SD9905 : View from a Cab

near to Uppermill, Oldham, Great Britain

View from a Cab
View from a Cab
Taken from the cab of a 1940s army truck this is High Street in Uppermill.
On the second weekend of August every year there is a wartime weekend event in Saddleworth LinkExternal link
Over the weekend there are various events throughout the area.
On the Sunday one of the biggest convoys of wartime vehicles makes its away around Saddleworth passing through
the villages of Uppermill, Delph, Standedge, Diggle, Dobcross and back to Uppermill.
If the weather is good the event brings the crowds out who line the route through the all villages.
In the photograph above the huge convoy, nearly a mile long, makes it's way along the High Street in Uppermill.
SD9905 : Army Convoy in High Street Uppermill
SD9906 : Army Convoy in Dobcross
SE0210 : The Carriage House Inn
SD9906 : Yanks Event Dobcross
Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Paul Anderson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map to open OS Get-a-Map
Grid Square
SD9905, 38 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
Photographer
Paul Anderson   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Supplemental image
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 August, 2008
Category
High Street   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 996 056 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:32.8276N 2:0.4142W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SD 995 055
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
Clickable map
+

Forward to a
Friend > >

NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
[Mark
You are not logged in login | register