oiltreader:
Right then who’s going to tell me what wagon this is, I well remember the Lucas defrosters, which were 1950s and before, the screw drive winding handle on the nearside has me foxed.
Oily
Hi oily. First try! Looking at the window design could be a rough terrain Thorneycroft Nubian 4X4 that preceded the Bedford Green Goddess. The only anomaly is this motor does not have front window vents.
Regards Kev
My first thought was Thorneycroft but only because of the steering wheel and gear knob.
oiltreader:
Thanks to adr and lurpak for the picsA grand lot of stuff there Chris, now tell me where this is
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Oily
Hi Eddie, you should have called mate, I am only 2 mins away from there you could have called round for tea 
. You were only 200 yds away from Dad, he’s buried in the Cemetery up on the right of pic, he’d have been pleased to see you . Regards Chris
oiltreader:
Right then who’s going to tell me what wagon this is
Oily
Surely the "screw drive handle"operates the window opening IIRC?
David
I doubt it, David, the cable from it appears to go up the centre windscreen pillar. If it had been a bus I would have suggested that it wound the destination board!
Maybe it was the manual spinning mechanism for an early '50s amber beacon, worked by the trailer boy?
oiltreader:
Right then who’s going to tell me what wagon this is
Oily
Hi Oily lthink its a thornycroft nubian fire tender the handle is for ringing the bell. 
crowbar
crowbar:
oiltreader:
Right then who’s going to tell me what wagon this is
OilyHi Oily lthink its a thornycroft nubian fire tender the handle is for ringing the bell.
Yes crowbar, could well be that or a siren, some of the old Air Raid Warning sirens were hand cranked, that was an eerie wail that was, then after the danger was past the siren was sounded with the All Clear, glad to say the only time I heard it was a practice run.
Oily
Back in the 50s and 60s the siren on our town hall was tested every day at 11am . It was the call out siren for the retained firemen before mobile phones , or even house phones were common .
rigsby:
Back in the 50s and 60s the siren on our town hall was tested every day at 11am . It was the call out siren for the retained firemen before mobile phones , or even house phones were common .
If I remember rightly, in Nottingham during the '50s & early '60s the firemen call out siren was the one they had used for ‘all clear’ during the war; more strangely, instead of bells, Nottingham fire engines used the wailing up-and-down noise sirens that had been used for air-raid alerts during the war.
I think all that siren stuff came to an end during the nuclear scare of the early sixties, when sirens were reserved for a nuclear attack, until they all fell off their various telegraph poles and stink-pipes and we lived happily ever after… Robert
robert1952:
rigsby:
Back in the 50s and 60s the siren on our town hall was tested every day at 11am . It was the call out siren for the retained firemen before mobile phones , or even house phones were common .If I remember rightly, in Nottingham during the '50s & early '60s the firemen call out siren was the one they had used for ‘all clear’ during the war; more strangely, instead of bells, Nottingham fire engines used the wailing up-and-down noise sirens that had been used for air-raid alerts during the war.
I think all that siren stuff came to an end during the nuclear scare of the early sixties, when sirens were reserved for a nuclear attack, until they all fell off their various telegraph poles and stink-pipes and we lived happily ever after… Robert
The fire service call-out siren was mounted on the roof of our local town centre toilets. Having been “caught short” one afternoon while working in an adjacent yard, I was in the middle of the business when the ■■■■ thing went off. Sure helped things on their way! 
rigsby:
Back in the 50s and 60s the siren on our town hall was tested every day at 11am . It was the call out siren for the retained firemen before mobile phones , or even house phones were common .
When I worked in Wokingham back in the 70’s the siren was sounded at (I think) noon on a Monday. If it continued bellowing it signified that someone had escaped from Broadmoor!
Pete.
windrush:
rigsby:
Back in the 50s and 60s the siren on our town hall was tested every day at 11am . It was the call out siren for the retained firemen before mobile phones , or even house phones were common .When I worked in Wokingham back in the 70’s the siren was sounded at (I think) noon on a Monday. If it continued bellowing it signified that someone had escaped from Broadmoor!
Pete.
How far is Wokingham from Leatherhead Pete ?,just an idea ! Dennis.
Bewick:
"windrush:
When I worked in Wokingham back in the 70’s the siren was sounded at (I think) noon on a Monday. If it continued bellowing it signified that someone had escaped from Broadmoor!Pete.
How far is Wokingham from Leatherhead Pete ?,just an idea !
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Blimey Dennis, even Broadmoor had its limits! 
Pete.
kevmorrow:
oiltreader:
Right then who’s going to tell me what wagon this is
OilyHi oily. First try! Looking at the window design could be a rough terrain Thorneycroft Nubian 4X4 that preceded the Bedford Green Goddess. The only anomaly is this motor does not have front window vents.
Regards Kev
Hi Kev, yes the window glass is also a puzzler and like others say it’s defo a Thornycroft, I find plenty photos with the opening windows and curved side glass but none with none opening front screen
This 1952 model in Malta would be of around the same time.
Oily
adr:
oiltreader:
Thanks to adr and lurpak for the picsA grand lot of stuff there Chris, now tell me where this is
OilyHi Eddie, you should have called mate, I am only 2 mins away from there you could have called round for tea
A one night park up at Cotswold View Caravan Park, Banbury Hill Farm, then through your village earlyish on a Thurs. morning.
Chris
Your dad,(your photo in my collection) though my memories of him go back a few years before this photo.
Eddie
Thanks to Stanfield for the pics , the “Spanish Dodge” I used to love the sound of them going by, another one thanks to Andy Breeden.
Oily
AEC Murcury A.ONE Transport early sixty’s. The driver was Jack Ellener.
Thanks to jeffrey ellener for the pic AUG came in in 1962 so before then.
J&D Cowper of Evanton heading south on the A9.
Oily
