This is a photograph taken from Fern Villas looking onto Flinton Street, Hessle Road, Kingston upon Hull. The photo appears to show dad hand cranking a car parked on Flinton Street although it is impossible to say whether it is my father. At the time this photo was taken dad lived at the bottom of Fern Villas in the last house on the right.
Interestingly my mother who was born in 1942 lived at 11 Flinton Street which was the house on the left hand corner of Fern Villas and part of the garden of number 11 is shown at the right of this photo. I have a later photo taken of my mother on Flinton Street showing the lamp post and garden which by this time has had a 3 foot high wooden fence built around it to replace the metal fence requisitioned during the Second World War.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)Dad has written Rover 12 1935 on the rear of the photo along with the vehicle's registration mark AWT 209. My research has shown that this model was probably a Rover 12 P1 of which only 5775 were manufactured between 1934 and 1936. This model was superceded by the Rover 12 P2 manufactured between 1937 and 1948 of which 16,627 models were made.
(Click on the photo to enlarge. High resolution versions are available)A closer examination of the photograph shows a Union Flag pendant on the bonnet and the blured image of somebody stood down the terrace opposite.
UPDATE (16/2/2005): I am told by dad's younger brother Tom that this car was one of my fathers and the Union Flag was displayed on the bonnet at the time of the Festival of Britain which was held between May and September 1951. This is good dating evidence for this photograph and it was found among other photos of the same date period.
UPDATE (17/2/2005): Tom had a look at this photo today and believes it is my father. Tom also mentioned that the Cox family lived at the house at the right corner of Fern Villas (the garden is shown on the left on this photo) but Tom couldn't remember if this was 13 or 15 Flinton Street. Tom also recalled that the next terrace down Flinton Street was called Holy Villas.
