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Onslow's car the blue 'boneshaker'

posted 10 years ago by vinsane
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Daisy and Onslow live along a very narrow lane with a small turning area near the top like a keyhole where Richard parked during visits. Richard mentioned to Hyacinth that he couldn't stop in front as it blocks the road several times. The derelict car with no tires and the dog living inside occupies the front garden/yard so where on Earth does Onslow keep his other nearly derelict old car that barely runs?

They seem able to get it going whenever they need to go out somewhere (mainly) but I could never figure out if they were renting a parking spot nearby for that old wreck while keeping a worse wreck in the front.

In series two the vicar at Kylie's daughter's christening I think it was, greeted Onslow and remarked on the fact he still had the old boneshaker. This would rule out the idea it was a neighbor's car they were always borrowing so where was it kept?

I ask the question with tongue firmly in cheek because the show never allowed sloppy continuity to stand in the way of a good running gag like the backfiring wreck with a trail of black smoke turning up at just the wrong place and time.

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[–] princesstinymeat 10 years ago

Perhaps they have an alley behind their house?

[–] lawson14 10 years ago

You know that's something that I never thought about. Where do they park that car anyway? On another note; fire, explosions, and smoke are always a typical Roy Clarke signature.

[–] lawson14 9 years ago

You took the words right out of my mouth. Roy Clarke would use any excuse, however slim, to insert fire and explosions.

[–] Future_Games 9 years ago

Neighbourhoods like the one Daisy and Onslow live in usually have a group of garages built separately that belong to the residents. It's quite common in the UK.

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[–] hugh1971 8 years ago

A friend of mine lives near where the series was filmed, in just such a street (we call that type of street a 'cul-de-sac' in Britain, which is French for 'bottom of a bag'. Don't ask me why we use a French term!) Anyway, my friend lives right at the bottom of the 'bag' and there is no room to park his car, so he parks it on the road closer to the exit onto the main road. I'm guessing that's what Onslow does. Or as the above poster points out there may be a group of garages behind the house.

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[–] SkiesAreBlue 8 years ago

We in Oz also called them Cul-de-sac". In older homes in our suburbs and those near the city have what we call now, "rear lane access". These are quite valuable properties as people can use them as a car port in an area where parking is a premium. Their original use was the working lane ways for primarily the night soil man ie "the dunny man" who came in his horse and cart to empty your backyard toilet.

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[–] Merrida 8 years ago

We have cul-de-sac's in America as well, but it references a drive with a small circle at the end. So there's no through-way for traffic to go anywhere, and it's a road just for residents, but most often people will park in their driveways.

In some crowded sections of downtown in Boston for example, there are many narrow streets, some one-way streets, some that provide one on-street parking spot per resident (which sometimes is half on the street and half on the yard).

And there will be areas where some streets have designated parking to compensate for lack of parking elsewhere.

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[–] paulsdhart (277) 4 years ago

their house is here
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.3957762,-1.4780676,3a,75y,118.26h,73.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBBxIbWV_rO906fRzoNEJxg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
you are right not much space