PhilJ W

The Vauxhall Corsa is the current model.

Oxford have just announced two new railway related models for 2013. The first is a Commer/Dodge PB van in BR yellow livery and the second is a LWB series II Land Rover in red & cream British Railways livery.

Thanks for that, I've now done so. The new series II Land Rover is a LWB in British Railways livery going by the illustration.

There's supposed to be a J4 coming from Classix, it was announced at least a year ago. I wonder though what's happening with Classix as there has been no new issues for quite a while.

There are some other models from Oxford, A Commer PB van in BR yellow and a series II Land Rover. There is also a OO gauge series II Land Rover with flanged wheels from a company called Golden Valley Hobbies (unmotorised).

I've looked on the Hatton's and the Oxford web sites and can't find any thing about new releases. Can some one provide a link?

The photo mentioned above is in a book called 'Street Jewellery' Published by Cavendish c. 1988 (ISBN 0-904568-21-0). It deals mostly with enameled signs that preceded the hoardings. Another detail I've just spotted is that there is a low hoarding about 5' high and a similar distance in front of a normal sized hoarding, the frames seem to be made up of any timber that was to hand with no two pieces being the same size, from 2" X 4" to 6" X 12".

??? The image comes up for about half a second and then reverts to the Google front page?

One of the companies was W. H. Smith, the newsagent. Another company was Frank Mason & Co. based in Shrewsbury. I have found a photograph of some Hoardings with some grotty buildings behind them. Interestingly despite the hoardings being of similar size the posters are all of different sizes. It doesn't state where they are but one carries a poster for a jewelers named Harris's and another for the 'Empire' theatre featuring Dickie Valentine which would put it in the 1960's/early 70's. In front of the hoardings is a low wall with a grassed area that is covered with litter. Regrettably I cannot reproduce the photo as it is in a book.

If you were in the following train it probably did.

Just a little thought, many advertising hoardings were provided by companies that did nothing else. IIRC there were one or two nationwide companies and several local companies. They usually identified 'their' hoardings by a small nameplate placed centrally on the top or sometimes the bottom rail of the hoarding. This was usually a stamped metal item made of tin or zinc and later aluminium.

It's our old friend again.

The Tilbury tanks were equally unpopular when a handful were sent to the ex GE lines in the 50's. The GE B12's and F class tanks were also quite popular with the Scottish enginemen.

All it needs now is for someone to bottle the smells. Eau de Metropolitan Steam anyone?

That brings back memories best forgotten.

The LT&SR tank was banned from Fenchurch Street by the GER and the LT&SR was taken over before the locomotive was ready for service, by the Midland. It was designed for a specific task, moving heavy seasonal passenger trains on a fairly short line for which it would be ideal (on paper at least). Inter company rivalry had a lot to do with it, the GER being miffed by the Midland take over of the LT&SR in 'their' territory.

As long as it does not end up anywhere near Stubby's toilets and get mistaken for bog roll.

My apologies, its a typo. My mates daughter was born on decimal day. She insists that she is not even 40 yet.

Just remember D(ecimal) Day was 15th February 1972. Though ads carried decimal prices prior to that, though very rarely prices in both types of coinage.

It would be better to ditch the tenshodo's and replace them with a couple of Black Beetles.

Your gas bottles are upside down! I don't know if the regulations applied in the 70's but about that time the locked security cages for gas bottles came into use. Don't forget the no smoking notices, they were compulsory.

GWR?

You are more likely to see an ad for a rival brewer, or so it seemed to appear back then. I do remember a Whitbreads pub that had a hoarding that was practically in the car park advertising Ind Coope beers! It may be that brewers targeted hoardings near to their rivals pubs.

How many times did you fall in?

IIRC in the days of my youth (stop laughing at the back) such hoardings were set back from the edge of the public highway by about 3 feet. One I remember in particular behind a wall had chain link fencing laid horizontally between the wall and the hoarding roughly at pavement level to stop small boys and drunks falling down the ten foot drop, this was inevitably covered with litter.