Hidden Gems
The Old Albion Inn in Crantock with a van and a car in the margins. Do we know what they are? Continue reading Hidden Gems
The Old Albion Inn in Crantock with a van and a car in the margins. Do we know what they are? Continue reading Hidden Gems
This is Madeira Cove, Weston-Super-Mare. Here we have a 1958 Austin A40 Farina with a fixed rear window. They only introduced the opening rear window in 1959. The Hillman Imp always had an opening rear window. It was launched in … Continue reading Peering at a fuzzy postcard
This postcard shows the British Columbia Ferries Terminal at Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. I’ve been there and it is a beautiful place, Vancouver Island. I’m not sure I would have chosen this view though, for my postcard home. But … Continue reading Bizarre!
I’ve had this postcard (it is a postcard) for about four months. I bought it off eBay. It was described as “Unidentified Car – RP Postcard c1920s”. (RP stands for real photo). It mystified me for a long time but … Continue reading Meanderings
Mysterious unidentified car from the Netherlands crossing the ford at Sidmouth. Is it a Citroen? Also why is that Hillman Minx yellow. Postcard musings. [SOLVED – Glas] Continue reading Unidentified and Unreflected
This postcard from the 70s shows a Hillman Super Minx, Singer Vogue or Humber Sceptre with odd paintwork in the New Forest Continue reading Waiting
Many thanks to Rob van der Klugt from the Netherlands for sending in these four postcards and for providing the commentary. Rob is a regular reader of this blog and first posted a comment back in 2014. I asked him … Continue reading Postcards from a Reader
I was sent this postcard by a friend. I like it. Black and white, an everyday scene of yesteryear with some interesting classic cars in view. On the left we have a Ford Zephyr Zodiac. In the sixties the Zephyr … Continue reading Family Connections
So what have we here? A Ford Anglia Estate and a Morris Minor Traveller on the pavement. A brown BMC 1100/1300 to the right of the Golden Goose. A Reliant Robin three-wheeler, VW Beetle and Hillman Minx parked on the road. … Continue reading Mystery at the end of the Pier
Here’s a postcard of Andover in the mid sixties I guess. The Beetle’s B Reg and the Zodiac is a C, so it’s at least 1965. How fashions change! Back in the fifties and sixties we thought it very cool to … Continue reading Two Tone Andover
I received this postcard in the post today from a friend who looks at this blog. Market Square and High Street, Fordingbridge sometime in the sixties. There are two remarkable things about this photograph. 1) there is not a Volkswagen … Continue reading No imports for Fordingbridge.
Elie Harbour, Scotland in the early sixties with three Rootes Group cars sitting side by side admiring the view. I wasn’t sure exactly what these cars were, suspecting a Singer Vogue in the middle and either a Hillman Minx or Singer … Continue reading Scottish Rootes.