Cold comfort
That cold and wintry start to 1982, when the snow came down quite heavily and temperatures plummeted around the UK. I was working in an office in Walsall at the time, and on occasions I took my camera into work with me. WMPTE's Walsall bus garage and works was just up the road, and occasionally when passing I would drive in and take a few snaps; this is one of them. WMPTE 3728 and 6720 are parked up outside the front of the old tram works awaiting attention; everyone must have been tucked up inside, as the place was deserted. In all honesty, I don't know why 3728 was here, as it would have been life expired in WMPTE terms, however, it later appeared in a withdrawn state at Quinton Garage with a white band part painted around it? The other odd thing about it, was that the lower saloon window pans had been painted around (as seen here), in a similar fashion to the new Metrobuses? I don't know whether or not this was someone having a bit of a joke? Anyway, aside of 3728, 6720 looks to be in for a tidy up and a repaint.
Friday, 8th January 1982.
Cold comfort
That cold and wintry start to 1982, when the snow came down quite heavily and temperatures plummeted around the UK. I was working in an office in Walsall at the time, and on occasions I took my camera into work with me. WMPTE's Walsall bus garage and works was just up the road, and occasionally when passing I would drive in and take a few snaps; this is one of them. WMPTE 3728 and 6720 are parked up outside the front of the old tram works awaiting attention; everyone must have been tucked up inside, as the place was deserted. In all honesty, I don't know why 3728 was here, as it would have been life expired in WMPTE terms, however, it later appeared in a withdrawn state at Quinton Garage with a white band part painted around it? The other odd thing about it, was that the lower saloon window pans had been painted around (as seen here), in a similar fashion to the new Metrobuses? I don't know whether or not this was someone having a bit of a joke? Anyway, aside of 3728, 6720 looks to be in for a tidy up and a repaint.
Friday, 8th January 1982.