 | 9th Jan 2008 | Dennis Lolines of Alder Valley
On Sat. 20 May 1978 I made a special trip from derby to Guildford to catch up woth the last of the Lolines, taking the Up "Master Cutler" to St. Pancras with "Peak" 45 122
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 | 12th Jun 2006 | AEC Lorries I have known
A selection of AEC trucks in the Derby area and beyond
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 | 20th Feb 2006 | B.R. Units
A smattering of first generation DMU's & EMU's from the 1970's / 80's. These oft-maligned machines developed character as their years advanced and we grew to like them more.
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 | 19th Feb 2006 | Lancashire United
LUT is fondly remembered for its distinctive fleet, notably of Guy Arabs, before they were swept away as GMPTE took over. I shall be adding to this collection soon. Watch this space!!
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 | 12th Feb 2006 | WALSALL 56
A selection of shots of my favourite motor, the unique XDH 56G, Walsall 56, the Daimler CRC6-36, with Northern Counties H86D body, now undergoing final restoration at Wythall Museum.
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 | 7th Feb 2006 | Trent 1256_A Day Out
On Sun. 29 Oct. 1989, the "1256 Group" took their PD2 round some of the old Trent routes. I joined them for the fun! I'm dedicating this little collection to Pete Yeomans, who passed away in Dec. 2005 R.I.P.
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 | 3rd Dec 2005 | ROUTEMASTER_We Shall Remember Them
As the last ordinary service AEC.PRV Routemaster ran in London for the last time on Fri. 9 Dec. 2005 at 1pm., I thought it fitting now to add my own selection from the many rides I enjoyed over the years. Watch this space in days to come!
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 | 24th Nov 2005 | The Wirksworth Phoenix May 1985
With the line now undergoing restoration, this seems an appropriate moment to show a few of my pictures from the special passenger service, worked two years running, in this case 1985, in conjunction with the Wirksworth Festival in Derbyshire.
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 | 16th Nov 2005 | Buxton Stone Trains in the 1990's
A selection of phots, which I took around Great Rocks Junction and Peak Forest, of the stone trains, which were regularly hauled by pairs of class 37's, pullling ex LMS hopper wagons of true vintage.
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 | 8th Nov 2005 | The Little Eaton - Denby Line
I spent sometime during the early 1990's recording the coal trains on this time capsule of a line, with its gated crossings, worked by a man in a van! The line is still extant but out of use
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 | 3rd Nov 2005 | Diesels on British Rail in the 1970's
One or two phots from my archive to whet the appetite hopefully!
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 | 29th Oct 2005 | Valete Derby Bus Station : 1933-2005
Derby's one-time showpiece Art Deco Bus Station, designed by Borough Architect Charles Aslin, closed its doors for the last time after service on Sat. 22 October 2005. These are shots I took on the last day.
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 | 29th Oct 2005 | Sheffield Lorry Operators in the 1970's
A small selection here of my favourite hauliers in Sheffield in the good old days - Enjoy!
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 | 7th Jul 2005 | Great Northern remains - Notts & Derby
One or two photos I've taken over the years of the remnants of the GNR in my area, starting with the rather erie Mapperley Tunnel!
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 | 25th Jun 2005 | Gash's of Newark, Notts..
W. Gash & Sons Ltd. plied between Newark-on-Trent and Nottingham for many years, before selling out to Yorkshire Traction's RoadCar division (the old Lincolnshire Roadcar Co.) in 1989 - yet another victim of Thatcher's deregulation. I miss them dearly and their lovely colour scheme. They were most famous for their long-lived fleet of Daimler CV's and, as an operator, they had more than a passing semblance to Blue Bus Services of Willington. Even the garages were modelled on each other!
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 | 16th Jun 2005 | Blue Bus Services of Willington
Just a handful of shots shortly after the takeover of Tailby & George Ltd., 14 Repton Road, Willington in Derbyshire, by what was then Derby Corporation and soon to be Derby Borough Transport. It all came to an end at "Blue Bus Services" when the Willington depot was destroyed by fire on the night of Mon. 5 January 1976, a sad day indeed.
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 | 16th Jun 2005 | MANSFIELD DISTRICT 'FLF's
Towards the very end of Bristol.ECW Lodekka operation under East Midland auspices, Mansfield District ,or rather Mansfield & District as the revived name was displayed, painted one of their final semi-automatic FLF's in tradional Balfour Beatty Group green and cream. This is how it looked - rather nice I feel! I have also added some other MDT Lodekkas in NBC Leaf Green, including shots with one of the last conductresses.
