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Title: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) SCARBOROUGH
Post by: 001uk on Monday 26 September 16 10:29 BST (UK)
Hello!

Any ideas please as to the location of this

Wedding (?) car "Trafalgar Square"

Decorated car possibly for a wedding. Parked on the road outside a terrace of brick built bay windowed houses with unusual stone columns at their entrance. On the side of the driver's door is "S.WARD".

On the photo's reverse is written:-
"Taken in Trafalgar Square"


With thanks~001uk
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: despair on Monday 26 September 16 10:51 BST (UK)
I think one possibility may be Scarborough,just looking for images.

Regards
Roger
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: JenB on Monday 26 September 16 10:52 BST (UK)
Quote from: despair on Monday 26 September 16 10:51 BST (UK)
I think one possibility may be Scarborough,just looking for images.

Snap  ;D

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Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: Milliepede on Monday 26 September 16 10:54 BST (UK)
What a fantastic picture - even the wheels are decorated  :D
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: Girl Guide on Monday 26 September 16 11:12 BST (UK)
I see that the 1911 census lists 31 Trafalgar Squares which includes Scarborough as already mentioned.

I guess looking for a car hire firm called S. Ward would be too time consuming!
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: despair on Monday 26 September 16 11:13 BST (UK)
There is a George Ward listed as undertaker in Scarborough in 1890!

http://www.yorkshireindexers.info/wiki/index.php?title=Yorkshire_Undertakers

Regards
Roger
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: 001uk on Monday 26 September 16 11:16 BST (UK)
Quote from: despair on Monday 26 September 16 10:51 BST (UK)
I think one possibility may be Scarborough
Regards
Roger

Hi Roger, I think you could be correct!
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: 001uk on Monday 26 September 16 11:17 BST (UK)
Quote from: JenB on Monday 26 September 16 10:52 BST (UK)
Quote from: despair on Monday 26 September 16 10:51 BST (UK)
I think one possibility may be Scarborough,just looking for images.

Snap  ;D

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ikk/


Certainly looks like the style of houses
Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: rosie99 on Monday 26 September 16 11:26 BST (UK)
Maybe  :-\

31st August 2006
http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/celebrity-parky-hits-out-at-organisers-1-1375587

THE holder of one of the first taxi licences in Scarborough died this week 35 years ago. Stephen Ward gave up his coal business in 1915 and bought a Fiat taxi which took its place among horse cabs outside the railway station.


Title: Re: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) Terrace UK LOCATION help, please
Post by: despair on Monday 26 September 16 11:28 BST (UK)
I would say more than maybe,Rosie-great find.

Regards
Roger
Title: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) SCARBOROUGH
Post by: 001uk on Monday 26 September 16 11:58 BST (UK)
Quote from: despair on Monday 26 September 16 10:51 BST (UK)
I think one possibility may be Scarborough
Regards
Roger

Amazing!! Very well done Roger with many thanks. Also I appreciate everyone's additions. Splendid team effort
Title: WARD Wedding car TRAFALGAR Sq (Not LONDON!) SCARBOROUGH
Post by: 001uk on Monday 26 September 16 12:03 BST (UK)
Quote from: rosie99 on Monday 26 September 16 11:26 BST (UK)
Maybe  :-\

31st August 2006
http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/celebrity-parky-hits-out-at-organisers-1-1375587

THE holder of one of the first taxi licences in Scarborough died this week 35 years ago. Stephen Ward gave up his coal business in 1915 and bought a Fiat taxi which took its place among horse cabs outside the railway station.


Thank you rosie99 for this most interesting piece of info.

I guess Mr Ward running a Taxi business in this town could have called his company
......SCARBOROUGH FARE....