1953 Austin A40 10cwt Gown Van [GV4]

1953 Austin A40 10cwt Gown Van [GV4] in A Great Ship, Short Movie, 1962

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin:

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dsl ◊ 2018-07-05 01:41	Not a great capture, but rare enough for a page. Weird coincidence - same location as this one, although different occasion. Probably both archive snippets.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2018-07-05 11:08	East End of London, a large concentration, at that time, of schmutter manufacturers in little sweat shops. West End of London, a large concentration of idiots prepared to give the shops a 200% mark up on the garments produced by girls earning Three Pounds Ten a week. The result, gown vans crossing the City, so no great coincidence. Also, a coachbuilder in Clapham, whose name I have been trying to remember for about fifty years, who concentrated on gown vans. I used to walk past it on my way to and from Clapham Common tube for a few weeks until I organised a bedsit a bit nearer my office in Harrow. -- Last edit: 2018-07-05 11:12:16

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dsl

◊ 2018-07-05 01:41

Not a great capture, but rare enough for a page. Weird coincidence - same location as this one, although different occasion. Probably both archive snippets.

johnfromstaffs

◊ 2018-07-05 11:08

East End of London, a large concentration, at that time, of schmutter manufacturers in little sweat shops. West End of London, a large concentration of idiots prepared to give the shops a 200% mark up on the garments produced by girls earning Three Pounds Ten a week.

The result, gown vans crossing the City, so no great coincidence. Also, a coachbuilder in Clapham, whose name I have been trying to remember for about fifty years, who concentrated on gown vans. I used to walk past it on my way to and from Clapham Common tube for a few weeks until I organised a bedsit a bit nearer my office in Harrow.

-- Last edit: 2018-07-05 11:12:16

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1953 Austin A40 10cwt Gown Van [GV4]