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Post by **DeKay** » 29 Oct 2004 07:34 pm

keyring?

yeah, i guess this is kinda scraping the barrel for a new topic, but i don't give a shit

mine has:
Drayton Motors (Liverpoool Dealers) keyring
Little hockey dude (Detroit Red Wings)
Hand made bottle opener (by me

honest)
"autolock" key
Car key (obviously!)

Post by **petavius** » 29 Oct 2004 07:40 pm

Mine has a tiny swiss army knife, a wooden egg with my name on, an isle of mull leather keyring and a star! Very heavy

Post by **5lab** » 29 Oct 2004 07:57 pm

bet mines the biggest.. i'll sort some pics sometime

Post by **Fuse** » 30 Oct 2004 11:25 am

Car keys. (Two because I have replaced the original steering lock)
Key for that steering wheel immobilizer or what you call it. Well the steel bar which you put on the steering wheel.

Key for the house frontdoor.
Key for the house backdoor.
Two keys for bicycle locks.
Metal keyring with text "Legendary Volvo."

Post by **foggyjames** » 31 Oct 2004 06:10 pm

Two sets of keys...

1) GWR 'City of Truro' keyring
Two car keys (replacement ignition lock!) - one a 'torch' key
AA phone key
Crooklock key

2) 80s Volvo keyring
Two car keys
AA phone key
Crooklock key

Pretty dull really...

cheers

James

Post by **5lab** » 31 Oct 2004 06:12 pm

aa phone key??

Post by **foggyjames** » 31 Oct 2004 07:28 pm

I believe it has something to do with motorway phones...I'll ask Dad sometime. Probably way old and totally redundant...

cheers

James

Post by **special** » 02 Nov 2004 01:37 am

a long time ago before mobile phones were available there were aa phones all along the moterways (there were yellow as i recall) and you needed a key to use them they were linked direct to the aa i think they each had a different number on them so the operater knew were you were

i think the rac had the same thing but dont qoute me on that

no im not old im only 24

Post by **DeKayDAD** » 23 Nov 2004 08:40 pm

whose bottle opener

Post by **DeKayDAD** » 23 Nov 2004 08:45 pm

The RAC had the same system keys were for the roadside boxes and were the same cut but different designs the phones inside were ordinary payphones. There is still a survivor somewhere near Knutsford I believe.
I'm not old I am only 47

Post by **wjp01908** » 23 Nov 2004 09:07 pm

There still are phones all along the motorway though not specifically rac or aa ones.

Incidentally it is better to use them than your mobile as then the control room know exactly where you are rather than "about 10 miles from that bridge with the graffitti on it heading to Birmingham" which can be a bit vague if it`s a really serious emergency.

I still remember the rac & aa boxes and I`m not 40 yet.

They used to be marked on road maps - I`m off to get an atlas out and see if they still are...

Will

Post by **foggyjames** » 23 Nov 2004 09:26 pm

Haha! I feel so proud about sparking off this wave of nostalgia....

cheers

James

Post by **DeKayDAD** » 23 Nov 2004 09:36 pm

google tells all.ask "AA roadside boxes"

Post by **wjp01908** » 23 Nov 2004 09:37 pm

None on my latest atlas (2004)

Sure I have seen a few around though

motoring nostalgia eh?

My favorite memories are of 7 of us - parents and 5 kids plus camping gear packed in a Morris traveller. We had to sit in the footwells and lie on the luggage in the back. Never get away with that now.

And going on long journeys with my Grandad and having to stop & throw up all the time cause he used to drive like a maniac and smoke about 80 a day.

Actually that one wasn`t a good thing...

Will

Post by **redline** » 23 Nov 2004 10:55 pm

I'm so old I can remember when the AA men rode on motorbikes with sidecars and had to salute cars with AA badges on them (and not with two fingers either ). thems were the days , the only heat was from the back end of me grandads trousers after a few pints , there were 17 of us living in a cardboard box at the side of the A5 . Happy days !!!

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