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Offline hollins

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« Reply #90 on: April 15, 2011, 03:16:54 pm »
It always feels a bit odd looking back at photos like that. I was around back then (as a small child), so everything in it seems familiar (my parents once had a mini like that), yet it must appear as as old to some people as a Victorian image on a postcard.  ???

The Mini in the photo is a Mini Clubman.  :)

I thought someone might be interested in this photo my dad took of his mini countryman complete with running in sticker. You don't see many of those these days! My parents had three of these cars, a red, blue and green one. We think this was taken about 1967 but does anyone know for sure?

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« Reply #91 on: April 15, 2011, 03:27:33 pm »
It's an "E Reg" so yes, if it was new - 1967.

In August 1962, an attempt was made to create a national scheme to alleviate the problem of registrations running out. This used the scheme introduced in 1932, of a three-letter combination followed by a sequence number from 1 to 999, but also added a letter suffix, which initially changed on 1 January each year. An "A" suffix was thus used for 1963, "B" for 1964, etc. Middlesex was the first authority to adopt this scheme when it issued AHX 1A in February 1963. Most other areas followed suit during 1964, but some chose to stick to their own schemes up until 1 January 1965, when the letter suffix was made compulsory.

As well as yielding many more available numbers, it was a handy way for vehicle buyers to know the age of the vehicle immediately. However, the year letter changing on 1 January each year meant that car retailers soon started to notice that buyers would tend to wait until the New Year for the new letter to be issued, so that they could get a "newer" car. This led to major peaks and troughs in sales over the year, and to help flatten this out somewhat the industry lobbied to get the scheme changed, so that the change of year letter occurred on 1 August rather than 1 January. This was done in 1967, when "E" suffixes ran only from 1 January to 31 July, before "F" suffixes commenced on 1 August.


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« Reply #92 on: April 15, 2011, 04:19:19 pm »
And then came personalised number plates which ruined the whole system.

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« Reply #93 on: May 25, 2011, 06:38:09 pm »
The hotel was definitely the Maelgwyn:

 *&( It must have originally been the Junction Hotel then?
I found this photo which confirms that - it must have changed its name at some point but when?

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« Reply #94 on: June 17, 2011, 08:28:47 pm »
Aerial photo of Llandudno Railway Station - a hive of activity back then!

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« Reply #95 on: June 17, 2011, 10:54:48 pm »
It's a shame that they've allowed it to become a shadow of it's former self.
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« Reply #96 on: July 01, 2011, 04:06:49 am »
Billington Bros' Mack wrecker truck.

Does anyone know why Billingtons closed down?

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« Reply #98 on: September 04, 2011, 09:34:05 pm »
Photo from Flickr of a Crosville Wales 'Little Dragon' bus outside the Palladium in 1996. 'Muppet Treasure island' is showing.  :laugh:


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« Reply #99 on: September 04, 2011, 10:07:03 pm »
It always feels a bit odd looking back at photos like that. I was around back then (as a small child), so everything in it seems familiar (my parents once had a mini like that), yet it must appear as as old to some people as a Victorian image on a postcard.  ???

The Mini in the photo is a Mini Clubman.  :)

Your pic gave me quite a jolt Hollins, we had one just like that, same colour too, BUT I think it was a Friday afternoon car. It was bought brand new and within a month the side window just fell out and the clutch master cylinder went. Over the years we have had quite a few minis, but never another like that !

I thought someone might be interested in this photo my dad took of his mini countryman complete with running in sticker. You don't see many of those these days! My parents had three of these cars, a red, blue and green one. We think this was taken about 1967 but does anyone know for sure?
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« Reply #101 on: September 20, 2011, 09:49:27 am »
Tour buses on the Marine Drive.

Looks like they had two-way traffic around the Orme in those days, or was that just for the buses?

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« Reply #102 on: September 20, 2011, 11:35:58 am »
No, it wasn't just buses.  In this postcard posted in 1963 there's a car going clockwise.  I've also got a copy of Trojan's postcard which was posted in 1961. 

As two toll gates were built, I'd assume that Marine Drive was intended for two way traffic.  Does anyone know any more about it? 

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« Reply #103 on: September 20, 2011, 01:08:45 pm »
I've also got a copy of Trojan's postcard which was posted in 1961. 


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« Reply #104 on: September 20, 2011, 05:47:37 pm »
Ah, I wondered what had happened, Bri!