158. TV House
a.k.a “The Sewing House”. But as all of the sewing machines have been stolen (since the sites location was named on a certain forum) I’m renaming it “The TV house as there were plenty of old TV’s kicking about.
Visited around sunrise it was still pretty dark in there. The power was on and the lights did work, but I didn’t want to draw attention to the house - a recent explorer had a screwdriver sticking out their tyre last time they got spotted going in.
A lot’s gone ‘missing’ since the site was named, which is a real shame. There are no impressive rooms, but lots of nice details, so there’s a lot of detail shots:
Coat still hanging up:
Main bedroom:
Twin room:
Mag from 1971, what struck me about it was the biro line following the title. I remember doing that as a kid too.
Obligatory chair shot
Preserves:
Ah the days when men were men, and everything was manufactured from asbesdos:
Red Supervan: (well maybe once)
Inside
White Supervan:
So there’s gotta be a blue one right?
After looking round the supervans and a few outhouses we noticed a small hole at floor level which seemed to go into a separate pen. We crawled through to be presented with this, a Wolseley Six Eighty:
A Six Eighty tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1951 had a top speed of 85.3 mph and could accelerate from 0-60 mph in 21.4 seconds. A fuel consumption of 21.8 miles per imperial was recorded. The test car cost £767 including taxes. An Autocar Magazine road test of an apparently similar car managed a top speed of only 78.5 mph and slightly slower acceleration on a windy day a couple of years earlier.
The testers noted that "in keeping with [the manufacturer's] policy which has much to commend it to a discerning motorist, the Wolseley is quite high geared" which made for relaxed cruising at (by the standards of the time) speed, but an more urgent driving style involved extensive use of the gear box. Standard equipment included a heater, a rear window blind and "twin roof lamps in the rear compartment"
Inside:
A second-hand car review published in England in 1960 observed that "even the most junior member of the family" would recognise the Wolseley 6/80 as the "Cops' Car" both on television, and on the streets. The car was reckoned to offer a good power-to-weight ratio in combination with steering and suspension sufficiently excellent to permit to be "thrown around without detriment to the car and with little discomfort to the occupants"
Cheers for reading.
Visited around sunrise it was still pretty dark in there. The power was on and the lights did work, but I didn’t want to draw attention to the house - a recent explorer had a screwdriver sticking out their tyre last time they got spotted going in.
A lot’s gone ‘missing’ since the site was named, which is a real shame. There are no impressive rooms, but lots of nice details, so there’s a lot of detail shots:
Coat still hanging up:
Main bedroom:
Twin room:
Mag from 1971, what struck me about it was the biro line following the title. I remember doing that as a kid too.
Obligatory chair shot
Preserves:
Ah the days when men were men, and everything was manufactured from asbesdos:
Red Supervan: (well maybe once)
Inside
White Supervan:
So there’s gotta be a blue one right?
After looking round the supervans and a few outhouses we noticed a small hole at floor level which seemed to go into a separate pen. We crawled through to be presented with this, a Wolseley Six Eighty:
A Six Eighty tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1951 had a top speed of 85.3 mph and could accelerate from 0-60 mph in 21.4 seconds. A fuel consumption of 21.8 miles per imperial was recorded. The test car cost £767 including taxes. An Autocar Magazine road test of an apparently similar car managed a top speed of only 78.5 mph and slightly slower acceleration on a windy day a couple of years earlier.
The testers noted that "in keeping with [the manufacturer's] policy which has much to commend it to a discerning motorist, the Wolseley is quite high geared" which made for relaxed cruising at (by the standards of the time) speed, but an more urgent driving style involved extensive use of the gear box. Standard equipment included a heater, a rear window blind and "twin roof lamps in the rear compartment"
Inside:
A second-hand car review published in England in 1960 observed that "even the most junior member of the family" would recognise the Wolseley 6/80 as the "Cops' Car" both on television, and on the streets. The car was reckoned to offer a good power-to-weight ratio in combination with steering and suspension sufficiently excellent to permit to be "thrown around without detriment to the car and with little discomfort to the occupants"
Cheers for reading.
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