Tag: Vintage Roadscene

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1954 Commer Superpoise breakdown lorry

Keith Laming’s prize-winning, 1954 Commer Superpoise breakdown lorry looks set to be a show star this year. Peter Simpson tells the story. It’s a bit...

Classic mobile catering vehicles

Peter Esposito looks at the foreign vans in use as classic mobile catering vehicles, together with some indigenous types. I’d like to add a few...

Ford Thames Trader

Peter Esposito explains the important role that the Ford Thames Trader played for London Transport from the late 1950s onwards. I vividly remember my first...

Silver fire engines

Ron Henderson discusses how fire service appliances haven’t always been finished in red paint, with a special look at silver fire engines. Red had generally been...

Classic Morris commercials

Dick Furniss dips into his archive to present some wonderful images of classic Morris commercials he photographed in the 1980s. Like Austin, the Morris company,...

The 1970s Chubb Pursuer crash tender  

Ron Henderson tells the story of the Chubb Pursuer crash tender; an airfield accident response vehicle that ended up on the road, instead. In 1975,...