 Coulsdon And Cane Hill Station: Circa 1900 Coulsdon South station was originally called Coulsdon And Cane Hill Station, a name it kept from 1896 through to 1923. Thanks to Peter Cracknell for the scan.  Admin Block: Postcard circa 1909 Twenty years after being built, Cane Hill looked older than it does now. Thanks to Marlon and friends for the scan.  Ward H: Postcard circa 1909 An odd view, unless each ward was pictured, so patients could send views of the buildings they were staying in. But this is the first view of the original boundary wall and airing court shelters. Thanks to Marlon and friends for the scan.  Ward H: Postcard circa 1909 Here's a black and white version of the same postcard. Thanks to Dave Robinson  Admin: Circa 1950-1960 "I'm certain that the car is a Ford Anglia or Popular 2 or 4 door saloon cars, or possibly the Anglia's light van derivative, the Fordson, the cars were cheap, spartan little 'People's Cars' in the tradition of the Model T and the van likewise but with commercial bodywork and a slightly tougher chassis, it's hard to tell which it is from the angle it's at as they all had fairly upright styling around the back, but I think it's a 2 door Popular saloon version, either way, it's certainly a Ford."
"Unfortunately, I'm also certain that your 1930s estimate isn't correct,
because this range of vehicles went into production in 1940 (As far as I
know, many of them were issued to the military and British Auxilliary Fire
Service for use on the Home Front until the after the war, with few of them
going to civilians until then.), but that particular car/van, with it's more
aerodynamic grille with twin slats, (not unlike a pre-war BMW or post war
Bristol but much more upright, it isn't either of those I'm fairly certain),
as opposed to a typical flat nose and large chromed radiator grille like
pre-war Fords, wasn't released until 1949, with the Anglia model going out
of production in 1953 and the Popular in 1959. (I'm not a total anorak by
the way, I knew they were 50s but I did have to check up on the precise
model years for you, these cars were way before my time seeing as I'm a
child of the 1980s, and my own area of expertise cars-wise is Rootes Group
stuff, particularly the Glasgweigan made Hillman Imp, of which I've restored
two, so I can't take total credit for knowing all this stuff off-hand, but
I have done my research and am 100 per cent certain of the facts I'm giving
you!) Either way, you're looking at a photograph from at earliest 1949, and
at latest the 1960s I'd say, those cars were rugged, affordable little
things that were often pressed into service for years after production,
often by cost-conscious second, third or fourth owners, so other than that
I'd say the picture is probably 1950s but possibly 1949 or the 1960s
(although I reckon 50s myself), I can't really help you any more than that. - Craig
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