After being retained with electric buses by their operators, both route 199 & 185 join the few Lewisham routes running on electrics with more to follow suit next year (108 & 321).

two minutes later, it was gone

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Spring 1983.

Lewisham

Lewisham

On 5 July 1984, 33040 passes Lewisham on a train of empty Cartics, bound for Dover. The train is running via Bexleyheath, which only a handful of trains were and are booked to do, owing to the line's gradients.

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Late 1982 I think.

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Probably Jan 1988.

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Late 1982 I think.

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Probably Jan 1988. This is immediately before the start of the 'Bexleybus' scheme.

Lewisham

at Lewisham train station

Here's another result of a raid of my archive. This time an unidentified 33 is seen heading through Lewisham, no doubt with a return engineers train to Hither Green.

From the late evening sunny glow I guess I would have taken a detour whilst on my way home from work.

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Late 1987.

The 261 passed to operation by Metrobus (the company not the vehicle!) shortly after this. This was their big entry onto the London scene.

Lewisham

73963 leads and 73962 on the rear of 1Q76 11:31 Tonbridge to Seaford via South London.

Lewisham

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73109 leads a test train to Elmers end

C.Holdaway

Painter Grainer

Decorator

Estimates for general Repairs.

Lewisham

Lewisham

Lewisham Market

GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66728 approaches Lewisham working the 6O82 08:12 West Ruislip HS2 Stop Boards to Grain Thamesport empty tunnel segments flats

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. September 1980.

RM6 before it became a celebrity.

70804 tows 60087 from Eastleigh to Hoo Jct

Lewisham

stagecoach 36698 at lewisham

466041 heads east at Lewisham. Plenty of punters looking to head west.

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Late 1990s. Don't know what the fun-size stop flag on the two wooden poles is all about!

E274 SN62DLZ and 33672 YY67UTR both seen at Lewisham.

A view of the High Street. (Collection)

Old and new side by side with 11321 bound for the Elephant on the left on the 136 and RM1357 ready to head back to Elmers End Green on the 54.

It's a dance studio, just a really good looking dance studio

Leyland Olympian/Northern Counties L265 of the short-lived Bexleybus operation, loading for Thamesmead in June 1990.

Pentax MX/35mm

Fujichrome 100

Go-Ahead's WVL415 with its blue lights in full effect, waits at Lewisham before another run out to Slade Green on the 89.

Stagecoach London (11323 YW68OZM) - Route 75 is seen on it's late night runs towards Croydon leaving Lewisham Shopping Centre. I thought about testing my night photography and it went ok, the slight blur on the fleet number did irritate me at first but I grew to be fond of it, nothing is perfect.

Wonderful textures and colours on this old building, but i can't find out anything about its history. I'm sure there's a story there somewhere!

London Central T778 (OHV 778Y)

Ex-London Transport Leyland Titan

Route 89

Lewisham bus station

27th December 1994

Lewisham

Camberwell based Wright Gemini 3 B5LH On Route 185 to Victoria outside Lewisham Station

Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Summer 1998.

An ungainly looking East Lancs bodied Olympian belonging to Harris, who had taken over earlier that year. They only lasted two years before they had to be rescued by East Thames Buses.

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On 22 July 2005, 67020 passes Lewisham with barrier wagons in tow.