Fascinating. Good quality video! Paul
> On Nov 9, 2017, at 4:40 AM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Alan - I was company accountant for Solomon and Co, at that time the > biggest company on the > island - general merchants, doing just about everything! Not sure which car > was carrying the video > camera - could even have been my old Zephyr, No. 289. > This part of the island is the driest, but building there is encouraged by > government, and it is > only a five minute drive from Jamestown - or 4 minutes down Jacob's Ladder > if you are brave enough! > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan C > Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2017 6:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena > > Interesting. More civilized that I thought. What on earth did you do there > for 4 years? The > cinematographer's car was apparently a real rattletrap! > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Coyle > Sent: 9 November, 2017 9:45 AM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: OT (completely) - driving on St. Helena > > I think the car buffs here might appreciate this. The link leads to a short > video of a drive from > Jamestown to Half Tree Hollow, which was a large part of my daily drive to > and from work when I > lived on the island, 1967-69 > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70pRc-004Kw > > Road rules there included that cars coming down the hill had to give way to > those coming up - as, of > course, most of the cars at that time, being of English manufacture, were > under-powered! > My car was a 1966 Ford Zephyr, a bit more powerful than most. > > > John in Brisbane > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
