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I have to avoid that failing, not you! There seems to be a difference in the “quality” of the buildings, the Handsworth picture (907) looking somewhat down the scale from the standard of the decorative brickwork in #908.

#908 The Triumph in the picture is a 2000/2500, not a Dolomite. I am well acquainted with the difference because Dad had a 2000 and Mum a Dolomite 1850 Auto, not at the same time though.

Did the bloke who designed the Strathallen do gasometers as a sideline, or was it the other way round?

Pleas don’t expect any identification of the cars in #890. Haven’t a clue. The Triumphs outside the Strathallen are the big ones, 2000 or 2500. Between them and the Mk2 Jag are a Cresta and an XJ6. Obviously the sales director giving the managers a pep talk. In #884, the car on the left is a...

#862 On the left, the rumps of a Hillman Hunter and a Triumph Vitesse leave the scene. A Mk1 Ford Capri with a bent bumper, a Bedford van based on the early Viva, and if the 1971 date of the photo is right, an almost new Jaguar XJ6, not only a new car, but a new design first seen in 1968. It...

#843 The cars standing in front of this wall are what “Motor Sport”, which was delivered every month to home, would have described as “grey porridge”. If anyone really wants a breakdown, please advise, or perhaps drive a car like these! Given the choice, the Mini on the very right looks about...

That looks like the interior of Olympia. Done a few shows there, but not in flares and platforms! I have no stats to prove this, but I think the NEC did Earl’s Court and Olympia no favours at all. It got up the noses of a few Londoners, which is always good!

#783 Presumably a combination of the two products mentioned in the adverts would result in a gigantic shandy!

#5863 A Vauxhall from just after WW2 follows a 1954-56 MG Magnette, designed by Gerald Palmer. Nice! The Vauxhall was a pre war design, and although still being built until about 1948, it looks a bit... well, old!

On the crate: - Belliss and Morcom Ltd ENGINEERS BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND. Those last three words say a book full!

Returning to #5806 The two buses are BMMO D5s, the last type they made with open rear entrances. Climbing the hill the light coloured car is an A40 Somerset, behind a 1937 Austin Cambridge Ten, and the shiny job is no less than an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire immediately behind a Singer SM1500...

I can do better than a still photo! https://www.britishpathe.com/video/mobile-operating-theatre If only he’d worn a seatbelt!

http://www.theashdownclassicweddingcarcollection.co.uk/1957-vauxhall-cresta.php

#5806 All the usual Austin Ford and Morris suspects, I will have a closer look later, if that’s okay. The ambulance is, I think, slightly distorted by the viewing angle, but is an Austin A125 Sheerline chassis from the late 40s/early 50s. Just look at the size of those headlights! Lucas P100s...

#742 1937/8 Morris Eight Series 2, pierced steel wheels, not wires as on earlier cars. 1953+ Vauxhall, Velox I think. Cresta would’ve had spats over the back wheels, Wyvern was plainer.

Whilst I cannot help in answer to your question about Harry, I can draw attention to a quite rare car in the picture, if that is in order. EYP, the convertible nearest the camera is a July 1938 Ford Ten tourer, type 7W. Only about 1600 were built, compared with over 20,000 of the saloon...

Does anybody remember the builder’s merchant, or builder’s yard in the Uplands Smethwick, that had the row of chimney pots on its front wall? Better still, a picture?

Well done both! Steve, any pictures of Smerrick?

#615. Thanks, I did think about a cycle track but it looked too wide and well maintained.

#602 If the Wimbush van is driving along the roadway, can we assume that the carriageway to the left was once reserved for a tram track? #604 Wanna buy a Cambridge? 1 careful owner then 10 careless ones.