London based road vehicle

[Job's Modelling]

In a blog I follow from the Gentle Author for atmosperic stories and pictures I saw today these thre pictures from the 1960's made by Derek Brook.

 

Whitechapel Rd with Royal London Hospital in the distance

 

Middlesex St

 

Middlesex St with The Bell

 

Who can give me some more information about the vehicle(s) in the pictures?

 

Job

 

 

 

 

 

[shipbadger]

The top picture features on the left a Bedford TK.  Looking at the size of the wheels this may have been intended for drivers without a HGV licence who could drive up to 3 tons unladen at that time.

 

The middle photo is of the rear of a Ford Anglia van.

 

The last is of an Austin/Morris Commercial LD van with a coachbuilt body.  On the other side of the road is a Ford Cortina, possibly a 'Super' model

 

Can't see enough of the other vehicles for a positive ID

 

Tony Comber

Edited October 4, 2018 by shipbadger

[Merfyn Jones]

As far as the railway vehicles is concerned,

1, is a coachbuilt 2-3ton parcels van, shame we cannot see the make

2, is the same but in the later yellow.

3. The LD cabbed van is a twin wheel 2ton parcel van. Very rarely pictured.

As they are in London it cannot be known from which of the 4 regions they originate.

Thanks for sharing them Job.

[BernardTPM]

There's the back end of a Mini in the top picture, just behind the traffic lights.

Edited October 4, 2018 by BernardTPM

[PatB]

Is that Cortina pre or post-facelift? I can't get it big/clear enough on my screen to see if the grille extends out around the sidelights or not.

[PhilJ W]

Is that Cortina pre or post-facelift? I can't get it big/clear enough on my screen to see if the grille extends out around the sidelights or not.

Pre facelift, I can just make out the oval sidelights.