From memory, The radiator grill was totally different, also the chrome name badges.
I think I am correct in saying that the 1500cc engine had two carburettors, and was quite sporty.
Cheers, Ray.
Ray Smyth:
Franglais:
Froggy55:
mushroomman:
Traffic jam in ■■■■■■■■0
Isn’t the first car a Wolseley?
Wolseley 1500 or Riley 1500?
What external difference is there between the two?From memory, The radiator grill was totally different, also the chrome name badges.
I think I am correct in saying that the 1500cc engine had two carburettors, and was quite sporty.Cheers, Ray.
Indeed. The Wolseley was the posh one, the Riley had a sporting image. I do not remember but think the Riley engine would have been twin SU carbs, the Wolseley probably bot.
They do look similar to me.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_One-Point-Five
I do agree the oval lighted badge on the grill is a noticeable difference.
Wolseley, not Riley. 
Dipster:
Froggy55:
mushroomman:
Traffic jam in ■■■■■■■■0
Isn’t the first car a Wolseley?
Yes, a Wolseley 1500. 1500 relating the the engine capacity, 1.5 litres. Nice little cars. Did you know that the badge in the Radiator grille declaring the car to be a Wolseley lit up with the sidelights? There was a sister car badged as a Riley.
There were also the Australian cousins.
Both the Wolseley 1500 and Riley 1.5 shared the same floorpan and torsion bar suspension as the Morris Minor 1000. The Riley had twin SU carbs. My pal had the Wolseley and we were returning back home to Reading from an evening out in London and rattling down the M4 at a steady 70 mph the temperature gauge was indicating that the engine was overheating badly! Anyway we kept going and when he went to change down into third gear to come off the Motorway realised that he had been in third gear all the way from London! Very tractable those cars, you could go from around 15 mph to (obviously!) 70 in third.
Pete.
Dipster:
Yes, a Wolseley 1500. 1500 relating the the engine capacity, 1.5 litres. Nice little cars. Did you know that the badge in the Radiator grille declaring the car to be a Wolseley lit up with the sidelights?
No, I didn’t! Brilliant idea!
Froggy55:
Dipster:
Yes, a Wolseley 1500. 1500 relating the the engine capacity, 1.5 litres. Nice little cars. Did you know that the badge in the Radiator grille declaring the car to be a Wolseley lit up with the sidelights?No, I didn’t! Brilliant idea!
If you are a boring old ■■■■ which sadly I am becoming, and watch The Moving Picture show TV channel on The series Scotland Yard shown origionally late 1950s Scotland yard used Wolsey cars and they hadthe lit up sign, even in those days. Its also interesting to see the DNA of the Morris Minor, particularly the shape of the car rear & boot in these much bigger and faster Wolseley cars
Carl, as I am fully paid-up member of the “Boring Old ■■■■■ Club” I had forgotten all about that little light on the radiator grill on the Wolseleys, until Dipster mentioned it the other day. It doesn’t seem like 58 years ago that my workmate John, used to pick me up at the bus stop in his Wolseley Pathfinder, on our way to work on a cold and dark winters morning. Until yesterday I thought that John had a Riley Pathfinder but it seems that the Riley didn’t have a light on the grill, or did it. 
B.T.W. The photo of the traffic queue was apparently taken on Keswick Road in 1970, I wonder if the ■■■■■■■■■■ Sheeter spotted it. 
