Planes, trains and automobiles...

[yungatart]

I have been sitting on my front step listening to the sounds of a bygone era.
It is Art Deco weekend here in HB, a not too serious celebration of the '31 earthquake and the subsequent rebuilding of Napierin Art Deco style.
I heard the steam train whistle earlier, a wonderfully mournful sound, that carries for miles! (We live about 9 k from the railway station!) A couple of old vintage cars drove down the street a few minutes ago, wheezing and whistling, as they do. And old planes, tiger moths etc have been flying overhead off and on all morning.
The streets are filled with little jazz bands, on every corner and people are dressed in 30's finery. And in some funny way, the city takes a step back in time, the values of those times abound!
An era when men were chaps and women were gals......feather boas, and straw boaters.
What elegance!
I'm so lucky to live here....

[slofox]

Couple of times a year we have a steam loco come through The Tron. The whistle still takes me back 50 years to the time when they were an everyday occurrence...

[quickbuck]

Couple of times a year we have a steam loco come through The Tron. The whistle still takes me back 50 years to the time when they were an everyday occurrence...

The Steam Train is still in service in Feilding....
Well, actually, not quite, but I think once a month you can take a day trip up the line on it.
The Steam society is very active in these parts, and have quite a collection of Traction Engines.

As for Historic Aircraft, on the Base we have the RNZAF's Harvard, and Tiger Moth, as well as a very nicely restored private Spitfire.
Then of course we have the Bell 47 Sioux (MASH Made them famous), which was designed in 1946, and the Bell Iroquois... The same as the ones that flew in Narm....

Cars: The Local undertaker has a very old (early 20's) Chevrolet that you can use as a Hearse if you so wish.

[FJRider]

It can't be Paradise ... 'cause thats where I live ... :innocent:

But granted ... Napier IS nice ... We have Ranfurly near here. They have an Art-Deco week ....

[Skyryder]

An era when men were chaps and women were gals......feather boas, and straw boaters.
What elegance!
I'm so lucky to live here....

The hoi polloi were nver chaps or gals. Blokes and sheilagh's. The so called 'upper crust' preferred to see themselves as genlemen and ladies.

Skyryder

[golfmade]

Sounds lovely and I bet they don't look/act anything like this guy from one of my favorite movies which is also the title of this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY4tw7egGn0

[Ratti]

Sounds blissful 'tart. all ive done today is housework, lawns an sew some cowrie shells onto a bra for a gig next week. Vintage machinery sounds so much betterer

[paturoa]

... And in some funny way

Sound's like Napierian's normal attire.

Bro lives in the Nap, so could be him with the feather boa?

[Coldrider]

The warbirds are pretty quiet this weekend, the catolina has flown over often, there is one another doing barrel rolls and full inversions behind havelock, this year they are staying well away from built up areas, I assume it is the kittyhawk.

[ynot slow]

Steam trains are amazing to watch and listen to,hell any train (passenger)is good,used to go on the Blue Streak to Waikanae as an 11 or 12yr old at holiday time,usually 4 of us and picked up by neighbours cousin,the old sign of not using toilet in a station was abused a few times.A few close calss with officialdom,re water filled balloons chucked at cars while travelling by main road,or if travelling on overbridge.

[quickbuck]

Steam trains are amazing to watch and listen to,hell any train (passenger)is good,used to go on the Blue Streak to Waikanae as an 11 or 12yr old at holiday time,usually 4 of us and picked up by neighbours cousin,the old sign of not using toilet in a station was abused a few times.A few close calss with officialdom,re water filled balloons chucked at cars while travelling by main road,or if travelling on overbridge.

Stunts like that can get you in deep doggy doo these days....... ;)