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 | 15th Jun 2005 | AEC.PRV Bridgemaster
Just one or two shots of the "Bridgy" - not one of AEC's greatest successes but always fascinating to me and great sound effects!
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 | 8th Jun 2005 | SOUTH NOTTS OF GOTHAM
Some shots of this unique Nottinghamshire independent, probably most famous for its fleet of Albion Lowlanders, including the last one built in 1967. The fleetname lives on under the auspices of Nottingham City Transport but it ain't the same!
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 | 4th Jun 2005 | SOUTH WALES REGENTS
For the last few years of service, South Wales Transport of Swansea or De Cymru if you prefer, ran their remaining AEC Regent Mk.V's on the 14 from Quadrant Bus Station to Pennard. Their stay of execution was due to a very tight corner at Merton, by the village pub, that was just too much for bigger, modern buses to negotiate and how nice that was!!
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 | 2nd Jun 2005 | The Skeggy line!
The wonderful line to Skegness, taken around Thorpe Culvert at Whitsun 1982, primarily to record the GNR "somersault" lower quadrant signals and "when Tulyar went to Skeggy", Sunday 13 August 1978 - were you there?
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 | 2nd Jun 2005 | NORTHAMPTON DAIMLERS
Another favourite of mine was Northampton, with its period fleet of Daimler CVG6's, taking the last in 1969 for the home market, with classic Roe 27ft. 6in. bodies, vacuum brakes and pre-select gears to the very last - a real time capsule! We start back in 1982 - enjoy!
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 | 1st Jun 2005 | STOCKPORT PD3's GMPTE_April 1982
Always a favourite of mine and many others, the former Stockport Corporation Leyland Titan PD3/14's were some of the last with Greater Manchester PTE and a magnet to all enthusiasts of the breed. Here we are in April 1982.
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 | 31st May 2005 | DERBY TROLLEYBUSES
The Derby Corporation trolleybus system closed on Saturday 9 September 1967 - I was there to record the last two years, with my 1937 Ensign Selfix 320 bellows folding camera, so what you see is what you get. I hope you enjoy this little bit of social history - it has certainly taken me back, going through them all! There are also one or two shots taken since, with the surviving trolleys in preservation.
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 | 20th May 2005 | FELIX OF STANLEY, ILKESTON
Some pictures of this often unsung Derbyshire Independent, when it still employed the dignified maroon and red livery. Nowadays, the maroon has given way to white, under the branded route name "The Black Cat", with joint working alongside TrentBarton but I have to say I preferred the old scheme by a mile!
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 | 13th Apr 2005 | TRENT BUSES
Some of my shots of Trent Motor Traction Co. Ltd. of Derby, dating back to 1959 and my first film!
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 | 13th Apr 2005 | REDFERN COACHES_Mansfield & Harthill
Redfern Coaches (Forest Town) Ltd. was a Nottinghamshire-based operator with a depot in Mansfield and a subsidiary, Kirkby Andrews, based at Harthill near Sheffield and these are shots from its fleet around 1982. They are now part of Johnsons and the livery is changed to emerald green and yellow I believe.
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 | 1st Apr 2005 | DERBY DAIMLER FLEETLINES
A selection of my photos of the standard double-decker at Derby for many years, the Roe-bodied Daimler Fleetline, sometimes knicknamed "the Roe Nasty"!
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 | 2nd Mar 2005 | Barton Buses in 1975
A look at Barton of old, at the former Long Eaton depot yard and in Melton Mowbray, last bastion of their double-deckers, plus a few shots at Chilwell depot and yard.
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 | 8th Feb 2005 | Markeaton Park Light Railway
Markeaton Park Light Railway is a 15" gauge line, operating in Markeaton Park, Derby just off the A38 trunk road. It is a family run business that works all year round, weekends off - season and 7 days a week in summer months and school holidays. I have been a volunteer driver there from time to time. Sadly the steam loco "Markeaton Lady" suffered a boiler failure and was sold in July 2009. The railway is currently running with "Baby Deltic" diesel loco D5905 "City of Derby"
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 | 7th Feb 2005 | The author
This is me before I had to finish work in August 2004.
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 | 6th Feb 2005 | GIC BORROWASH DERBY
These are pictures taken of the vehicles belonging to General Industrial Cleaners Ltd. at Borrowash, Derby in the 1970's. GIC was by then part of the Initial Services Group but since then the works has been closed and demolished. There is now a housing estate on the site, which at one time boasted its own sportsground. A case of another firm to disappear under corporate rationalisation!
