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A sad sight to see at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent. Especially on a day when classic vehicles were being displayed. I am assuming that this milk float is GMB 613T that not to many years ago looked to be in good condition and being used as a truck by cleaners within the dockyard. An ex Braziers Dairy vehicle.
An historic vehicle in its own right, representing green technology before going green was even invented.
Needs to be saved.
Photograph from the Rochford Hundred Agricultural Society's Ploughing Match 2019. Held at Hall Farm, Little Stambridge Road near Rochford, Essex.
A short production run for the Fordson Super Dexta, 1962-64. Built at the Dagenham plant just prior to Ford tractor production in the UK moving to Basildon, Essex. The Super Dexta looks very similar to models made before 1962 .
Brighton's Run2Music was a great opportunity for me to get out and practice with my new gear. Runners could do 5k, 10k or a half Marathon and the musical course with disco was a circular route around the end of Madeira Drive. So I was in the centre and able to capture runners over and over again. I thought I'd practice my long exposures, double exposures and a few normal shots.
NB: I loved the activity and the facial expressions, especially the lady in pink.
Built in 1959 to an old LMS design going back to the early 1930's. This is DB993856 on the Epping Ongar Railway. Seen here with Class 3 shunter, 03170, providing motive power for brake van rides at £5 per person. I regret not having a brake van ride now. But next time!
G29 TGW
in Labworth Car Park, Canvey Island, Essex working the shuttle connection to Canvey Island Transport Museum. This was for the Big Wheels 2018 end of season event.
Labourer working in a paddy field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
Farmers in Punjab are heavily dependent on these migrant labourers to work in their fields, as the younger generation among farming families don't prefer working in their fields themselves.
LYF 194P displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019.
Impressive as this vehicle is, it doesn't really appeal to me. But that's just my own opinion, and I'm old and grumpy.
The Bedford CF range was produced from 1969 until 1988 via a couple of facelifts. Probably the last true Bedford light commercial before badge engineered vehicles carried the Bedford name for a few years.
Z7015 developed a fault just after getting in to position for take off from Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
A Canadian built aircraft that spent many years as an instructional airframe. It was returned to flying condition with the Shuttleworth Collection and Imperial War Museum working together to achieve a return to the skies on 16th September 1995. Unfortunately it stayed on the ground for the Flying Festival 2019. Still good to see it though.
KKT 277, registered in 1948, at the Flying Festival 2019 held at Old Warden Airfield by the Shuttleworth Collection. Not sure about the grille being a standard fitment and I suspect that the tractor itself may be a few years older than 1948, but I'm only guessing. Grateful for any help on that.
The backdrop is provided by N103NA, Flabob Express, Douglas C47/Dakota. Built in 1943 and had served with the RAF and Pakistani Air Force.
In the Folkestone Garden of Remembrance, Sandgate Road.
The Royal Gurkha Rifles are based at Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent.
Photo taken in 2019.
Three modes of transport that are allowed to pass under the railway bridge in the Duke Street restrictions.
G-GACA at Gatwick Aviation Museum.
A design from the immediate post war period. Some of these Sea Prince trainers stayed in service until 1978 in a navigation training role. Although the P-57 Sea Prince was in service with the Royal Navy, it was a land based aircraft with no capacity for carrier operations.
A photo taken by my wife during her current (2019) girls only trip to Malaysia.
LAT 505V photographed at Melaka, Malacca. Listed as being the only bus owned by Historic Melaka City Bus Tours. previously owned by City Sightseeing based at Averley, Essex in the UK. Still listed on the DVLA website with the MOT expired in 2008.
79-BHS-3 working route 317 from Eindhoven Station through Valkenswaard to Dommelen, Netherlands.
Bravo Direct is a brand name operated by the large Hermes business.
There are electric versions of this model of bus, but this one is diesel powered.
CLM 829 AND FO 5631 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The 1936 Austin 10 is in a special edtion type of paintwork that was an option to commemorate the coronation of Edward VIII. Big strides in design and construction shown in the form of FO 5631, a 1949 Austin A40 Devon. Both cars were for the small family car market with engines of around 1200 cc. The post-war Austin was of course produced in the export or die era. A fairly sturdy car, plenty of them still on the road in the 1960's. The pre-war cars started to disappear from UK roads early in the 1960's with tougher MOT regulations being introduced.
Photograph taken in 2019.
GR 8671 displayed at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
The MG T Type Midget range of cars were made in progressive upgrades from 1936 to 1955, with a break for the war years.
I think the post war MG TC is probably the most pleasing on the eye. Still having that 1930's era look about it. An all time classic.
AYR 506 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The information board attached to this car says that this one of only eight in the world.
The basic design goes back to the mid 1920's when Talbot produced the 14-45 model, which was reworked in to the Talbot 65. The car has a Darracq body, made in Fulham. Not far away from where Talbot built this car in North Kensington.
GX68 BVE looks to be a cell van, but I don't know for certain.
