Morris Minor Owners Club

Did anyone see the above period drama on UTV/ITV Sunday 9th September ??

Both a Morris Traveller and a two door split screen saloon appeared. Not knowing my Morris history as I should I wondered if either or both cars were correct for the period - sometime between February and June 1952 ??? The traveller appears in passing shots in at least three occasions but it's not possible to see the arrangement of the front grille or lights to identify the type or year, but in one long shot it is evident that the car is NOT a split screen so (and I stand to be corrected) I assume this is a later non 1952/series 2 Traveller ???

Also, the Morris saloon used was a split screen and did have the early front and rear lights (didn't see any traffickers, but they must have been there), but it had a late Morris 1000 grille. Was this correct or should it have had a 'cheese gratter' type grille ?????

Ps. - I do continuity errors in tv and film at home (not for work) so people hate watching things with me. I already pointed out a plastic light switch in the hospital that was wrong to my wife, so you can imagine.

Have only just watched it so it was very late when viewing it but I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think it perhaps wasn't exactly correct with the choice of Minor style!

As it was based in the time just prior to the Queen's Coronation I did also think it should have had the earlier grill but at least it was a split screen saloon, I too only caught a fleeting glimpse of the side of the traveller so not sure what the front looked like.

Didn't spot the light switch - not that keen eyed!

Splitscreen travellers didn't come in until 1956 anyway?? Maybe it was Issigonis road testing

Sorry to correct you C but we're celebrating "60 years of the Traveller" next year -2013 so they first appeared in 1953.
Haven't got the reference books to hand so cannot remember the month.!

Never seen a traveller earlier than '56! I stand corrected

Television period drama often seems a bit lazy when it comes to exact historical accuracy.
Cars are regularly seen sporting the wrong profile tyres, (later)age related plates or, most commonly, matt black wipers instead of chrome ones.
I even once saw a series 1 Land Rover three years before its launch date

I saw the traveller on Scapegoat last night and thought they are celebrating 60 years next year.I have seen programmes where they have made mistakes with cars,one was set in the 1950s with a lorry and a man was showing his new 1950s lorry to a neighbour and standing in front of the lorry and stuck to the windscreen was a modern tax disc.

the new George Gently ,set in the sixties ,has music that was released in the 70's

I watched it and my reaction was similar to when England score a try, "Yesss... there's one, and another! Get in there!" I was doing the dying fly after the third one.

chesney wrote:Never seen a traveller earlier than '56! I stand corrected

You should get out more

At least the film I was involved in earlier this year (and Faversham999 with his Million) they made some effort, changing plates on some cars and making sure we all had period correct tax discs on the windscreen. My cars appeared in the 1970 , 1972 and 1974 scenes.

They filmed my Traveller quite a lot so hopefully it will make the final cut of the film.