Banstead Village

Used to stop off every morning between 1977 and 1983, after my paper round, to buy previous day's cakes.
1977, 5 one day old donuts for 3 pence, by 1983 they were 2 pence each ,....inflation, no idea how I got the nickname donut Dan

I think that van maybe a Reliant Regal, but it looks slightly different from most. The front suspension and wheel is virtually that of a motorcycle. They were not uncommon after the war. The interesting thing about that one is that it hasn't wire spoked wheels, but what looks like pressed steel wheels may perhaps indicate it's a later model 1950s??.

Seeing the picture of the Cornish's delivery van brought back some very happy memories. I must have been about eleven years old and on Saturday mornings I used to help deliver the bread in that very van plus sometimes their horse drawn vehicle. The van was a James Handy Van.

Cornish's also had a shop in the High Street next to All Saint's Church by the entrance to the car park.

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