One grey winter's day in Tunstall.
Although not quite sharp, this former B&W shot, from the recently acquired collection, appealed to me as a canvas for colourisation.
It was a pretty average winter's day circa 1970 when the photographer caught PMT's Marshall bodied Daimler Roadliner KVT 175E at the Greengates Street terminus in Tunstall (Stoke on Trent). The bus was fitted out with the Johnson 'Farebox' which was supposed to speed up fare collection with one man buses. However its principal claim to fame was that it was easily tampered with and not all the collected revenue made its way to the company. The system became something of a carte blanche for theives. Needless to say, the company soon returned to conventional ways of fare collection which was somehow believed to be safer.
Greengates Street, between the Public Baths (left) and the 'Little Park' is no longer served by buses, the last PSVs were probably coaches taking kids to the now closed pool. The situation wasn't aided by the local authority tinkering with the road system thereabouts making bus access / egress incredibly difficult.
One grey winter's day in Tunstall.
Although not quite sharp, this former B&W shot, from the recently acquired collection, appealed to me as a canvas for colourisation.
It was a pretty average winter's day circa 1970 when the photographer caught PMT's Marshall bodied Daimler Roadliner KVT 175E at the Greengates Street terminus in Tunstall (Stoke on Trent). The bus was fitted out with the Johnson 'Farebox' which was supposed to speed up fare collection with one man buses. However its principal claim to fame was that it was easily tampered with and not all the collected revenue made its way to the company. The system became something of a carte blanche for theives. Needless to say, the company soon returned to conventional ways of fare collection which was somehow believed to be safer.
Greengates Street, between the Public Baths (left) and the 'Little Park' is no longer served by buses, the last PSVs were probably coaches taking kids to the now closed pool. The situation wasn't aided by the local authority tinkering with the road system thereabouts making bus access / egress incredibly difficult.