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UTV ob van spotted in deepest Norfolk
Posted: Fri 24 Mar, 2006 17.27
by Dr Lobster*
larger image:
http://www.gorillaenterprises.co.uk/upl ... o-0008.jpg
i saw this in a scrap yard in stowbridge (which is miles away from anywhere - i use this route as a shortcut to stay off busy parts of the a10 some mornings) and is right on the west anglia main line from kings lynn to kings cross (via cambridge). it seemed to be used as a site office.
i just found it quite strange it would end up in this country (rather than being scrapped in ireland which surely would be cheaper), and strange of all, is a very small scrap yard in the middle of nowhere!
Posted: Sat 25 Mar, 2006 00.46
by cat
Ahh... i've seen this a few times whilst on the train, and it always struck me as pretty baffling.
There's a Leeds University Radio van around that area too.
God bless Norfolk.
Posted: Sat 25 Mar, 2006 01.11
by all new Phil
Is it maybe because Norfolk is actually Hell? Maybe the van killed someone or something, and it's being condemned to an eternity there.
Posted: Sat 25 Mar, 2006 01.19
by marksi
The logo is still alive and well... I spotted it yesterday on one of those backgrounds they use for football interviews after matches, when Alex Ferguson was interviewed on UTV.
Chances are some company on the mainland bought it and stripped all the kit out of it and sold off the van for scrap.
After all, UTV don't need it, they don't make any programmes. Well, hardly any.
Posted: Sat 25 Mar, 2006 03.31
by stu
Reminds me when I saw a car at a small dodgy garage covered in Big Breakfast vinyls, in the deepest Black Country
Posted: Sat 25 Mar, 2006 12.43
by Nick Harvey
all new Phil wrote:Is it maybe because Norfolk is actually Hell?
Are you saying what I think you're saying about Mr Lobster?
Fight, fight, fight, fight!
Posted: Sat 25 Mar, 2006 23.58
by all new Phil
What, you mean Dr. Lucifer Lobster, to call him by his full name?
Posted: Sun 26 Mar, 2006 12.48
by Nick Harvey
That Doctor Lucifer had better not come back from his weekend away saying he's been in York Minster.
I'm not sure he's welcome within the walls of any of my property portfolio.
Fancy taking a Sunday off, anyway. Typical of Norfolk people; it wouldn't happen in Wiltshire.
Posted: Wed 05 Apr, 2006 18.14
by cat
To add to the further bizarre nature of Norfolk... I am currently sitting on the top floor of the UEA Library, looking out on to the parkland and forests around the campus.
A huge hot air balloon with ''HTV'' in the 1990s era 'v-triangle' logo design has just taken off from one of the fields past the lake.
Is Norfolk some sort of ident retirement ground?
