Mudgie
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Thanks.Some cars do have rear-facing 'dicky seats' in the boot area.
So making a comeback after about seventy years.
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So making a comeback after about seventy years.
Glam
Mad Cat Woman
With having the 4 kids, we had 2 seven seaters, not at the same time tho. The 2 elder lads fought to sit on the back seat, along with the dog.Some cars do have rear-facing 'dicky seats' in the boot area.
Large daft as a brush Black Labby, that was until she had been in water, then she stank to high heaven, and no-one wanted to sit with her.
One time, No2 son was sat in the back, oodles of van and lorry drivers kept coming past, bipping their horns and generally giving us a bit of abuse. The little sweetie was sat there sticking his finger(s) up at them and shaking the coffee beans. He went on a ban for a while.
Mudgie
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That just shows how little I know about cars.
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
They made a comeback, chiefly with Volvo and Peugeot Citroen estates in the 60s to 90s but with the arrival of proper 7 seats, in the shape of people carriers and then SUVs, dropped out of use.
Mudgie
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Again showing how little I know about cars.
I've never bought one and don't much travel in them.
Trumpet
Well-Known Forumite
Some Range Rovers and Disco's had child size ones.
Mudgie
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And all I ever knew was that my mother, born in 1925, travelled on one as a child.
It's incredible what can be learnt on discussion forums.
Carole
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By coincidence as we were talking about BA, I went up to Manchester yesterday to meet up with an old BA friend, hadn’t seen him for ages, he lives in Ascot now but he was up visiting his family so we met up for lunch.
Husband took me to the station so that I could have a few glasses of fIzz. We laughed and laughed for 4 hours, it was so good to catch up.
When husband picked me up he said that a large parcel had been delivered.
When I got home and opened it, it was a massive wicker basket hamper full of luxury booze and food edibles.
It was from my 96 year old next door neighbour to say thank you for helping him out. I do his weekly shop for him and cook him a few meals, bake a few cakes, it’s easy for me to do these things, I don’t expect anything in return.
It was however so lovely of him to do that, I got a nice glow, I felt appreciated.
Another neighbour got one too, he takes him for a walk round the village every day.
Husband took me to the station so that I could have a few glasses of fIzz. We laughed and laughed for 4 hours, it was so good to catch up.
When husband picked me up he said that a large parcel had been delivered.
When I got home and opened it, it was a massive wicker basket hamper full of luxury booze and food edibles.
It was from my 96 year old next door neighbour to say thank you for helping him out. I do his weekly shop for him and cook him a few meals, bake a few cakes, it’s easy for me to do these things, I don’t expect anything in return.
It was however so lovely of him to do that, I got a nice glow, I felt appreciated.
Another neighbour got one too, he takes him for a walk round the village every day.
tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
Just saw a lot of police escorting a slow moving minibus up stone road. Police blocked traffic at side roads, then took it up the wrong way on the dual carriageway to avoid the roundabout and turned straight onto beaconside.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Theresa Green
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Theresa Green
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Hahahaha
proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Quite.
littleme
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I'm sure one of my parents had a green Saab that had rear/side facing seats on the boot....late 70s/early 80s
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proactive
Enjoying a drop of red.
Ah, good spot. The Saab 95 (not to be confused with the later 9-5) had 7 seats for a brief period back then.
Mudgie
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I remember bench seats which had three not two in the front, with the gear stick in front of course.
And with children sat on adult's laps a normal sized car could carry eight people.
littleme
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Yes, cream leather seats, burnt your bum in summer & you slid all over the place for the rest of the year. The neighbours children used to come with us on days out to Coombe Abbey & we always squabbled about the seats in the boot.
Gramaisc
Forum O. G.
It occurs to me that, in the Beiderbecke Trilogy, Trevor's van, a two-seat Bedford Beagle, regularly carries three occupants, with the extra one loose in the back, once whilst being tailed by a police car. This fact is never mentioned, even up to the final episode, filmed in 1988, when the van carries four adults and a baby in a carry-cot to the seaside. It's not done for any comedic effect, just as an everyday occurrence.
During that same period, I had a two-seat pickup with a fibreglass cover over the back. I would collect my parents from Lincoln. My mother had the front passenger seat and my father was on a car seat placed in the back (rear-facing), against the back of the cab and 'stuff' would then be loaded around him and he would be instructed to maintain a low profile. I did have some concerns about possibly meeting a jobsworth cop, but I never did.
The 'mindset transition point' may have been 1991, when rear seat belts became compulsory to wear - hard to do without there being a seat...
During that same period, I had a two-seat pickup with a fibreglass cover over the back. I would collect my parents from Lincoln. My mother had the front passenger seat and my father was on a car seat placed in the back (rear-facing), against the back of the cab and 'stuff' would then be loaded around him and he would be instructed to maintain a low profile. I did have some concerns about possibly meeting a jobsworth cop, but I never did.
The 'mindset transition point' may have been 1991, when rear seat belts became compulsory to wear - hard to do without there being a seat...