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Piccadilly Lily
Mobile Canteen
For tea, coffee & cake with a vintage feel
Enjoy
A Truly Great Experience
Piccadilly Lily was built as an Auxiliary Towing Vehicle (ATV) in March 1943. She was used by London Fire Brigade (NFS) and whilst in their care, she had further conversions into a pump salvage.
However at some stage, we don’t know when, the fire service had her converted into a mobile canteen and she was sent to be used in the City of Bristol towards the latter end of WWII.
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Post war she was selected, due to her good condition and as a canteen van by the home office to be retained for the Cold War. Her role was to be part of the mobile columns along with other vehicles including the wonderful Bedford green goddess fire engine.
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Only to be used in the event of a nuclear war. She was kept in this role until around 1972 thankfully in dry storage, finally sold off and brought to be used as a camper van from a garage sale in Swansea, which funny enough included the other green goddess fire engines.
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We brought the van in 2003 and commenced on a lengthy restoration to how you see her now. She has appeared in a couple of TV roles “Over here” with Martin Clunes , Band of Brothers, Goodwood Revival and more recently filmed for the new series of antiques road show.
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Tailored to you
Your Event
From Weddings to Baby showers, Corporate Events to Hen Dos and everything in between.
If you're looking for a new experience then the NAFFI Van can provide this for your event.
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Serving Tea, Coffee and home made cakes to your guests, our team can wear all black or go the extra mile by wearing vintage clothing in keeping with that 1940’s style.
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Chat to us about your event, we can tailor it for you, adding an extra special something to your day.
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Contact us - piccadillylilyevents@gmail.com
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Upcoming Events
Talk to us
Watch this space for news on where we will be.
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We have been attending Goodwood Revival for over 20 years, serving tea and coffee to the jeep drivers.
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We're planning on attending some up coming Wedding Fayre's so we'll keep you updated here and on our Facebook page.
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This is a family run business with 3 generations getting involved with the running.
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Thanks for checking out our page, it's still a work in progress so more will be added as we develop.
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