Puzzle Description

Treats at the Station is a 1000 piece puzzle by Trevor Mitchell. Trevor is an accomplished artist who specialises in nostalgic pictures from a bygone era usually in the UK. In this case we are being enchanted by a commuter steam engine train at an English country village. There is all manner of activities taking place as customers both alight and board the train. There's even a Wall's ice cream vendor with his trusty bicycle and cooler with chilled refreshments with the famous logo - "Stop me and buy one" painted on his ice cream box. Everyone is dressed in formal attire since going on a trip was a special occasion in those days. Not a pair of jeans or flip flops in sight. Even the children are wearing their best clothes.

The green country bus going to Moor Top could be a Bristol, a Bedford or a Leyland as country buses were at their peak use since individually owned cars were often too expensive to be owned individually. It was not until the manufacture of the Morris Minor in 1948 that cars became more affordable. The Morris Minor cost about 700 pounds and had an engine capacity of less that one litre. It did the job a carrying a family of four but was not the most sporty looking vehicle nor did it perform particularly well, nevertheless over a million units were produced and it remained on the roads as a common site for over twenty years. It took until the 1960's with the Mini Minor and Twiggy to make the small car a truly desirable means of transportation; every youngster who could drive set their sights on the Mini. The Mini is still on the road today but is now made by BMW and is significantly bigger the the original and, needless to say, costs a great deal more and has a completely different cache from the original car.

On the right of the puzzle there is a motorcycle and sidecar. Sidecars have all but disappeared as they are neither safe nor comfortable. The poor passenger has to deal with all the bumps of the road without adequate protection. The driver additionally has to compensate for all the twists and turns in country roads and allow for the additional and ungainly passenger weight on his right.

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