Page 6. SD Enthusiasts' Club Newsletter - Winter 2011.
I'M THE STAR!
From time to time we've featured SD's that have appeared on TV or film. But it's quite a rare occurrence. An SD Freighter appeared in Not So Dusty (1956, Bill Owen, Leslie Dwyer)
In this film two dustmen come into possession of a valuable book which they try to sell. And it even has Bill Owen singing! As always with this sort of film there is a chase at the end, which is on an SD Freighter in the livery of the Borough of Twickenham.
Veloia's Freighter gully emptier JL 4881 was in "The End of the Affair" based on a Graham Greene novel which was made in 1998, and the SCHVPT's ex-Epsom & Ewell Freighter BPL 73 appears briefly in the film of Dad's Army from 1971.
BPL 73 photographed by Barrie Woods.
W' types are to be seen in Womaneater [1958], Food for a Blush [1959], Carry on Constable [1960] and The Servant [1963].
251 BJD Photo: Peter Jarman.
Clive McDonald's TZ recovery vehicle 251 BJD is in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers [2004] Peter Sellers' red Bentley is towed away by the vehicle in a scene set during the making of The Millionairess in 1960. Strange since the 'TZ' is a 1966 production in its original form!
SPV Fire appliances were an essential part of London's Burning Film and Series 1 - 2 (1988 - 1989)
GYW 628W and YHV 194T Shelvoke & Drewry WX / CFE ex-London Fire Brigade, were used for two series plus reserve for an additional three.
Steve Jones, from the Isle of Wight, has written in with memories of an SD 'N' type Revopak shown in the popular 1980's TV programme 'Minder'.
George Cole as Arthur Daly and Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, his minder, were seen with the vehicle outside a Police station and the Blue Anchor pub. "I don't know why" Steve added. But Steve does know that the Revopak was borrowed from the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, so it will have had a maroon coloured cab. The Council's logo on the cab door was concealed by a sticker. Does anyone remember this episode of Minder?
So quite a few Shelvokes could claim : "I'm a star!"
THANKS.
My thanks are due to the many people who have contacted me and without whom this Newsletter would be impossible. Some of the items in this issue have been held on file for quite a long time and I thank you for your patience in waiting for them to appear.
The next Newsletter will be on the Website by 1st March 2012.
Brian Carpenter - Editor.
The Shelvoke & Drewry Enthusiasts' Club Newsletter is published four times a year on 1st March, 1st June, 1st September and 1st December. Items for inclusion may be e-mailed to me at: pinnerboy[at]btinternet.com
Brian Carpenter - Editor.
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