Nostalgia

[euston]

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Foden, Shipstones Ales - where are they now? Gone, all gone.

 

Elmarit 28 on M9

 

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[stuny]

Euston -

 

Very nice, and on this side of the Atlantic, where most of the lorries are immense, it's a rather cute one.

[pauledell]

An excellent picture of the truck with some kegs on the bed. Were they full?

Great composition, lovely tones and sharpness.

 

Paul

[janki]

Euston, thanks for a great picture of this artwork of a small Foden truck.

I imagine that this car is painted in shiny dark green, with yellow hand-painted company letters.

 

I've also seen Rolo's picture of the great antiquarian Scammell truck, in this thread.

 

When I was little, I had Foden, Scammel and Dennis trucks as "Dinky toys"models. I also had several Bedford and Leyland trucks. Does the "Dinky toys" brand exist today?

 

How much is still left of British truck manufacturing?

 

In recent years, we have at least received quite a large import of modern gas powered Dennis “garbage-trucks”, to my country.

[euston]

Thank you, janki. I’m pleased that you enjoyed the photo. This one was red with yellow lettering - the livery of the brewery, I assume. As far as I know, Dinky models are not being made any more.

 

Here’s a web site about trucks and commercial vehicles that you may enjoy: The Road Transport Fleet Data Society - road vehicles of the past and present

 

And here’s another photo I took at the same event. I can’t identify all the makes but you may be able to.

 

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[janki]

Euston, thanks a lot for the tip.

You inspired me to go a few rounds about these topics, on the Internet.

And it will certainly be a few rounds more during the Christmas holidays.

 

With these images, you have really made me remember my childhood with all the toy cars, "made in England".

Sad to hear that Dinky Toys is no more.

The amazing thing is that those models I once played with in the sandbox, now seem to be worth a fortune.

So much they seem to be worth, that if I had taken care of these toy cars, in unopened box, I could today have changed them into a new Leica M9.

 

The big blue truck in the middle of your color image is the legendary prewar,

4 WD Matador. It is actually equipped with a diesel engine.

After World War II, some of these great "warriors" even showed up here in Norway.

It's very nice that you in England seem to take really good care of these old vehicles.

 

This is so fascinating stuff!