This is another of those wonderful images from Ray Jones whose family owned one of the houses on Maple Avenue for over a century, spanning the old Queen’s Jubilee, two world wars, and much else.
It was taken by Ray’s grandfather and dates from the 1920s.
That said I bet there will be someone out there who is an expert on such vehicles and can offer up the make, the date and more than a bit of its history.
In the same way there will be someone else who will follow up on the number plate and go to those sites which explain how the letters and numbers can date the car.
But for now I shall just thank Ray and make that obvious remark that there would have been very little other traffic parked up on that sunny day on Maple Avenue.
All of which is in direct contrast to today and leads me to wonder just when the transition happened.
Look at photographs from the 1960s and even early 70's and many roads will still be relatively empty and that I think highlights the need for more pictures from those middling decades.
The collection is full of images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when commercial photographers plied their trade selling to local residents as well as the picture postcard companies.
But from the 1960s as the trade in picture postcards went into decline the numbers of photographs has also diminished.
I know they will be out there, mostly as snaps which now sit in family albums or at the bottom of the sock cupboard and bringing them out into the light would advance our knowledge of the area.
So that’s the appeal done, leaving me just to thank Ray and say I know exactly which house on Maple Avenue this is, but until I approach the owners it seems unfair to say more.
Instead I will close with a comment from Ray who thinks "the the motor is a BSA cyclecar but I'm not certain."
Location; Maple Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Picture, a car, two kids, and auntie on Maple Avenue, circa 1920s, © Ray Jones
That said I bet there will be someone out there who is an expert on such vehicles and can offer up the make, the date and more than a bit of its history.
In the same way there will be someone else who will follow up on the number plate and go to those sites which explain how the letters and numbers can date the car.
But for now I shall just thank Ray and make that obvious remark that there would have been very little other traffic parked up on that sunny day on Maple Avenue.
All of which is in direct contrast to today and leads me to wonder just when the transition happened.
The collection is full of images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when commercial photographers plied their trade selling to local residents as well as the picture postcard companies.
But from the 1960s as the trade in picture postcards went into decline the numbers of photographs has also diminished.
I know they will be out there, mostly as snaps which now sit in family albums or at the bottom of the sock cupboard and bringing them out into the light would advance our knowledge of the area.
So that’s the appeal done, leaving me just to thank Ray and say I know exactly which house on Maple Avenue this is, but until I approach the owners it seems unfair to say more.
Instead I will close with a comment from Ray who thinks "the the motor is a BSA cyclecar but I'm not certain."
Location; Maple Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Picture, a car, two kids, and auntie on Maple Avenue, circa 1920s, © Ray Jones
Looks more like a Morgan Runabout to me...
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kers of three wheelers after WW1 so there is a good chance this will be one of them. Sadly, I can't read the reg no. properly. Incidentally, I own what is probably the only Jowett car in Chorlton. Might well be out and about in it when the days get longer. Just been doing an engine re-furb.
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