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A Morgan Deluxe after having survived the 'dangerous corner'
Throwback Thursday! This article was published more than 8 years ago. So far we have not been able to find any information about this Morgan Deluxe after it survived the 'dangerous corner'. Can we perhaps find out more with the help of the more extensive databases nowadays?
A quick stop with BH4473 in Buckingham
A photo like a painting. Who would not like to step into this frame of time to have a chat with the mule driver and a nice morning walk around the castle? Ah, glad you did not forget to bring your camera and that your company stopped letting you out after having survived the 'dangerous corner' around The Old Gaol.
Sender Philippa Atkinson would love to know if this is a Morgan (yes, it is a 1922/23 Deluxe) and who might have owned it in the1920s and subsequently. She hopes someone will recognise it.
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donderdag mei 21st, 2020
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Grimmo
22 Mei 2020, 16:49
fred veenschoten
22 Mei 2020, 01:30
I got this info from a Morgan 3W expert in the UK.
BH 4473, the BH series was issued from November 1903, to March 1923, Buckinghamshire.
Fred V
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BH 4473, the BH series was issued from November 1903, to March 1923, Buckinghamshire.
Fred V
A Mr. E. H. Ward of 9 Market Hill, Buckingham, which is the parallel road to the left of the gaol in the photograph, advertised (in the Buckingham Advertiser) a 1919, 8HP, air-cooled Morgan for sale on Saturday, 18th April 1922... Who did he sell it to?
The photo could be later in the 1920s, depending when the “dangerous corner” signs went up. Old Gaol Corner was not a good place to stop for photos, being notorious for weekly accidents and campaigns to get it sorted right through the 1920s. From 1927: “Buckingham abounds with dangerous spots and the Old Gaol corner is perhaps the worst. Supt. Babbage determined to minimise this danger prosecuting all persons who come round this corner at an excessive speed, and only on Tuesday a delinquent was smartly fined. We hope that in the near future the Council will bring forward a scheme which will result in this corner being greatly improved. There is no excuse for offenders, as large notice boards are erected in prominent positions and cannot fail to be noticed”. Just a week after this Babbage himself was involved in an accident at the corner!!
In 1928 they considered partial demolition of the gaol, definitely getting rid of the WWI guns visible in the photo and building a refuge but by 1935 just new traffic controls were enough.