Social media certainly has it's detractors, myself amongst them, but there are benefits to the crowd sourced information. I follow a couple of local history sites, in an effort to locate a photograph of my old house in Liverpool. One page has daily updates of photos culled from the local record office and the professional and the comprehensive owner of the page invariably manages to post something of interest, almost every day.
This morning was no exception, with a candid shot of the back of a mobile shop in the (then) comaparatively new housing estate of Cantril Farm. On initial inspection, its nothing out of the ordinary, but as reported back in January 2018: http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2018/01/mate-is-your-linda-comin.html ---
--- this is the very mobile shop in which I first discovered the Spacex knock off range of Apollo Spacers, made by an obscure company called Linda. (See Paul V's excellent Spacex resource for full details)
The lower photo with the big grey truck was originally identified as being the van that I recalled, but the new photo at the head of the page is almost certainly the very mobile shop that I visited, as it is a bit smaller and has the same layout of shelves in the back. The owner had clearly seen a gap in the market, as the town planners had neglected to put any shops near to the new accommodation blocks, so he made a killing with a range of sweets and groceries and small rack toys to keep the kids happy!
Now if only we had a higher resolution copy, as the toys were just tucked inside the doorway on the right side!
We had a similar van like that in our neighbourhood in the '60s, though there was a door (or doors) in the back that we entered by. The door(s) closed right back so as not to be obtrusive, and we could lean against the inside back of the van on either side of the doorway.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall an all-purpose van down our street. We did have a Bread Van that sold bread and cakes. It was light blue I seem to remember. I think the van man was called Arthur. Arthur the bread man.
DeleteStunning research Wote. I can't believe you've actually found a photo of the actual van! Superb!
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