Trojan 'Bubble Car' Charles B View of New Bridge Street

View of New Bridge Street

Shrove Tuesday: Hotelier Philip Artingstall breaking his own world Record with 266 Pacake Flips in 2 minutes

catching rats in a ramshackle room

Church of St Anne

Brian Tillon

Trojan 'Bubble Car' Charles B View of New Bridge StreetTrojan 'Bubble Car', c1962. The Trojan 200 3 wheeler was advertised as a 'Young family car to suit the young family pocket'. It cost 329 pounds, 17 shillings and sixpence, and the tax cost 6 a year. 2 adults and 2 children could fit into it, and it had a cruising speed 50 mph. It was economical, doing 80 miles to the gallon. Collectors' items now sell for 3,000. It had no reverse gear, and the only door was at the front.