History Today

[Will]

Unique hanging monorail system, in Wuppertal and a split-oval window VW.

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Looks like something from Flash Gordon!

 

[chris68coupe]

More like Metropolis, a 1927 silent Sci-Fi film.....

 

[AmericanThunder]

More like Metropolis, a 1927 silent Sci-Fi film.....

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looks like a Harold Lloyd set!

 

[chris68coupe]

looks like a Harold Lloyd set!

It was made by Fritz Lang (A German) some of the scenes feature in Queens 'Radio Gaga' video.

 

[Stephen CA]

Slightly closer to home. The George Inn on Portsdown Hill. Not sure about the car, I think it's an Ecoboost Mustang....

 

[Little Deuce Coupe]

Were you guys thinking of Eddie Kidd maybe?
He was British motorcycle stunt rider who was badly injured in a failed jump and was sadly left partly paralysed with brain damage.

I saw his show a few years before the accident, he was great.

 

[Will]

Slightly closer to home. The George Inn on Portsdown Hill. Not sure about the car, I think it's an Ecoboost Mustang....

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Today! Lol

 

[chris68coupe]

Saw this in 'Classic American', a 1959 concept car called the 'Levacar' built by Ford. It used Maglev technology similar to the train shown earlier.....

 

[Stephen CA]

Last of the Portsdown pics for now showing the former tramway. The little building on the far left (still there but rebuilt) used to be the local Fire Station

 

[chris68coupe]

I think that was the 'Horndean Light Railway' or a similar name without looking it up.

 

[Will]

Amazing! And very interesting! I never knew about that. Thanks for posting Stephen ?.
Yeah, you're right Chris, I just looked it up. It ran from Cosham to Horndean and was closed in 1935.

 

[Stephen CA]

I think that was the 'Horndean Light Railway' or a similar name without looking it up.

Correct, before it was a tramway it was actually pulled by Traction Engine!

 

[Stephen CA]

Another photo of the Horndean Light Railway further towards Waterlooville.

 

[TransAmDan]

Another photo of the Horndean Light Railway further towards Waterlooville.

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Just trying to picture where that is, perhaps near the shell garage facing south, the building on the left has recently been knocked down, a gentle curve in the road with Mill Road up on the left.

 

[Stephen CA]

Just trying to picture where that is, perhaps near the shell garage facing south, the building on the left has recently been knocked down, a gentle curve in the road with Mill Road up on the left.

You're right, because the building on the left in the old picture is the old farmhouse that burnt down and is currently being replaced with a nursing home.

 

[chris68coupe]

Well spotted, I was having trouble working out where that was.

 

[Stephen CA]

Old Croydon Trams being used as holiday accommodation on Fishery Lane, Hayling Island.

 

[Will]

Old Croydon Trams being used as holiday accommodation on Fishery Lane, Hayling Island.

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There is a caravan site in Hayling called Fishery Creek, maybe that's how it began?

 

[Stephen CA]

There is a caravan site in Hayling called Fishery Creek, maybe that's how it began?

One of my favourite sites and only 20 minutes from home! Can't wait to go back there.

 

[Will]

One of my favourite sites and only 20 minutes from home! Can't wait to go back there.

Brill! We've never tried it but we went there for a look and it looks lovely... right by the water! Awesome. We'll have to give it a go.