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[cleggy]

Ah! the little red book driving license
Lizzie and queen both had special years in 1953 I remember it well from my pram

[05omegav6]

Passed mine in 1964 in my trusty old 1958 Standard 8. OYE 827. I remember when I went to buy it, the old man said, 'whatever you do don't buy a blo*dy Standard, we had them in the army, they were always breaking down'. Kept mine 2 years, the old girl never missed a beat.. I noticed in the film there was no left turn signal, as to hand signals, do they still exist? Do learners need to know them??

I believe the left turn and slowing down hand signals are the same, and are very similar to the universal 'are you an Onanist?' gesture

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Shame on you, "scimmy_man" - a gentleman would never ask, let alone tell!
And Lizzie, I have always been rotten at maths.....29, yes?

Ron.

Thanks Ron!  Rumours of me being older are false, I just jumble up my dates to fool everyone :y

Not everyone Lizzie Passed mine in 1963

Is that the oldest test date amongst the Forum members?

Your test dbug would not have been much different from the one in 1935, and mine in 1970

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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 Passed mine in 1963

My set of wheels then was a Silver Cross!

  They were, and still are, a gorgeous pram

Many of course used the wheels from those prams for great soapbox carts!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Passed mine in 1964 in my trusty old 1958 Standard 8. OYE 827. I remember when I went to buy it, the old man said, 'whatever you do don't buy a blo*dy Standard, we had them in the army, they were always breaking down'. Kept mine 2 years, the old girl never missed a beat.. I noticed in the film there was no left turn signal, as to hand signals, do they still exist? Do learners need to know them??

No.  That ceased, I think, about 10 years after I passed my test.  The idea was that if your lights failed you could still let other motorists your intentions.  The left turn signal was your arm out and the whole arm rotating in a way that indicated a left turn that other drivers would recognise as the correct signal.  Perhaps in 1935, with such little traffic, the left signal had not been though of or, if it had, it was considered not to be necessary.  Anyone in their 90s know?

[Andy B]

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Many of course used the wheels from those prams for great soapbox carts!

Yes. Built one of them too ( called a bogey up here - the same as from up your nose!  ) ...... still have the scar across my fingers too where the saw slipped 

[Andy B]

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No.  That ceased, I think, about 10 years after I passed my test.   .....

Must've been before that. I passed Aug 1979 and didn't need to know them.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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Many of course used the wheels from those prams for great soapbox carts!

Yes. Built one of them too ( called a bogey up here - the same as from up your nose!  ) ...... still have the scar across my fingers too where the saw slipped 

They could be fast for us kids Andy, and many came to grief on even slight slopes as they usually had one brake; a large lever bolted onto the right hand side of the body that you pushed like fxxk in an attempt to slow the ruddy thing down!!

Can you imagine the H&S brigade allowing that now?

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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No.  That ceased, I think, about 10 years after I passed my test.   .....

Must've been before that. I passed Aug 1979 and didn't need to know them.

Ah, right, thanks Andy

[Jusme]

a large lever bolted onto the right hand side of the body that you pushed like fxxk in an attempt to slow the ruddy thing down!! I feel a 'python' moment coming on... 'A large lever'? We just wore the toes out of our shoes..

[Lizzie_Zoom]

a large lever bolted onto the right hand side of the body that you pushed like fxxk in an attempt to slow the ruddy thing down!! I feel a 'python' moment coming on... 'A large lever'? We just wore the toes out of our shoes..

Ah, in Royal Tunbridge Wells we were posh and only used the latest technology

Our design was usually like this example, but with the long lever added that pushed on the rear offside wheel that was larger than the front having usually come from a Silver Cross / type pram!




The beauty was that you did not have to pass a driving test and could go on any road!!

 

[Jusme]

Aha Lizzie, obviously a luxury model. We just screwed a plank onto the Swan pram chassis, 'sport model'. Haven't seen this model included in your previously owned vehicles Lizzie? 

[aaronjb]

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No.  That ceased, I think, about 10 years after I passed my test.   .....

Must've been before that. I passed Aug 1979 and didn't need to know them.

Ah, right, thanks Andy

Well, you'd fail your theory test now if you didn't know the hand signals..

You can even do the practice theory test online and see the questions:




That's just one of the several questions on hand signals.. this one cracked me up, though. Someone make a note of my post count..

[scimmy_man]

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Many of course used the wheels from those prams for great soapbox carts!

Yes. Built one of them too ( called a bogey up here - the same as from up your nose!  ) ...... still have the scar across my fingers too where the saw slipped 

I still have the scar on my forehead where the brakes didnt work, the wall stopped it though.

They could be fast for us kids Andy, and many came to grief on even slight slopes as they usually had one brake; a large lever bolted onto the right hand side of the body that you pushed like fxxk in an attempt to slow the ruddy thing down!!

Can you imagine the H&S brigade allowing that now?

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Aha Lizzie, obviously a luxury model. We just screwed a plank onto the Swan pram chassis, 'sport model'. Haven't seen this model included in your previously owned vehicles Lizzie?