Clock Tower, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, 1950s
A superb photograph of Didsbury village in the mid-1950s; its splendid clock tower looking a lot cleaner than it does today.
The impressive looking shop to the right of the clock tower with the drawn out canopies and its pinnacled roof still stands, albeit with the pinnacles long removed.
Balancing the view, the Manchester Corporation bus is stood driverless at the trafficless Wilmslow Road terminal point. The bus, No3146 had been new to MCT in 1949, and is wearing the original style of livery with the cream painted upper deck window surrounds. On later repaints the upper saloons were painted in allover red and all eventually lost this feature, including 3146.
3146 along with many of its sisters, was withdrawn after 19-years service in 1968.
From an original negative held in my collection.
Clock Tower, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, 1950s
A superb photograph of Didsbury village in the mid-1950s; its splendid clock tower looking a lot cleaner than it does today.
The impressive looking shop to the right of the clock tower with the drawn out canopies and its pinnacled roof still stands, albeit with the pinnacles long removed.
Balancing the view, the Manchester Corporation bus is stood driverless at the trafficless Wilmslow Road terminal point. The bus, No3146 had been new to MCT in 1949, and is wearing the original style of livery with the cream painted upper deck window surrounds. On later repaints the upper saloons were painted in allover red and all eventually lost this feature, including 3146.
3146 along with many of its sisters, was withdrawn after 19-years service in 1968.
From an original negative held in my collection.