The Heavy Steam Machine.
I must confess to not being a great lover of buses in all over advertising liveries . . . or gaudy liveries in general either. However, as we've seen a couple of photos previously from the old PMT archive showing such, it rounds things off to show this one. I realise that the bus isn't centre stage, but there's so much else going on in the shot like the Reliant Regal 3 wheeler or even the Vauxhall Viva. Of course one of the the stars of the show is PMT's Weymann bodied Atlantean 775 EVT from the 1959 delivery bedecked in advertising for the new 'Heavy Steam Machine Disco. On the side of the bus it was proclaimed to be 'Europe's Hugest Music Forum'! Just incase anyone was unsure as to what a heavy steam machine might have looked like, Dale's traction engine had been brought from Congleton for the purpose of the illustration. The location was Hanley, the venue was part of the ABC 'Cinebowl' development which nowadays is no more. Only the Mitchell Memorial Youth Theatre above and to the rear of the Atlantean still exists in 2022.
The Heavy Steam Machine.
I must confess to not being a great lover of buses in all over advertising liveries . . . or gaudy liveries in general either. However, as we've seen a couple of photos previously from the old PMT archive showing such, it rounds things off to show this one. I realise that the bus isn't centre stage, but there's so much else going on in the shot like the Reliant Regal 3 wheeler or even the Vauxhall Viva. Of course one of the the stars of the show is PMT's Weymann bodied Atlantean 775 EVT from the 1959 delivery bedecked in advertising for the new 'Heavy Steam Machine Disco. On the side of the bus it was proclaimed to be 'Europe's Hugest Music Forum'! Just incase anyone was unsure as to what a heavy steam machine might have looked like, Dale's traction engine had been brought from Congleton for the purpose of the illustration. The location was Hanley, the venue was part of the ABC 'Cinebowl' development which nowadays is no more. Only the Mitchell Memorial Youth Theatre above and to the rear of the Atlantean still exists in 2022.