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Survivor? [number 2]
Having been photographing transport scenes for 45 years, it goes without saying that a lot of what has featured in my photos no longer exists. Indeed, a lot of what I was photographing a long time ago was on the verge of no longer existing even then. Take the venerable Bristol RE. In the years…
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Survivor? [number 1]
Things have been very quiet on this blog for a while but I can report that during this time of radio silence some significant progress has been made with the organisation of the real-world hard-copy celluloid and dead-tree content of this archive. Because of this I can now lay my hands on most of the…
Bws Bro Uwchaled
Some time ago I recalled my first ride on a Crosville minibus, an interesting experience in a remote part of Wales. It demonstrated the benefits of a well-coordinated service with a small bus regularly linking to a main route. This gave improved penetration into an area which has small communities linked by narrow lanes. That…
Same Shot, Different Day
Here we have a photo taken on the 19th of April 1985, a Friday, in Holmes Chapel. It was Easter time and I had a week off, armed with one of Crosville’s Weekly Wanderer tickets and ready to Explore. Based as I was in Runcorn, an hour the wrong side of Chester for heading off…
On the edge
This is the third stage of my morning trip from Garston to Liverpool in August 1985. Previously I had caught a Bristol VR of the MPTE fleet on the 86 and arrived in Catharine Street to photograph a now preserved Dennis Dominator. Leece Street in Liverpool delimits the southern edge of the city centre. Heading…
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Fondly remembered [part 1]
In the short time I have been maintaining this site I have learned of the passing away of two loved and respected figures from my time in Mid Wales. In an earlier post I showed this photo of Crosville’s last ENL romping through the little village of Comins Coch as it approached Aberystwyth on its…
Anglesey initiative
Friday, 11th July 1980. I am celebrating the end of my O-level exams with a Crosville Rideabout ticket. I had just been for a ride on this bus, Crosville MTF701, on service N60. This was quite a short lived experiment and, like a lot of other services, a victim of the National Bus Company Market…
Dark days in Liverpool
The previous post on this site described my arrival in the Merseyside metropolitan area as it was in 1985, on a weekday morning in August at the start of the off-peak period, ready to explore the transport network. This was achievable at reasonable cost by way of the popular “Saveaway” scratchcard ticket. I caught one…
Garston Glory Days
Back in August 1985 we were still a clear year before deregulation. I was very active with my camera, having discovered the affordability of bulk black and white film and a darkroom. Most of these pictures existed only in negative form for many years until technology made a reasonably quick scan all that was needed…
Cruising the Cambrian Coast
Bristol style Continuing the progress of the party which was following the Crosville D94 route through the middle of Wales on a particularly appropriate and authentic vehicle of the 1980s, we last looked at the little village of Llandderfel by the Dee. From there we headed for Dolgellau via Bala. Bala is a busy ribbon…
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