'Station Road Coaches'
This evening I've re-visited some of my poorest negatives and had bash at re- scanning them now that I've learned a little, and acquired a new scanner to play with. This one still isn't brilliant, but represents something of what made our hobby interesting. Whilst out and about, 'berresfordsmotors' and I stumbled upon this small operator in the Cannock suburbs. Their 'premises', if that wasn't too grand a term, adjoined a main road, and un surprisingly were in close proximity to a railway station though I probably couldn't locate it today with any degree of certainty. The reason I mention this was because this sort of find was once quite normal, and gave a ready sense of discovery which fired the enthusiasm for more. The coach on the right was obviously a Bedford, though what model, I can't remember... a VAL, I think. The attractive, if somewhat scruffy BET style AEC Reliance in the centre I would imagine came from Red Rover of Aylesbury, and on the left was a Park Royal cabbed Mk V AEC Mandator recovery lorry.
'Station Road Coaches'
This evening I've re-visited some of my poorest negatives and had bash at re- scanning them now that I've learned a little, and acquired a new scanner to play with. This one still isn't brilliant, but represents something of what made our hobby interesting. Whilst out and about, 'berresfordsmotors' and I stumbled upon this small operator in the Cannock suburbs. Their 'premises', if that wasn't too grand a term, adjoined a main road, and un surprisingly were in close proximity to a railway station though I probably couldn't locate it today with any degree of certainty. The reason I mention this was because this sort of find was once quite normal, and gave a ready sense of discovery which fired the enthusiasm for more. The coach on the right was obviously a Bedford, though what model, I can't remember... a VAL, I think. The attractive, if somewhat scruffy BET style AEC Reliance in the centre I would imagine came from Red Rover of Aylesbury, and on the left was a Park Royal cabbed Mk V AEC Mandator recovery lorry.