vauxhall

The hotel has been extended enormously in the interim: Streetview

Vauxhall Cresta PB (1957+) at left - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Cresta#Cresta_PA Can't remember what Mr O'Dea was driving in 1962; was it an Austin Cambridge?

Ooops! Could be a Vauxhall Velox PA - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Velox#Velox_PA_.281957.E2.... - I can't tell them apart. Interesting Red Herring via the wiki article: Queen Elizabeth II drove Cresta Estates for years - www.vauxhallandi.co.uk/#/126 ... and she almost got Freddie Mercury's car ! - www.express.co.uk/news/royal/414670/How-Queen-almost-got-...

In this archive shot, it looks as if the rear window of that Vauxhall wraps around to the side, rather than having a little quarter light window. It looks more like the window of the car next to the Velox in this wiki image.

Another old image s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3c/8f/17/3c8f179d2ed4a7...

Interesting symbolic aspects of humour here....... Findlater - I wonder if that was that a detective agency.

That telephone number was a big hit at the time being so easy to remember. They were known as "The Sixes" and indeed they were a good company to call. Great to see the old cars on display, the Ford Zodiac just out of shot and I can't remember the model of the Vauxhall your driver is leaning on

Swordscookie And they were still called The Sixes or All the Sixes long after the 7 got added at the start of the number in the 1970s, Sean, I think.

In the background you can see the big MH for the Mater Hospital Pools which is very appropriate given the court case at the moment on the Govt. cutting off funding to the private lotteries wiped out by the National Lottery. There was a lot of work going on at the bank on Parnell St./Cavendish Row which has featured in some great discussions on here.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons that's right Carol, right up to deregulation I'd say:-)

I had a black Vauxhall. Great car - would you belive it cost me $200.00