This photograph of Loftus Bank was taken by Mike Grange on 3rd June, 1972. The ridges in the field behind Kilton Mill are the site of the Australian Army camp in WWI.
The Austin 1800 (land crab as some called them) was a fantastic car enormous inside full leathers. I used to do the exact 250 miles from in-laws in Saltburn to our flat in Ealing West London using the A1 (rather than the M1) in 3 hours and 20 minutes. If you can do that journey now in 5 or 5 and a half hours you have done very well. That’s progress for you!! Long gone are the good days of motoring.
The Austin 1800 (land crab as some called them) was a fantastic car enormous inside full leathers. I used to do the exact 250 miles from in-laws in Saltburn to our flat in Ealing West London using the A1 (rather than the M1) in 3 hours and 20 minutes. If you can do that journey now in 5 or 5 and a half hours you have done very well. That’s progress for you!! Long gone are the good days of motoring.