Do any of these bring back memories l?

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  1. snotty

    snotty

    How quaint.

    When I was young, Jenkins used to drive me to school in the Bentley.
     
    snotty, Jan 9, 2020
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  2. Gingerbus

    Gingerbus Supporter

    But now it’s Parker driving you to school in the 6-wheeled pink Rolls?


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    Gingerbus, Jan 9, 2020
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  3. crossy2112

    crossy2112 Supporter

    @Geordie first horse was called Bentley :thumbsup:
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    crossy2112, Jan 9, 2020
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  4. paul2590

    paul2590

    The one you nicked from Tooting Broadway


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    paul2590, Jan 9, 2020
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  5. Poptop2

    Poptop2 Administrator

    Hillman Minx. My only memory of an hillman minx is the lady manageress owned one in the fruit and veg shop I worked at and she would always give me a lift home when we worked late on a Friday. She was always very suggestive, but I never had the nerve at that age 16.
     
    Poptop2, Jan 9, 2020
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  6. Barry Haynes

    Barry Haynes I dance in leopard skin mankini’s

    Tooting Bec:thumbsup:
     
    Barry Haynes, Jan 9, 2020
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  7. Youngdub

    Youngdub Supporter

    Lovely :)
    I sold last September my cherished Moggie convertible - 1963. I had had it for 18 years :(

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    Youngdub, Jan 9, 2020
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  8. Soggz

    Soggz Supporter

    6DF5FE16-B8AB-409B-A549-D9C4168A1112.jpeg Mini for me, but the first job I did on the YTS, was change a Morris minor head gasket. F245C075-691B-45BD-924F-7FDF2EF2E560.jpeg 93BE3716-A9BA-4033-926B-0F2DC5F15332.jpeg
     
    Soggz, Jan 9, 2020
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  9. Geordie

    Geordie

    Geordie, Jan 9, 2020
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  10. vinnyboy

    vinnyboy Supporter

    That brings back memories. I started my YTS in August 1985. Can’t remember my first job though.

    My dad had an Anglia van which he borrowed from my grandad but never took back. He also had a Morris traveller with big holes in the floor. I remember watching the road through them. Happy days.
     
    vinnyboy, Jan 9, 2020
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  11. Geordie

    Geordie

    Yes i did a YTS year 1 £29.50 a week year 2 £32 a week
    then the company kept me on for year 3 not on a YTS £95

    i hate the word YTS because the employer got £80 a WEEK Joke! to make-up money i worked weekend's learning mastering my trade.

    I bumped into my old bosses and said shame on you! if your son wants to learn from a proper tradesman he can work for me for £29.50 a week:lol:
     
    Geordie, Jan 9, 2020
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  12. SweeneyTodd

    SweeneyTodd

    YTS is an acronym but in reality it is 3 words.... Youth Training Scheme. :)
     
    SweeneyTodd, Jan 9, 2020
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  13. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    My Grandma and Grandad had an old Austin 1100 like the one in the photo..... horrible be1ge thing it was!
    I should've had a Morris Traveller as my first car, but my Dad ran out of time and enthusiasm for the restoration (started 2 years in advance of my 17th birthday) and it eventually got sold to a family friend when I was in my mid 20s! (It has since been restored, and I don't 'arf fancy getting it back one day)
    Is that a Mk 2 Zephyr in one of the pictures? That was originally going to be my mid life crisis car, having loved the one my friends parents had when we were kids in the 70s. Somehow I ended up with a late bay instead...…. :)
     
    scrooge95, Jan 9, 2020
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  14. Gingerbus

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    I remember those Zephyrs and Zodiacs too.

    I think you made the right choice!


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    Gingerbus, Jan 9, 2020
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  15. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Why did a brand new car need restoring! ;)
     
    CollyP, Jan 9, 2020
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  16. scrooge95

    scrooge95 Moderator and piggy bank keeper

    Oi!!!!!!
     
    scrooge95, Jan 9, 2020
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  17. Faust

    Faust Supporter

    Hillman Avenger 1250...CCH 662H
     
    Faust, Jan 9, 2020
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  18. Terrordales

    Terrordales Nightshift

    I sometimes got a lift from Auntie Penny and her chauffeur Parker.

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    Terrordales, Jan 9, 2020
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  19. Norris

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    My first car was a HB Viva - can't remember the full reg, it was a G. The second was a Chevette. Both were cast offs from my granny
     
    Norris, Jan 10, 2020
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  20. Soggz

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    My first placement was crown tours garages, a coach and bus firm here in Frome. My ‘Saturday job’ there to earn an extra £20.00, was to get up under the buses and pressure wash them. My normal YTS wage, was £26.25 a week. I was loaded at 16! Hexagon night club twice a week, fill me 50cc up twice with 2 star(£2.50 each time), give me mum a tenner, and wasted the rest!
     
    Soggz, Jan 10, 2020
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