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Have only just picked up this thread again, and, although I am a little late, can I just pay tribute to the old Austin A40s. I had a Devonshire, but there was also a Somerset and I believe a third one, but cannot remember which county it was. Or was it the Cambridge? as opposed to the Morris Oxford?

All those leather seats and walnut trim and semaphore indicators!

My Dad taught me how to change a spark plug, and a tyre and a fan belt before he would let me on the road with it. Said he didn't want to be coming out at all hours of the day for such "simple" jobs! I learnt other tricks with it as well, like carrying a small plank of wood with me so that when she wouldn't start I could lift the bonnet and whack the battery terminals with it. That sorted her!

Also remember juggling the "choke" to get her started, and the ignition was in two parts. You inserted the key and turned it, and then pulled a knob to start her.

Oh happy days

Take care Universal Granny

Hi Universal Granny, Thats right! cars were not quite so realible then as now Eh! Remember the old starting handles I cant imagine one of them stuck in the front of a new Ford Focus

Once when I was hand cranking my Dads old Armstrong Sidley, it spun me round with a back fire nearly broke my arm!
Smudger.

i cant drive,soe,so arent that up on cars ars myself.....but i remember the oxford,and the cambridge.i also remember my friends dad having a ford prefect,,and a ford popular..it wt was yellow and green.my friends hubby hah a van dem plas...veryery poshosh it was too!!!!

"Also remember juggling the "choke" to get her started, and the ignition was in two parts. You inserted the key and turned it, and then pulled a knob to start her"

That is the way the tiny Carmen was too.
I think they were German but I am not at all sure.

hello sal am back on again just had 3 really bad day's with vertigo yuk! so just poped on her 4 10min's how are u ? well i hope ? cant wait till am fully better get on here more dx

hi folks....
i've got a very good memory of meeting up with jim today on the central pier at blackpool.... a very nice man he is too, every bit as lovely as he is in here and on the phone.....
sheryl.... xxxxx

How nice for you both to meet Paganmoon and Jim


Yuk vertigo!
Hope you feel better helen

i everyone its me.im still in blackpool.hi helen,sal,sheryl,abbi,and anyone i cant remember,well im getting a few good memeories over the next few days,so even if my lodger(ratface as trashed the house)lol,i dont give a fig.im at the library on a pc,as a visiter(its a one off deal they have)so i,ll have to say bye till tomorrow night,sheryl it was great meeting you to,and your not a witch lol,i hope sometime later in the next year,when the weather is better we can try again,jim,(its a kind of memeory,hope you all are welljim

hi al.al.its a lovely memory jim.i had a very special one yesterday...something to take me back years.........over thirty to to be exact.i met my friend that i went to school iwth from the age of five..up to been sixteen.i last saw her just after i married...and we got in touch through friends re-united.it was lovely to see her again,,,,,,and it was a very comfortable meeting at my home.she hasnt changed at all...weve both just aged of course.we talked about all the people on an old school photo that she brought,and what we remembered abot them em all.and where they all were now.i am looking forward to our next meetin,so we can do some more catching up.
just think jim,,at this time next year you,ll be able to put ut a posting up..one year ago i met sheryl......you,ll have to dig out this thread for it!!!!!

hi there doris...i'm sorrsorry youve hadhad the vertigo thing..its awful..as abbi says>.i hope youre feeling beter soon.keyboyboard pl playing daft so and so's....its takeaken me ages to type in the messages.
sheryl.glad you enjoyed the meeting with jim..ive known him many years...i didnt know you'd chatted on the phone as well.i talk to a few poepleple on here on the phone.....theyre all very nice people,i this site,and the friends ive made...xxx

hi sal am just havin a quick go it's nice hearin poeple meetin each other wish my old friend's would get in touch but they 2 up in the world 2 bother with me abroad & good job's etc same as my sister's me their loss d

hiya doris..is..never mind >youve still got me!!!!.you know we can get in touch anytime....and always remember...wwe all came from the same place....just cos they have more,doesnt mean theyre better people than you.ns salxxx

I want to see my childhood friend too!

Ah! that was great to read about the meet up, Im looking forward to meeting up with old Navy oppo next year!
Ah! its not that bad, after all, I thought he was dead for the past 20 odd years
Smudger.

hi all ...
that was a lovely suprise, jim at the library.... still with us on holiday.... he can't keep away.... lol.....

yes, it went really well meeting jim.... didn't really get much time to chat but good all the same....

sheryl.... xxxxx

Nice to meet and put a face to the posts

Smudger I thought my sister was dead too!
You do not get those kind of surprises every day!

I really wish they would sell T-shirts and stuff so we could recognize one another out and about
Pheloxi has license plates with something *h2g2 identifying*
I never wear a baseball caps but perhaps could be pursueded if it was or h2g2

hi abs.... great to meet n put a face to the keyboard....

hi everyone.
im sort of changing the subject a little bit as i thought you all might be interested in what i want to share with you.
ive been having a sort out and trying to get rid of some of my clutter. im a hoarder.
i came across my aunts old bed linen. well the top pieces. this is from the days just after the war, when everything had a war mark on it. a little label that looks like CC.

its a sagey type shade of green and its a silky/satiny sheet that used to go on top of the blankets and draped to the floor and then a matching eiderdown, which rested just on the top part of the bed.
i hope my description makes some sense to anyone

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Hi H, A bit before my time that really, but I do remember my quilt when I was a young boy! it was RAF blue and had metal badges on the lapels?? and it was really warm, all be it a bit rough
Smudger.

hi there all.<love.
i have a memory even i cant top,

seeing the house nice and tidy,not egg on the window,am i dreaming or still in blackpool

it looks like the trams that are made up as as boat,rocket and whatever they where are soon going to be another memory,two nights i watched for them and the only one a got a pic of was the boat,

hopefully its because its the end of season in blackpool or are they about to let them go the way of many other things jim