1977 SAAB 99 Combi Coupé

1977 SAAB 99 in Just Like the Rest of Us, Documentary, 1983

Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin:

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Author	Message
rjluna2 ◊ 2014-07-28 02:27	1977 or later.
Turbobanana ◊ 2014-07-28 14:11	...at Milton Keynes Central rail station, where I work! There's a plaque on the wall stating that the station was opened in 1982, only a year or so before this was filmed. Unfortunately the station concourse is now a mass of bus lanes, taxi ranks and one-way systems but there is still disabled access to the front door although, as it's daytime in the doc, there would be a somewhat higher level of traffic there now. Sadly we don't see too many Toyota Celicas or Saab 99s around here any more.
jcb ◊ 2014-07-28 14:35	To be honest watching it now its embarrassing how we treated the disabled 'way back' then. Not everywhere is now wheelchair friendly now but we have come a long way , my relative is wheelcahir bound and just simple things like ramps on every kerb at crossing points have made a vast difference . It means many disabled people can move around on their own . -- Last edit: 2014-07-28 14:36:19
dsl ◊ 2014-07-29 01:40	JCB wrote To be honest watching it now its embarrassing how we treated the disabled 'way back' then... In next couple of days I'll post a late 50s documentary on mental health provision - all the patients are routinely described as "mental defectives" ...