Typically British.
May 18, 2019 07:47:25 #
May 18, 2019 07:54:57 #
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Years ago, I drove a bugeye Sprite - then later, an MG B, which I loved!!! - never could afford anything like the XKE, but certainly admired it.
I pit crewed for a friend who raced a TD (he was a "gentleman racer", who couldn't get into the expensive gear, but did it just for fun.) I saw many of the great sports car road races from Pomona, Paramount Ranch, Willow Springs, Riverside, Santa Barbara Airport and the like, with most of the greatest drivers running, including Dan Gurney's first race in the Frank Arciero 4.9 liter Ferrari at Riverside - he placed second, competing against the world's top drivers in the world's best sports cars - you could have thrown a blanket over the first four cars through the entire race! (That track gave way to a housing development, unfortunately!)
Ken Miles was another of my favorites, a masterful driver - every lap exactly the same line in his Porsche number 50. There were Bob Bonderant, Sterling Moss, Richie Ginther, Phil Hill, Carroll Shelby, Lance Reventlow, John von Neumann, Masten Gregory and many of the other greats. And nobody could forget Max Balchowski in "Old Yeller"!!! He always was very competitive, but usually wound up breaking some 25 cent part in his homemade car (Buick powered). I'm not one much for remembering dates of things from the past, but that should have been around 1958. For quite some time I was at every sports car road race in Southern California - those were the days!
Loren - Baguio City
John N wrote:
Just got the programme through for my local club next season. Our 2nd competition is TYPICALLY BRITISH.
1953 MG TD,British Racing Green,my favorite car.👏👏👏👏👏
annie
1953 MG TD,British Racing Green,my favorite car.👏👏👏👏👏
annie
Years ago, I drove a bugeye Sprite - then later, an MG B, which I loved!!! - never could afford anything like the XKE, but certainly admired it.
I pit crewed for a friend who raced a TD (he was a "gentleman racer", who couldn't get into the expensive gear, but did it just for fun.) I saw many of the great sports car road races from Pomona, Paramount Ranch, Willow Springs, Riverside, Santa Barbara Airport and the like, with most of the greatest drivers running, including Dan Gurney's first race in the Frank Arciero 4.9 liter Ferrari at Riverside - he placed second, competing against the world's top drivers in the world's best sports cars - you could have thrown a blanket over the first four cars through the entire race! (That track gave way to a housing development, unfortunately!)
Ken Miles was another of my favorites, a masterful driver - every lap exactly the same line in his Porsche number 50. There were Bob Bonderant, Sterling Moss, Richie Ginther, Phil Hill, Carroll Shelby, Lance Reventlow, John von Neumann, Masten Gregory and many of the other greats. And nobody could forget Max Balchowski in "Old Yeller"!!! He always was very competitive, but usually wound up breaking some 25 cent part in his homemade car (Buick powered). I'm not one much for remembering dates of things from the past, but that should have been around 1958. For quite some time I was at every sports car road race in Southern California - those were the days!
Loren - Baguio City
May 18, 2019 07:57:40 #
May 18, 2019 08:01:16 #
May 18, 2019 08:19:59 #
Country cottage or other old buildings.
Farms and hilly pastures
Coast line (Cornwall or Dover)
Farms and hilly pastures
Coast line (Cornwall or Dover)
May 18, 2019 08:22:17 #
May 18, 2019 08:31:04 #
Cottage gardens, coastlines (eg. Dover), Lake District small towns, various castles and estates.
May 18, 2019 08:37:12 #
John N wrote:
Just got the programme through for my local club n... (show quote)
White cliffs of Dover
Isle of Wight/Needles
Thames river front
Canal boats
Isle of Man ferry
Pub life
Wimbledon
Change of the guards @ Buckingham
Indian food
Fish & Chips with a good ale
May 18, 2019 08:38:47 #
John N wrote:
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I did a little "definition" research. Don't know if this helps:
'British' is the nationality of a person or something or someone of or relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, its people or their language. Or of the British Commonwealth or Empire. ... English is British, but British is not necessarily English; it could also be Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish.
May 18, 2019 08:44:32 #
May 18, 2019 08:44:54 #
John N wrote:
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Seeing as it is British and not English I would say fog. Preferably on the moors of Scotland with a shepherd and sheep, but the cliche London fog would work as well.
May 18, 2019 09:01:44 #
John N wrote:
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Well, having never been there I get most of my opinions of "Typically British," from British TV such as BBC America. And from British Rock Music, Literature, and Painting Art! So for me Typically British would be:
Police Call Box (Doctor Who TARDIS)
Castles (Via Monty Python)
The Beatles
The Kinks
Gainsborough
Turner
Thomas Rawlandson
William Shakespeare
William Blake
Queen Elizabeth II
James Bond 007
Wimbledon
Cricket
Abby Road
Locke Ness
Aston-Martin
Bentley
Jaguar
Rolls-Royce
Fish & Chips
Bangers & Mash
Ale
Cliffs Of Dover
The RAF
This would be the top of my list from hundreds!
Peace
May 18, 2019 09:03:21 #
An afternoon cream tea setting, which I enjoy with my neighbors who hail from Bristol UK.
May 18, 2019 09:03:33 #
dpullum wrote:
I cried during the movie "Butterfield 8" not because Elizabeth Tailor was killed, but because a Sunbeam Alpine was destroyed.
Spoiler alert!
May 18, 2019 09:11:54 #
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