by Andrew Gill | Jul 19, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
This photograph was taken in Levenshulme near Manchester, probably in the 1920s. Notice the BP petrol pump and the various oils for sale …. everything needed to ne oiled manually to keep the engine working and wheels turning. The breakdown truck with the crane... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 13, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
Fire Brigades originally used steam-powered water-pumps, towed by horses. Response times must have been poor by today’s standards but when this photograph was taken, probably just before the First World War, motor vehicles were commonplace and powerful enough to... 