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A RECORD PARADE of 70 Land Rovers, from first prototypes to the latest Range Rover Sport SVR drove the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill in celebration of 70 years of Land Rover.
The largest ever collection of vehicles to drive up the famous hill were led by a recreation of the very first Land Rover – a Centre Steer prototype – and ‘HUE 166’, the first Series I pre-production prototype from 1948.
The Series I was such a success that it spawned the Series II and Series III, an example of which became the millionth Land Rover sold just 28 years after the very first prototype.
That millionth car also appeared in the parade, as part of a group of 25 early Series I, II and III vehicles including fire engines, SAS vehicles, aircraft crash rescue and African expedition heroes.
All four generations of Range Rover featured in the convoy, including a Trans-Americas Expedition example which crossed the notorious Darien Gap in 1971 and a 2004 example used by Cheshire Police.
Also present was Land Rover’s Discovery nameplate showcased with an example of each of the five generations, including a round-the-world expedition car, the first Discovery ever built and the millionth Discovery to roll off the line.
The parade also showcased more modern models including the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Velar, Discovery, Discovery Sport, Evoque and Evoque Convertible.
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Nope, it suxx, but I like Ed sheeran, seems a sound bloke.
@Darren Matthews: this should have been a poll option! I’m happy for the geezer and with him all the happiness his success can bring, but if he was strumming in my front garden I’d close the curtains – after dropping him out a cup of tea first of course!
I don’t think I’d know one of his songs
Sad to say I’ve turned into my dad, music was better in my day and so on.
@Nollaig Kelly: just flick on the radio pal, I’d say a quick scan through all the stations and it will seem that you will find one of his songs on at any given moment. Incredibly popular musician with the main stream radio stations.
@Gordon Larney: in super. markets and pubs its mostly 60,s and seventies music.. All the modern singers now are like wet milky tea with dollops of sugar.. What people see in Ed sheerins feeble warbling is beyond me! My generation were brought up on the stones, beatles, lead zeplin.. Beach Boys.. Blues, soul.. Jazz.
..ie quality music.. Music now is instantly Disposable to appease the tone challenged.!
Saw him in Vicar Street last night. Really amazing gig, he really engages with his audience.
There are a lot of people in Limerick & Cork very annoyed that this bloke is being allowed to play in their stadiums while their teams have to play elsewhere.
@O’Brien Michael: not his fault to be fair
@O’Brien Michael: That’s the GAAs decision, Ed didn’t hijack the stadiums! They can be annoyed, just not with him.
@O’Brien Michael: blame ur stadium ownets and teams
No I like led zepplin now they knew how t plargerise…
Nanana nanana ….
Decent lad , skipping his songs.
Everything is muck since Roy Orbison died
@Aonghus O Flaherty: what a voice Roy had. Could listen to him all day.
@Brian Dunne: Amen!
His music wouldn’t be to my taste – I’m a Depeche Mode fan more than anything else – but as other people have said here he seems to be a pretty decent chap. I’d sooner have him come here than another performer whose name I will not utter.
his songs are well constructed, diverse and always have a story behind them. even song wrote for other people have the same feeling, while bringing in co-writers like johnny from snow patrol have made him more rounded. they might be easy listening staples, but they’re goid songs.
I’ve seen some odd polls on the journal but this is way up there! Obviously I took part. Who doesn’t!
A-team is a great song. I don’t really know any others.
@Caroline Otoole: This song comes on in my car every time I switch it on. Drives me nuts. I must delete it. He seems like a decent lad and I wish him well but his songs are all a bit samey and just not my cup of tea.
@Caroline Otoole: “in 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit….if you have a problem, and no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire….”
The radio is after turning me off him cause they play his songs constantly
He is one of my Bad Habits.
Ill get my coat.
@Jason Flynn-Wall: That joke gave me Shivers
I couldn’t possibly listen to someone who shares a barber with Boris Johnson
Jazz musicians are fine when they play Bach.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=leipzig+jazz+bach+youtube&docid=608008425553012690&mid=87BFDE134A4CEA8453A887BFDE134A4CEA8453A8&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
I’m not in to pop so
I couldn’t possibly listen to someone who shares a barber with Boris Johnson
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