Greater Manchester Transport bus, Lower Broughton, Salford
Is this the most depressing photo in the Museum of Transport's collection? It must come close, portraying the slum clearances of the 1960s and 1970s that re-housed people with better facilities but ripped the heart out of many communities and replaced them with soulless high-rise 'developments'.
We don't know much about this photo except that it was taken in Lower Broughton some time after April 1974. The bus carries the service number 2 on the side display, and if it is correct then it is travelling along either Littleton Road or Moor Lane as it travels between its termini of Kersal Bar and Salford Docks.
The 'Open All Hours' on the left has probably sold its last pack of Benson & Hedges 'Pure Gold' advertised on the sign, and the desolation is palpable. The bus seems to have no passengers at all, so the expense of having two doors - one for entrance, and a separate exit to speed up boarding at busy stops - is an unnecessary extravagance.
If you'd like to know more about the Manchester Museum of Transport and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.gmts.co.uk.
Greater Manchester Transport bus, Lower Broughton, Salford
Is this the most depressing photo in the Museum of Transport's collection? It must come close, portraying the slum clearances of the 1960s and 1970s that re-housed people with better facilities but ripped the heart out of many communities and replaced them with soulless high-rise 'developments'.
We don't know much about this photo except that it was taken in Lower Broughton some time after April 1974. The bus carries the service number 2 on the side display, and if it is correct then it is travelling along either Littleton Road or Moor Lane as it travels between its termini of Kersal Bar and Salford Docks.
The 'Open All Hours' on the left has probably sold its last pack of Benson & Hedges 'Pure Gold' advertised on the sign, and the desolation is palpable. The bus seems to have no passengers at all, so the expense of having two doors - one for entrance, and a separate exit to speed up boarding at busy stops - is an unnecessary extravagance.
If you'd like to know more about the Manchester Museum of Transport and its collection of vintage buses, go to www.gmts.co.uk.