Longton in the mid '70s.
The original B&W to this effort was taken by me back in 1975/6. It was one of those captured when I understood little of the basics of photography. If it was dull and dark, you just opened up the 'F' stop . . . with the result that almost all of my output was un-sharp. Still, its a record of times past and nowadays, with computer technology, its possible to tinker around with things and even add some colour (manually, not using an 'app').
The picture shows Berresford's ex Blackpool Corporation Metro Cammell 'full fronted' Leyland Titan PD2, NFV 327 leaving Longton (Stoke on Trent) bus station. The bus had a comparatively short stay in the fleet as it collided with a telegraph pole which considerably damaged the front end. In the days of advancing 'On Man Operation' it would be of little use either and so was withdrawn to the field at the rear of the garage. Longton bus station (which also doubled as a PMT garage) was one of those all enclosed products of the sixties where nobody appeared to be concerned about mixing the punters with Diesel fumes. Latterly it was never kept particularly clean either. Nowadays there's a relatively new facility opposite the railway station but very few services are scheduled to call and I don't think any of First's do. Passengers have a miserable experience in poor weather waiting often in the soaking wet without shelter, so maybe the old bus station was better?
Longton in the mid '70s.
The original B&W to this effort was taken by me back in 1975/6. It was one of those captured when I understood little of the basics of photography. If it was dull and dark, you just opened up the 'F' stop . . . with the result that almost all of my output was un-sharp. Still, its a record of times past and nowadays, with computer technology, its possible to tinker around with things and even add some colour (manually, not using an 'app').
The picture shows Berresford's ex Blackpool Corporation Metro Cammell 'full fronted' Leyland Titan PD2, NFV 327 leaving Longton (Stoke on Trent) bus station. The bus had a comparatively short stay in the fleet as it collided with a telegraph pole which considerably damaged the front end. In the days of advancing 'On Man Operation' it would be of little use either and so was withdrawn to the field at the rear of the garage. Longton bus station (which also doubled as a PMT garage) was one of those all enclosed products of the sixties where nobody appeared to be concerned about mixing the punters with Diesel fumes. Latterly it was never kept particularly clean either. Nowadays there's a relatively new facility opposite the railway station but very few services are scheduled to call and I don't think any of First's do. Passengers have a miserable experience in poor weather waiting often in the soaking wet without shelter, so maybe the old bus station was better?