Phil's photos with the keyword: Vintage

An old police patrol car photographed at a "vintage buses & vehicles" show a few weeks ago at Great Harwood in the North-West of England. I think this car dates from the late 1960s / early 1970s (based on the number-plate). Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AFS Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8

The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was first formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of the Civil Defence Service. Its role was to supplement the work of brigades at local level. In this job it was hampered severely by the incompatibility of equipment used by these different brigades – most importantly the lack of a standard size of hydrant valve. The Auxiliary Fire Service and the local brigades were superseded in August 1941 by the National Fire Service. After the war the AFS was reformed alongside the Civil Defence Corps, forming part of the UK's planned emergency response to a nuclear attack. It was disbanded in the UK in 1968. (Wikipedia). Camera: Nikon D500 Lens: AFS Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8

The Roe 1 Triplane (A.K.A. the Avro Triplane) designed and built by A.V. Roe was the first all-British aircraft to fly. The engine was mounted below the leading edge of the wing with a belt-drive to the propeller drive-shaft. Both fuselage and wings were covered with brown paper backed by an open-weave fabric. Roe named the aircraft "The Bullseye" after the braces manufactured by his brother's company which had helped pay for it. Photographed at the Museum Of Science and Industry (M.O.S.I.) in Manchester, North-West England. Camera: Nikon D300s Lens: Nikkor 17-55mm f2.8 Processed with Nikon Capture NX2

Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in 1829 at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was built for (and won) the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1829 to choose the best design to power the railway. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day. It is the most famous example of an evolving design of locomotives by Stephenson and became the template for most steam engines in the following 150 years. The locomotive was preserved and is now on display in the Science Museum in London. The earliest full-size replica of Rocket seems to have been the one depicted on a London & North Western Railway postcard (therefore pre-1923). A cut-away static replica was built in 1935 and displayed for many years next to the original at London's Science Museum and, in 1979, a further working replica Rocket was built by Locomotion Enterprises for the 150th anniversary celebrations. It has a shorter chimney than the original to the clear the bridge at Rainhill (the trackbed is deeper than in the 19th century, giving less headroom). Both of these replicas are now based at the National Railway Museum, York. (Wikipedia). Camera Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.

An early model of a motor-powered cycle for women, dating from 1970. Photographed at the Vintage Bikes display in Winfields outdoor pursuits & camping megastore near Haslingden, Rossendale, North-West England. Photographed with a Sony RX100 compact camera and processed with NIkon Capture NX2.