A picture from a different world…

Sent in by reader Brian Reynolds, here’s another lovely old picture to ponder.

It was taken outside the charmingly named Slaughter Pike Garage just outside Bourton on the Water on the Fosse Way around 1920, and belongs to the man who ran the garage a few years ago.

Brian asks whether the motorcycle at the forefront is still around, and whether it’s a Royal Enfield Model 180. In the background, it appears as if the fire tubes of what looks like an old ploughing engine are getting a good rake-out.

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