The holiday of a lifetime - The Ambulance
The holiday of a lifetime - The Ambulance In 1971 I was still working at Smithfield Market, and in my travels I came across an ex-ambulance on my way home from work. It was amongst a lot of other secondhand vehicles on some waste ground, near to Clapham South underground station. I had a brief look at it, the body work seemed sound, as were the tyres. I enquired about its price, which seemed reasonable. It still had the white livery of an ambulance, along with the ‘Ambulance’ sign above the cab, which I knew our children would find cool. I thought of it as a project and also to use it for holidays in the future. (Apart from a few DIY jobs around the home, I had no experiences to guide me with most things that I did. My father or my brothers never passed any of these skills on to me, if they had any, so I was working in the dark. Any skills that I had were picked up on my way through life. I had some knowledge of mechanics but no practical experience) Phot...