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 | 5th Feb 2005 | Daimler Roadliners I have known
These are some of the Daimler Roadliners I have tracked down over the years, mostly in the 1980's
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 | 1st Mar 2004 | NOTTINGHAM NET TRAMS
A selection of shots of the newly introduced tramcars of Nottingham Express Transit, a superb ride!
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 | 30th Aug 2003 | Derbyshire Fire Appliances
A selection of fire appliances old and new, taken in the Derby area
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 | 25th Jun 1988 | Commer Lorries
Commer lorries which I have seen. The Derby Malt Vinegar brewery was a local independent concern, closed at the end of the 1980's. Their two lorries had the Perkins P6.
Qualcast Foundries pair had the TS3 2-stroke. They are seen during a speciallly arranged visit which I paid to the foundry on 25 June 1988.
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 | 1st May 1988 | Devon General Grey Cars weekend 1988
A selection of photos from a wonderful weekend in Torquay, celebrating the 75th. Anniversary of Grey Cars, the old coaching wing of The Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co. Ltd., to give its full title, in early May 1988
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 | 1st May 1987 | Berresfords of Cheddleton and Stoniers of Tunstall
A selection of photos of these two associated independent Potteries area operators, seen in Summer 1987 in the Longton and Hanley areas, before they sold out to PMT. Jim Berresford was a real character, whom I had the privilege to meet and chat with at his fascinating depot in Cheddleton.
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 | 1st Jul 1986 | DERBY CITY TRANSPORT
A selection of DCT buses in the days before Arriva and anonymity
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 | 30th Dec 1985 | Green Bus Service, Landywood, Cannock, Mon. 30 Dec. 1985 and throughout the 1980's
A selection of photographs of this very interesting independent operator in the Cannock Chase area of Staffordshire, taken one very cold Winter's day in 1985 and on other occasions in the 1980's.
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 | 1st Oct 1985 | Delaine of Bourne
Some pictures of the celebrated Lincolnshire Independent Operator ,whom I know very well
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 | 28th May 1985 | BURTON-ON-TRENT/ESDC BUSES
A selection of Burton's much lamented buses, during latter days under the auspices of East Staffordshire District Council, before the Stevensons takeover and ultimate oblivion.
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 | 26th Mar 1984
to 30th Mar 1984 | BRISTOL RE's ex North Western with Trent
These Marshall B49F-bodied Bristol RELL6L's were my all-time favourites of the breed, with their rasping Leyland O.680H engines and whining 5-speed SCG electric semi-automatic gearboxes. Happy days around the Matlock area and on a Derby town service in 1984!
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 | 11th Jul 1982 | Midland Red D9 to Ludlow
A memorable day out when Midland Red North, Delta Way, Cannock ran their restored BMMO D9 BHA 399C on the X92 Birmingham to Ludlow via Bewdley, Sunday 11 July 1982
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 | 9th Jul 1981 | Taff Ely buses_Pontypridd
A selection of AEC's at Glyntaff depot. These 'AV470' powered mediumweight Regent Mk. V 's were legendary, especially with drivers like Mick Sullivan, my regular "chauffeur" on my yearly visits. The Longwell Green-bodied pair were very rare.
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 | 15th Nov 1979 | HULL & YORKIE BUSES & A DELTIC IN PARAGON
A selection of photos taken in my beloved Hull in 1979 and the mid-1980's
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 | 1st Feb 1979 | The Woodhead Route
Here are some shots I processed myself, taken in the latter years of this wonderful line withthe unforgettable class 76 DC electrics, not forgetting the class 506 EMU's which served Glossop for 30 years!
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 | 1st Jul 1978 | FODEN-NC_"The Magnificent Seven?"
Only seven Foden-NC's were built, although one had an East Lancs body and was strictly a Foden-EL (for South Yorkshire PTE). The model never went into series production, although Derby's 101 was the last built and would have been the nearest to a production type of any of the prototypes. A shame that the model failed, in no small part due to the Foden transfer box in the transmission and the thirsty fuel drag of the Allison gearbox. Derby converted their's to Voith D851 before premature scrapping.
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 | 14th Feb 1976
to 1st Jun 1982 | YORK PULLMAN BUS COMPANY
A selection of buses from this fine company, at their Navigation Road depot in York and in the city centre, taken from 1976 to 1982, plus two shots at Sandtoft Transport Centre near Doncaster. The vehicles were always immaculate in their livery of Panhard Red (or sometimes Chianti), Rich Chrome and Cream
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 | 25th May 1975
to 2nd Mar 1976 | Doncaster area Independent bus operators
A small selection of the much-missed Donny bus operators, swallowed up by S.Y.P.T.E. in the 1970's
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