NICHOLAS DODSWORTH, of Osmotherley, North Yorkshire,was taken by this 1967 picture of busy Tow Law, which appeared in Memories in December.

“Of note are the two French cars,” he says. “Parked in the distance on the brow of the hill is a Citroën ID19/DS19, and closer to the camera is a rear-engined Simca 1000 saloon, registration WGR 877, complete with Simca mudflaps and a rear window anti-mist panel.”

Simca stands for the Sociètè Industrielle de Mècanique et Carrosserie Automobile – or Industrial Society of Mechanical and Automotive Body, as we might say in English. It was formed in 1934 by Fiat, became part of Chrysler and ended up in the late 1970s with Talbot.

The Simca 1000 – or “mille”, as they said in France – was one of its most successful models, made from 1961 through to 1978.

When it was launched, it was available in three bi-lingual colours: red, or rouge tison; egg-shell blue, or bleu pervenche; and off-white, or gris-princesse, which sounds so much better than “off-white”.

Mark Cooper has also been in touch to complete the picture of the Tow Law cars.

Driving away from the camera are a Ford Anglia 105e estate, the Simca, a Rover 100 and a Ford Classic. Approaching the photographer is a Wolseley 1500.

The van parked behind the Bedford wagon on the left is an Austin/Morris LD and behind that is a Bedford CA van.