Tomo.T Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Recently discovered photos of a Works Parade of mainly Thornycroft J type lorries in Worting Rd., Basingstoke, soon after the Armistice was declared. These pictures and more were discovered gathering dust in a family archive and are now being donated to Hampshire Museums trust, where it is hoped they will be on public display for the Centenary. Many thanks are due to Jeff Vincent for donating these pictures and permitting my posting some on here. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Lest we forget. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 There are three pages of these pictures on Jeff Vincent's WW1 page see here; https://www.vincents.org.uk/ngg_tag/ww1/nggallery/thumbnails/page/1 Clicking on images will produce a larger image with better resolution. Tomo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Interesting photo's! Wouldn't the 1st vehicle overheat with a flag covering the radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Quite likely I would think. Some of the works departments have definitely overdone the float decoration ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Further research by Hampshire Museums Trust has produced more details of this event. Local Basingstoke photographer Terry Hunt, was responsible for the pictures, taken a week after the Armistice on 16/11/1918-( 100 years ago tomorrow.) The parade stretched for over a mile and half the floats were presented by works departments from Thornycroft's. Following the Parade a bonfire was held with cannons being discharged and effigies burnt, this being attended by 7,000 people. Quite a party ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rewdco Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 100 years ago tomorrow? Look at those trees, not a single leaf to be seen... Here in Bruges the leaves have really started to fall only a couple of days ago... What's happening with this planet...? Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo.T Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Global warming ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypugh Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 14 hours ago, Tomo.T said: Global warming ? There might be a more benign explanation, everyone burned coal back then, and everything was filthy. Even when I was a kid you would get black smudges from touching tree bark. It's not much of a stretch to assume that led to leaf efficiency tailing off earlier in the year than it does now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 November 1918, was one of the coldest of the 20th Century. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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