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Wendy
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Ray it's brilliant even the shaved head .........well no one would notice now!
You think so? Take a look at the cr*p behind my sister. Dad would have picked that stuff up when it was being thrown out or as we suspected before in some cases.god all your parents must have been rich,all I remember is having roller skates and we used to put our beano book on top of 1 and go down the steep hill. no pram no car, dont you all feel sorry for me
My first pedal car was an American Wily Jeep replica. It had a jerry can on the back and was painted dark green. When I started at the village school Mom let me pedal it to the gate and leave it outside the until school end. My friend Simon was a bit posh, his Dad was the bank manager. One Christmas he got the car we all envied.
https://www.austinworks.com/pedalcar.html
Simon's car was blue and had the optional electric lights fitted. Although it looked great it was heavy and difficult to pedal but the boot opened and you could keep your jam sandwiches in it.
They were made by disabled miners in South Wales.
My first pedal car looked like a minature version of an Austin Somerset but ended up looking like a stretched limo, sawn in half and lengthened with a couple of planks. I had hours of fun racing down the hill in Albert Road Erdington but my worst memory was trying to stop before hitting Slade Road.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they have a little racing curcuit and pedal cars on the roof of Lewis's some time in the Late 50's or very early 60's?