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andrew34ruby
Jan 15, 2016 - 9:13PM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

Wonderful bit of life from my childhood. I did spot some Morris Minors, but even those had Austin engines!

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Jan 15th, 2016 - 9:13 PM
Tony Press
Jan 16, 2016 - 5:36AM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

Not only has Austin vanished- advertising today is quite different !
The past is another country.

Tony.

Location: Melbourne, Australia

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Jan 16th, 2016 - 5:36 AM
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Duncan Grimmond
Jan 16, 2016 - 10:01AM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

I drove to my wedding in our J4 van in 1975. What a treat to see such fakery for the publicity department. Was that Sunbeam Talbot in the hospital driveway?

Location: Ripon

Mike Costigan
Jan 16, 2016 - 10:17AM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

Duncan Grimmond
... Was that a Sunbeam Talbot in the hospital driveway?


I think it was an Allard - presumably the visiting consultant!

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Jan 16th, 2016 - 10:17 AM
Martin Prior
Jan 16, 2016 - 12:28PM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !


It's astonishing to look at this in the light of modern Health and Safety paranoia.

No seat belts, hard hats, or hi-vis and as for the terrifying top-heavy artic attempting to murder hikers in Snowdonia.........

The kids in the minibus in particular would probably trigger a public enquiry nowadays!

Location: Herefordshire, with an "E", not a "T".

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Jan 16th, 2016 - 12:28 PM
Rick Fryer
Jan 16, 2016 - 12:41PM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

Makes you wonder how us oldies made it into our seventies!

Rick

Location: Deepest Norfolk

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Jan 16th, 2016 - 12:41 PM
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Austin Carr
Jan 20, 2016 - 5:05PM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

Rick Fryer
Makes you wonder how us oldies made it into our seventies!

Rick


By using a bit of common sense!

Location: Oxfordshire

Duncan Grimmond
Jan 21, 2016 - 11:05AM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

The problem with common sense is that it's a bit scarce...

Location: Ripon

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Jan 21st, 2016 - 11:05 AM
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Lowespeed
Jan 21, 2016 - 5:54PM
Re: A bygone world where Austin reigned supreme !

About 3.36 the ambulance is driving into Bromsgrove down the A38 into the High Street. The Hospital featured is the "Woodlands" hospital in Northfield. Now called the Royal Orthapeadic Hospital. Both locations close to Longbridge. The road approaching the hospital is the A38 Bristol Road South. Still looks much the same today, the grass central reservation where the trams used to run.

Location: Just out of freezing garage

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Jan 21st, 2016 - 5:54 PM
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