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The Gough St cars are a 1935-37 Morris Eight, ( Cambridgeshire Aug 1936} a 1953 - 56 Austin A30, (West Sussex, Jan 1953) and an early 50s Morris Minor. The Fords are a 1953 - 59 Popular, (actually Worcs Jan 1956) and a 1956-8 Consul Mk2. (The Consul has a Croydon plate, but I can’t work out...

The car is undoubtedly a Riley, the OG number plate started in April 1930, and ran until April 1931. As the number is 6698, I would place the car’s birth at Jan 1931, and the model as a Nine Monaco saloon, but with slightly less certainty. The taxi is a mystery, (maybe a Citroën) my knowledge of...

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I lived in something similar for almost the entire 1950s. Dad went to work, and Mum ran the shop, while my brother and I concentrated on growing up. The shop was slightly more than a front room and possibly could not have supported a family, but on top of Dad’s money provided a pleasant life...

It’s a nice, relaxing Sunday morning, and I’m sitting here awaiting the cricket commentary so it seems time for another visit to songs ancient and modern. Ancient: American (nearly) society bands have always fascinated me so how about Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians in 1928, Coquette...

I worked at 65 New Street for a while around then, (1968) I'm sure I must be in there somewhere!

I've done a bit of digging, and it's an LC5.

April 1953 Morris-Commercial. LC3 I think, (later info says it's an LC5 model) but the designation depends on the size of the load it was built for. Single back wheels suggest 30cwt at most is about right. This design originated pre WW2, and was updated a bit as the years wore on, I have...

Thanks. Getting hold of spares for a low volume car is always difficult, and, as you say it costs money. With the Bentley, most parts are easily found, it’s paying for them and, in my case, finding appropriately skilled people to work on the body.

I think that the live performance of such a band would differ quite markedly from the radio output. I never saw this band live, but have seen various others like the NDO and Joe Loss and there is little comparison. If Billy Cotton had one thing going for him, it must have been experience, he had...

Which Berkeley is it? It may be that some of the parts are motorcycle origin, or pinched from other small cars. If it’s any consolation, things could be worse, there’s a Bentley in bits in my garage!

OOM is a March 1954 Wolseley 4/44. Lovely cars, the 15/50 was a bit better with the bigger and more robust BMC engine, but the one to have was the MG Magnette, Z Series, especially the ZB Varitone with the wrap around rear screen PNX is another Velox, registered in Warks in June 1954. The clue...

I think that this may be a seaside photographer’s “prop” for the purpose of selling his services. To quote George Formby - “A feller took me photograph, it cost one and three I said when it was done Is that supposed to be me? You’ve prop’ly mucked it up, the only thing you can see Is my little...

Do you think it would have made it?

YOL 522 is a fibreglass special of some sort, (Ashley Laminates?) on a Ford Eight, Ten or Popular chassis I think. The Reggo is Birmingham, June 1959. Sorry to disagree, but I think the players would have preferred a Zodiac or Cresta. https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C634346

The very old one looks to me like a 1905 Collins. (Pat Collins that is!) The reason for saying this is because there are apparently no brakes in any of the wheels, and those tyres don’t look roadworthy. However, C719 is a pre-WW1 number for West Riding of Yorkshire, commencing in Jan 1904, and...

LOC 433 is a 1948/51 Vauxhall Model L, the light coloured wheels suggest a Velox, which was the six cylinder model. The plate is Birmingham, July 1951, and if my old eyes don’t deceive me, it says “Velox” under the number plate.

After my comment about Billy Cotton’s female vocalists, and then the examples from above which show that possibly it was poor choices, not that the ladies weren’t about and singing on top form, please listen to this song. One of my young colleagues was using my (company) car for some trip, came...

Maybe it’s about time for another British dance band from the 30s, and I’m sure if you don’t like them somebody will tell me to cease and desist. At least the one advantage of a 10” 78 is that it can’t have wasted more than about 3 1/2 minutes of your life. It’s good ol’ Billy Cotton, but those...

Each is entitled to his own, but it should be kept as his own, and not forcibly shared with other folks. BTW - I loved “I got yow Bab” best laugh I’ve had for ages, especially the “Bab”, couldn’t be any more Brummy if it tried.