Trivia Investigation Team

[NewcastleFalcon]

Where was AA Box 121 formerly ie originally situated.....Exact location from Map if possible

Bon chance!

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Where was AA Box 121 formerly ie originally situated.....Exact location from Map if possible

Bon chance!

Regards Neil

It will be somewhere not that far from here



Regards Neil

[bobins]

The road has been, not unsurprisingly, modernised since the AA box was there, but it was situated behind and to the left of the sheep

Reighton AA box - Googlemaps, fair use.

Reighton AA box old - Oldmaps / OS, fair use

[mickthemaverick]

To confirm bobins location here is the map from the 1955 AA Members Handbook with Box 121 Ringed in yellow.

Own work

[NewcastleFalcon]

Reighton AA box oldmaps.jpg

To confirm bobins location here is the map from the 1955 AA Members Handbook with Box 121 Ringed in yellow.

aamap2.png

Yes top quality work chaps, the specific question has been nailed, but I wonder if there's more trivia to be found arising out of it.

The name on the box was Dotterell....after the Inn which has been there for some time.

..and I wonder why that particular box was chosen, whether its a reproduction or the original restored or as often happens a rebadged box which was never in the original location in the first place.

One way or another it has made its way to AA Central, bang at the entrance of the AA HQ in Basingstoke, as discovered and photographed by James


Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Well the Dotterel has a fish tank at least, if not the greatest range of beers on offer. Best I can do is a half-pint each of Theakstons Bitter!



Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Nothing wrong with Theakston's but I can't cope with half pint glasses!!! My nose is too big

[NewcastleFalcon]

Nothing wrong with Theakston's but I can't cope with half pint glasses!!! My nose is too big

Just found out from Flickr that our nicely presented box 121 could be in fact yet another one of those occasions when another box is rebranded...so this information was attached to a photo of the Basingstoke HQ box.

The box was originally sited at Maentwrog in Wales. When it was decommissioned it was taken over by a museum in North Wales. When the museum closed the AA re-acquired the box and brought it to Basingstoke where it now stands at the entrance to the AA's head office, Fanum House.

Regards Neil

PS if that info is right then the box was
Box 354 Maentwrog, Tel. Maentwrog 224 Location: Maentwrog - Dolgellan A.487 / 100 yds. east of junction A.487 and A.496 / 18 miles to Dolgellan / 8 miles from Portmadoc

[mickthemaverick]

I have just completed negotiations for the purchase of the AA handbook I got the map from, so I will post the Maentwrog map when it arrives!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

I still wonder why in all the rebrands possible in all the world they chose for the box outside the worlwide HQ of the Automobile Association Box number 121 Dotterel from North Yorkshire.

REgards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

It may be something as simple as they wanted an English place for the HQ and they had some in the box and picked the best condition, or maybe they drew it from a hat of all the options they had available?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Random , or purposeful selection? that is the question.

Do you know which AA Box Hornby Selected for their AA Box Model (currently £8.99)?

It is indeed a correct location, and a correct number.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Lord of the Manor in Canterbury, Box 127?

[NewcastleFalcon]

Lord of the Manor in Canterbury, Box 127?

Canterbury - Ramsgate A.253 / Margate - Sandwich A.256 Tel: Thanet 53433

Yes I thought that the Lord of the Manor was just a made up bit but no...genuine and correct



Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Following on from that theme

What was Hornby's No 298 Westwood