Enough with the military vehicles - let's escape through the barrack gates and see what's driving up civvy street. The motor car was getting more and more affordable, mass production had kicked in and wages had gone up. At the start of the sixties, the factory car park only contained the MD's Daimler, Jag or Rover, the works managers Austin or Ford, the foreman's motorcycle and a lot of pushbikes - we made tons of manufactured stuff but it was either 'export only' or you just couldn't afford it! By the start of the seventies car ownership was becoming accessible to everyone. The roads were still fairly empty, there were no speed cameras and one country pub was as good as another. It took a while for the roads to catch up with the growth in trafiic though - although, come to that, they never have...
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