May the Fourth Be With You
May the forthe be with you.
"Star Wars Day...."
Also the day F.H.Royce first met C.S. Rolls.
"Rolls was introduced to Henry Royce by a friend at the Automobile Club, Henry Edmunds, who was also a director of Royce Ltd. Edmunds showed him Royce's car and arranged the historic meeting between Rolls and Royce at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, on 4 May 1904." - a quote from wikipedia.
waynep1957 's shots from a few years ago. Brilliant.
As on the old BBC Edwardians video/DVD
Get your hands on it.
They are out there on Ebay:
It's a good one. Old 1970s BBC drama at it's best..
One hundred and nine years ago.
Today:
This IS an important date
Start you car up in honour of Messrs. R & R. - If you can.
I can't. My car's a thousand Kms away. Give me a couple of weeks.
(Posted by David Irvine)
posted @ 5/04/2013 08:17:00 pm
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