Police Minis

[surfblue63]

Wakefield 1967

[Peter Laidler]

Lovely nostalgic photo Surfy, 34 of 'em as far as I can see

[surfblue63]

Hulme, Manchester

[mk1coopers]

Looks like the white extends over the roof on that one

[Peter Laidler]

I wonder if the pub, presumably 'The Eagle' still exists

[surfblue63]

Yes the pub was the Eagle



After a quick search on the interwebs it looks like it was part of a council estate know as the Hulme Crescents in Manchester, built around 1971. As was proven many times, these estates soon lost their shine, this one being labelled the worst in England. Demolished started in 1991.

Bit of info here


https://manchesterhistory.net/mancheste ... cents.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulme_Crescents
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[fricsman]

I have a photograph of 706F somewhere where it is in a later shell before it went to Belgium I believe. Photo was mid ‘90s when I bought my OKD restoration project.

[Pete]

Blimey I played a gig in that pub.

All gone now. ‘The Factory’ club was nearby aswell.

Going back to OKD 706F I remember having a blast in that car when Gary owned it, super quick Longman engine in it with split Webers, back in the good old days when I ran the Cheshire region of the MCR.

[Peter Laidler]

Fricsman, do you mean that you have a photo of the blue and white mini HJA 300N in the photo? It LOOKS like the cop is using the phone from the Marina which is also a cop car judging from the aerial on the rear right hand wing. The police in Oxford and surrounding area had a load of 1300 Marinas. According to the local papers, they were a job-lot of cars from a cancelled order from Uganda. Cross-ply tyres, no heaters, in fact he most basic car available - and cheap.

The Blue mini looks like it has one of those POLICE - STOP pull-up signs fitted to the rear shelf.

[Costafortune]

The Marina in that photo has a Surrey registration and was part of a batch of BL cars from Minis to Wolseley Sixes and early Sherpas. It's a Bracken 1.3 Deluxe, likely with navy vinyl trim.

It says something about modern cars than a Marina now looks like quite a handsome and clean design.

[surfblue63]

The Marina in that photo has a Surrey registration...

It's a Salford registration, second and third letters are RJ respectively. It would be odd for a Surrey registered vehicle to be used by the Manchester Police.

[fricsman]

Fricsman, do you mean that you have a photo of the blue and white mini HJA 300N in the photo?
Sorry, no I don’t.

[JonnyC]

I have a photograph of 706F somewhere where it is in a later shell before it went to Belgium I believe. Photo was mid ‘90s when I bought my OKD restoration project.

Would be fantastic to see your photo of 706F Fricsman. I owned it in 76/77 - see my earlier post. I too believe it went to Belgium.

[Exminiman]

Yes the pub was the Eagle



After a quick search on the interwebs it looks like it was part of a council estate know as the Hulme Crescents in Manchester, built around 1971. As was proven many times, these estates soon lost their shine, this one being labelled the worst in England. Demolished started in 1991.

Bit of info here


https://manchesterhistory.net/mancheste ... cents.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulme_Crescents
.

Blimey, think my mate squatted in the flats while at Manchester Uni’ ....

[mab01uk]

[mab01uk]

Pete's line up of Manchester Mk2 Cooper S are in fact JNB 1F, JNB 2F, JNB 3F and JNB 4F - the second policeman in the photo is my father. The photos were taken early 1968 in Birchfields Park, Fallowfield for the Manchester Evening News. As my father noted Manchester City Police cars always had good registration numbers because the Police were responsible for the VRO! I'll post another photo in the same series.

https://www.facebook.com/thesportingminis/

[surfblue63]

[Costafortune]

Have we had this one yet?

[UHR850]

Police best friend

[UHR850]

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