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Main Street, Peasenhall, Suffolk old postcard early 1980s

Not the cheapest card I've bought, but quite a bit to consider so I'll say it offers me good value for money....

 

I used to do quite bit of work around this area in the early-mid 1990s and often drove through Peasenhall. There were certainly cars like this around then, it's the sort of place where things change quite slowly. I still like going through there now.

 

The Suffolk-registered Maxi ORT 276M looks like it might have had a knock on the front corner? It made it to 1987, which wasn't too bad. The Fiesta WGH 155W was a 957cc Base model which again did OK, lasting to the end of 1996. I can imagine it was a rattly thing by then.

 

Mini Clubman up the road looks like it might have a Suffolk PV plate on it? It's outside the post office and shop which I believe is still running.

 

There is also garage content to consider, with Whincop just up the road on the left. I think they are Avia signs? In 1980 it looks like they still had BP pumps, going by this photo: flic.kr/p/22AhSMP

 

It looks like Whincop are still active as a garage and coach operator, but even back in 2009 the fuel pumps appear to have gone.

 

Streetview image: goo.gl/maps/s2hodyx6gRACYmkHA

 

Unsent card published by P.W. Judson & A.C. Veasey for R.P. and J.M Wright of Peasenhall Post Office (visible in this shot). Reference 290C.

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Uploaded on February 29, 2020