Bath Road, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, c1935

            A wonderful view of pre-war Tetbury in Gloucestershire. A group of friends have parked their Humber Snipe, to take a few snaps of the road into town; ...Oh, those silly young things. 

The Humber's registration, TM8323 was a Luton/ Bedfordshire registration, issued in 1931 or 1932. 

The vehicle is parked (one wheel on the kerb), on A433 Bath Road. To the right of the car looks to be a 1922-25 twin-seater, Morris 'bullnose' Cowley. In the distance is the spire of 'St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalen' church.

The scene is recognisable today, including the stone gate posts to the right of the picture. See first comment below for Google Street View.

There was no information with this large format negative, but the DD6737 registration on the Cowley alluded to Gloucestershire. No point in looking at the TM reg of the Humber, as it is clearly on an outing. A search of Gloucestershire church spires eventually brought me to Tetbury. Cars of that time were still very new, and tended not to wander too far. 

The cars were identified with a little prior knowledge of pre-war car types, and some targeted searching.

Taken on: January 1, 1930

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