01-10-2020, 08:47 AM
This month we return to Sheffield, last seen in March 2019: https://www.austinsevenfriends.co.uk/for...9#pid24988
Here we have moved to the centre of the city, with the cathedral just off to our right up Church Street; we are looking south-west along Fargate. The Coles department store in the centre of the shot gave the name 'Coles Corner' to the junction. The focus of our interest is, of course, the Austin Seven in the foreground, but what model is it? At first I thought from the roof-line that it was a van, probably an AVJ, and speculated that it could well be one of Burdall's fleet. Burdall's was a sizeable company producing custard powder and other baking products from their factory in the old barracks on Penistone Road; in 1936 alone they purchased a total of 43 Austin vans. However closer examination reveals no roof-mounted rear number-plate, and the front wings look more like 1930-31 style, so in all probability it's an RL or RM.
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Here we have moved to the centre of the city, with the cathedral just off to our right up Church Street; we are looking south-west along Fargate. The Coles department store in the centre of the shot gave the name 'Coles Corner' to the junction. The focus of our interest is, of course, the Austin Seven in the foreground, but what model is it? At first I thought from the roof-line that it was a van, probably an AVJ, and speculated that it could well be one of Burdall's fleet. Burdall's was a sizeable company producing custard powder and other baking products from their factory in the old barracks on Penistone Road; in 1936 alone they purchased a total of 43 Austin vans. However closer examination reveals no roof-mounted rear number-plate, and the front wings look more like 1930-31 style, so in all probability it's an RL or RM.
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Photo submitted by Jeff Taylor.