It carries the logos of both Surrey Police and Sussex Police who do run some joint operations. There was an attempt to merge the two forces about fifteen years ago which fell through.
A special treat to be able to walk freely around 7 of the Douglas Dakota / C47/ C53 Skytrooper aircraft that will be part of the Daks Over Normandy 75th anniversary event on 5th/6/h June 2019.
Civil Air Transport (CAT) was used as a support for Cold War operations by the CIA.
They were at Old Warden Airfield for the Shuttleworth Collection's Flying Festival 2019.
Craigavon based UEZ 2404 in central Portadown, County Armagh.
Translink Ulsterbus 404.
Photograph taken in September 2019.
Displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
Some information from the very nice lectern on the left of this photograph; The vehicle has been in the same family since 1963, having been purchase after it was involved in an accident. The model is described as a Bedford CA 12 seater Workabus, Farmers Model, Dormobile conversion. Colour is Dormobile Iris Blue.
No information about the plastic container on the bonnet. But I think that we can forgive that as XKP 444A is presented so well. Even have a colour co-ordinated spectator in shot.
TGX 182M displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham.
Produced from 1968 unitl 1976 the TR6 outsold the previous models by some margin. Over 91,000 were made with only about 10% of them sold in the UK. However it would appear that around 4,700 TR6's still exist in the UK today.
I was lucky enough to drive many Triumph TR6's when they were still a current model and I was working in a Jaguar, Rover, Triumph dealership. It was still a bit of a thrill though when I manage to get behind the steering wheel of the earlier TR4/TR4A/TR4A IRS models. Didn't see many TR5's as far as I can recall.
Preserved ex London Fire Brigade ALL 386H at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. held at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
Keeping some very good company on the airfield at Old Warden is this Land Rover equipped for airfield fire fighting.
Photo taken at the Flying Festival 2019 held by the Shuttleworth Collection.
Back in the early 1970's I sometime drove a very similar looking Land Rover. It had a steering problem with a very poor righthand turning circle. Made right hand turns whilst towing another vehicle a bit difficult at times.
NVK 131X displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham. The Series III range had a 14 year production span starting in 1971. With the Series III models came softer options to appeal to the growing leisure market for rugged off road vehicles. Not as pleasing on the eye as earlier and very late Land Rover versions in my opinion.
Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
At this point on the pendulum style ride the intrepid passengers are upsidedown at 100 feet in the air.
Lovely interior mural at the tea parlour called Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex. The wiring cable passing through the beam on the top right gives the game away. The chandielier is real.
On display within Ely Cathedral for a space science related exhibition.
This type of protective space suit was first used in 1980 on Soyuz spacecraft missions.
LX15 GVE on the forecourt area of Southend Victoria Station, Essex.
I like the colour co-ordinated bus livery and Hi-Vis tabards.
Ensignbus 131.
Photograph taken in 2019.
A Grade II listed structure from about 1787. Spanning the River Can it connects the pedestrianised High Street and Moulsham Street.
In the past the bridge has also been known as Old Bridge and Moulsham Bridge.
Photo taken in 2019.
On a site about 400 feet above sea level on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park. Building started in 1811 but was not completed until 1870. More of a grand manor house or a small palace really as it was built as a place to live rather than a defensive position.
There had previously been a Belfast Castle within the main city area of Belfast.
This is part of the poppy patch in our garden that was flattened by the recent heavy rain. Now recovering with plenty of bees around today. One even stung me! The piece of deadwood on the left has holes drilled in to it and is being used by solitary bees.
Photo taken from Southend Pier Head about one hour after low tide. But just over another hour later the area in the foreground was covered in shallow water from the incoming tide.
Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
Moored in the River Medway at the Historic Dockyard, chatham, Kent.
This one of (probably the last one) 98 such steam powered vessels built between 1941 and 1946. They were used in dockyards to help provision the ships in wartime service. Steam engines were used because of the demand for more modern power plants in front line ships.
VIC 56 stayed in service until 1970. Purchased for preservation from the MOD in the late 1970's. The information board says that
she is still sometimes brought in to steam.
VIC 56 was built locally by James Pollock and Sons Ltd at their Faversham yard. The company started in 1875 and went in to liquidation during 1970.
An immature Spotted or Scaly-breasted Munia perched on a Sorghum plant in a crop field near Ludhiana, Punjab.
The juveniles have a pale brown under-body, lacking the distinctive spots that give this bird its name.
The now much loved original Fiat 500 was made from 1957 until 1975 with variations and updates along the way.
This one is the Fiat 500L that was produced between 1967 and 1971. It has front hinged doors instead of the rear hinged 'suicide doors' on the earlier models. It also featured slightly better levels of trim and dashboard layout that the more basic model that was still available alongside the 500L (Lusso).
RFZ 8427 had earlier in its life worked in Dublin. Now working hard going up some very steep hills at times in Belfast.
Not sure about the temperature reading 30 degrees! The camera was strapped to a wooden post, so may be the wood was releasing heat built up during the day.