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First motorised vehicle in Charney George Bungay [Ruth Gerring]. Identified as probably a Triumph by the National Motorcycle Museum.
First motorised vehicle in Charney George Bungay [Ruth Gerring]. Identified as probably a Triumph by the National Motorcycle Museum.

First motorised vehicle in Charney, George Bungay [Ruth Gerring]. Identified as probably a Triumph Motorcycle by the National Motorcycle Museum.

Robert 'Bobby' Woolford - Carriers [Shirley Dore]
Robert ‘Bobby’ Woolford – Carriers [Shirley Dore]
The vehicle outside ‘Bobby’ Woolford’s is a 1928 Season (August 1927 – August 1928) Morris 10 cwt Light Van. Features including the oval windows in the side panels, the driver’s door capping indicating winding windows and the side panels being stepped in above the rear wings are characteristic of the Light Van of this Season. Later models of the vans were fitted with an improved radiator design to assist with cooling (the radiator of the van in the image is the “snubnose” type taken from the Morris Cowley design and was found to be wanting for the commercial van application. The “RX” registration, which ran from May 1927 to March 1932, is also consistent with the vehicle being manufactured in the 1927 – 1928 timeframe). So we can say with confidence that the photo was taken sometime after August 1927.
Clive Dunn

“I believe that the motor car in the photograph is a Singer Junior; it appears to be a Tourer and the split windscreen probably dates it to around 1928. The Junior was launched in 1926 and became an instant success with many different body styles being introduced as demand grew. The car had an 848 cc OHC engine and developed a respectable 16.5 bhp. Note the box mounted on the running board which enclosed the battery. 
Clive Dunn”
Off for a drive! Maud Ody front passenger
Off for a drive! Maud Ody front passenger
Joe Ody, whose mother is sitting in the passenger seat, believes that this photograph was taken in 1935 or thereabouts. On first glance, the manufacturer of the car is far from obvious. However, on close examination of the wheels, frame and suspension I am of the opinion that a humble Austin 7 lies beneath the homemade adournments and modifications.
– Clive Dunn
 
 
Cripps and Sons (Vic Hodgkins)

W Cripps & Son [Photo from Vic Hodgkins papers].

Pam Edwards has identified this photo as Date: c1950, Location: Cornmarket Street, Oxford. Barclays Bank, left foreground is still there and can be seen on the Then and Now page.

Vauxhall Bedford Type O lorry. The Type O was manufactured between 1939 and 1953 and the commercial versions were Type OS (short wheelbase, 12 cwt), Type OL (long wheelbase, 5 tons) and Type OT (tipper side). During World War II, production of the commercial versions ceased and Military incarnations appeared. Production of the commercial versions recommenced after the war and the models were discontinued in 1953. The vehicle had a 3.5 litre petrol engine and 4 speed gearbox. The Luton van in the picture would have been specially coach-built on a standard chassis. It is difficult to tell from the perspective of the photo whether this particular vehicle was an OS or OL but I suspect it was the former when the length of the bus is used as reference.
Looking at the buildings and pedestrians in the photo, there does not appear to be any evidence of wartime paraphernalia and I would hazard to guess that the scene was post-war; it could not have been taken before 1938. [Subsequently Pam Edwards has identified this photo as Date: c1950, Location: Cornmarket Street, Oxford. Barclays Bank, left foreground, is still there and can be seen on the Then and Now page.]

Clive Dunn

Water Cart – 1910

Water Cart

Early 20th Century

This water cart was made by Reeves at the Bratton Ironworks in 1910.

The cylindrical tank, made of galvanised iron is subdivided internally into four sections, to prevent the water slopping about and making it unstable.

Water carriers like this were used to supply water to livestock in the fields as well as-to steam engines driving farm machinery.

The cart was used on the farm at Cherbury House, Charney Bassett.

OXCMS: 1964.7401

[Photos: Katy Harris and Russell]

This object is housed in Swalcliffe Barn,

https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/objects/09341d81-a5ff-4532-8651-bb101bdc112a

Description
A cart with cylindrical tank of galvanised iron, subdivided internally into four sections. The frame of the cart supports the tank on cast-iron brackets. The cart has iron axles and two wheels while the shafts extend as part of the wooden frame. The wheels have iron hubs and iron tyres.