Oxford Leyland Sherpa British Rail Van Review

[@caeserromero3013]

0:19 That's one model you wouldn't mind busting the back doors of 🤣🤣

[@carlbentley80]

This is a lovely model, I picked up a couple. Our local council had them in yellow in the 1970's.

[@ukoutdoors3022]

I've got one of these models. I really like it. I cant say the same for the real one i had as a works van in the early 2000s. Ex post office repainted white P35NUK - easily the worst van I've ever driven, nothing else even comes close to how bad it was to drive. No matter how you loaded it, it always felt like the front wheels were only just touching the ground and the front end drifted all over the place. The boss eventually got rid when the power steering went, got a transit connect instead - so glad to see the back of it.

[@MODELTRAINZZ]

Details of the model seen in the British Leyland advert from 1976: Born Anne Lloyd on New Year's Day 1948 in Glasgow, she grew up from the age of three weeks old in West Bromwich in Sandwell and attended West Bromwich Technical High School. After leaving school she worked for the travel agency run by her father, Lewis Lloyd, before auditioning successfully for the Golden Shot where she made her debut, aged 21, on 12 January 1969. Aston said, "100 girls were interviewed and the number was reduced to seven for the final audition and then I was chosen". This was her first live show which was recorded in black and white and broadcast on Sunday afternoons at 5pm. Her surname was changed, as directed by the actors' union Equity, from Lloyd to Aston to avoid confusion with an actress who had the same name at the time. It was chosen in reference to Aston, Birmingham, the location of the studios where the Golden Shot was produced. On the show she gave the appearance of struggling to cope with the simple arithmetic needed to calculate the contestants' scores - this was later perceived as stereotyping but, in fact, she admitted she found that part of the job difficult.[citation needed] At its peak the show was being watched by 16 million viewers and Aston was receiving over 100 fan mail letters every week. She has made many personal appearances and became a comic-book character nicknamed "The Hostess with the Mostess". She currently resides in Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, where she has lived for over 30 years. Anne is 76 years old.

[@QuoPaperPlane]

Up a bit, down a bit.....FIRE!