As someone born in Yeovil (1953, at Balidon house) I was most interested to see this collection as quite a lot of the scenes I remember. Thanks for posting.
I recall a high stone wall parallel to the pavement between the Pen Mill Hotel and Lyde Road junction. One could not see over the wall so I do not know what lay behind it. If one drove further down Lyde Road one arrived at the the town rubbish dump. I did my apprenticeship at FW Saunders.( Rootes Group Dealers) Reckleford, which was widened in 1962. Sadly the pretty, green Bides Garden, next to the hospital was also eliminated.
Automatic transmissions were rare. A lady asked us for help. Her Hillman Minx III was stuck on Reckleford. I lifted the bonnet a saw no engine but lots of black tubes. One was hissing, so I stuck my finger in the hole and the car promptly sprang forward and ran me over! The oil sump warmed my cheek as I lay on the ground and the dear lady was most upset. That was my first (unique) Smiths 3-speed automatic.
Elizabeth Taylor starred the new gleaming white Series II Alpine in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".Then, cars had to be serviced every 3,6,12 and 24 thousand miles..The Hillman Minx and Super Minx, Sunbeam Rapier, Singer, Humber Hawk, the luxurious Super Snipe, Commer TS3 lorries with the powerful Cadenz engines, I repaired and test drove them all. One customer I remember so well! He secretly glued single paint brush hairs to check tappet adjustment and wheel transposition was correctly done It was.
You worked at Rootes dealers back in 1962? Did you get to drive Series II Alpines and those gorgeous Loewy-designed Singers that looked like miniature Studebakers brand new from the factory? If so, I can't help but be a bit jealous!
Also, I was asking because I'm trying to locate the home of a family who lived on Sherbourne Road in the 1880s. I believe they lived within a partially-obstructed view of the railway line so I'm guessing very near that corner.
What stood at that vacant lot at Sherbourne Road and Lyde Road? The lot that would have been behind the photographer in the pic you showed? Was it a house?
I went to Huish Primary school. Its now Tescos. There was a maths teacher called Jones. He used to pin pupils to the wall with one hand round the throat and bash 'em round the face with his other hand. He called me a useless individual :) :(
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As someone born in Yeovil (1953, at Balidon house) I was most interested to see this collection as quite a lot of the scenes I remember. Thanks for posting.
Watching this made me feel like I was on speed
I recall a high stone wall parallel to the pavement between the Pen Mill Hotel and Lyde Road junction. One could not see over the wall so I do not know what lay behind it. If one drove further down Lyde Road one arrived at the the town rubbish dump. I did my apprenticeship at FW Saunders.( Rootes Group Dealers) Reckleford, which was widened in 1962. Sadly the pretty, green Bides Garden, next to the hospital was also eliminated.
Automatic transmissions were rare. A lady asked us for help. Her Hillman Minx III was stuck on Reckleford. I lifted the bonnet a saw no engine but lots of black tubes. One was hissing, so I stuck my finger in the hole and the car promptly sprang forward and ran me over! The oil sump warmed my cheek as I lay on the ground and the dear lady was most upset. That was my first (unique) Smiths 3-speed automatic.
Elizabeth Taylor starred the new gleaming white Series II Alpine in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".Then, cars had to be serviced every 3,6,12 and 24 thousand miles..The Hillman Minx and Super Minx, Sunbeam Rapier, Singer, Humber Hawk, the luxurious Super Snipe, Commer TS3 lorries with the powerful Cadenz engines, I repaired and test drove them all. One customer I remember so well! He secretly glued single paint brush hairs to check tappet adjustment and wheel transposition was correctly done It was.
You worked at Rootes dealers back in 1962? Did you get to drive Series II Alpines and those gorgeous Loewy-designed Singers that looked like miniature Studebakers brand new from the factory? If so, I can't help but be a bit jealous!
Also, I was asking because I'm trying to locate the home of a family who lived on Sherbourne Road in the 1880s. I believe they lived within a partially-obstructed view of the railway line so I'm guessing very near that corner.
What stood at that vacant lot at Sherbourne Road and Lyde Road? The lot that would have been behind the photographer in the pic you showed?
Was it a house?
I went to Huish Primary school. Its now Tescos. There was a maths teacher called Jones. He used to pin pupils to the wall with one hand round the throat and bash 'em round the face with his other hand. He called me a useless individual :) :(