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_Halifax Highlanders_
Chesty's Disciples v Halifax Highlanders
40th St. Patrick's Day Rugby Tournament
Daffin Park, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia USA
9 March 2019
Halifax 1111, a 2007 New Flyer D40LF, on route 55 at Micmac Mall in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023.
Day one of our east coast adventure started early, with a 2 a.m. wakeup to get to our 6 a.m. departure out of Calgary. We flew to Toronto where we had lunch and changed planes for the onward journey to Halifax. Not much left of the day, so we rendezvoused with Geoff, my composer friend, for dinner.
Built in 1779 as a location for the trading of cloth. Halifax of course was pretty much the centre of the UK cloth industry for many centuries. The structure was built with a clear purpose but also to make an impression. For all visitors when first complete it must have made a statement of "look at us, our success, our wealth".
Four photograph stitched image. There is one glaring composition error here which I can't imagine will take long to spot.
Team Pennine has revamped the 502 Halifax-Keighley service as the "Great Northern Line", and brought in ex Rosso (new to Minsterley Motors) B7RLE DX12OWA with smart new branding. Seen here passing through Dean Clough, approaching journey's end in Halifax on day two of the new service.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - February 14, 2020 : Halifax Town Clock the day after a snowfall near the Citadel Hill Fortress.
Camera: Nikon D7100 & Nikkor AF 28-80 film lens
ISO 100, 44mm, f/10. 1/320
Halifax Transit 734, a 2010 Nova Bus LFS articulated, on route 10 at Micmac Mall, Dartmouth NS on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023.
Halifax Joint Committee MCW Metrobus seen a short distance from the Rye Lane terminus of route 36 and heading back towards Halifax. One of many great days had in the area around this time riding/photographing these.
This was new to London Transport in 1982 as M730.
I'm guessing that opinions will be polarised on this - First has repainted YJ06XLY into a 'fantasy' Halifax livery - is this what Halifax buses would have looked like today if they had escaped WYPTE's verona green & buttermilk? What would Geoffrey Hilditch make of it? Personally, I like it, and think First are to be congratulated on their sense of fun.
West Yorkshire PTE 3480 Volvo Ailsa B55-10 Alexander body new 1975 - a unique bus for the PTE later sold to Derby Transport
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Photo: the late Vic Nutton
Halifax Town Clock located in the City of Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent commissioned a clock tower in 1800 prior to his return to England. The Town Clock opened on October 20, 1803, at a location on the east slope of Citadel Hill on Barrack (now Brunswick) Street and has kept time for the community ever since.
A. Murray McKay Bridge crosses Halifax Harbor. I thought it curious that a bridge authority would make the effort. There may be more to the story than just a Ukrainian flag. Other parts of Canada have a significant Ukrainian population. Also, when immigrants arrived in Canada they first landed in Halifax.
Intersection of North Park Street, Cogswell Street, Trollope Street, Ahern Avenue, and Rainnie Drive. This is one of several peculiar intersections in Halifax--hard to navigate for both motorists and cyclists.
YJ07JVM has had a nomadic existence recently. Still in its Flying Tiger base livery, it is seen here at Claremount terminus, high above Halifax, with the summit of Beacon Hill, which towers over the town, apparently close behind. Looks are deceiving, as the main A58 Halifax-Leeds road runs right-left deep in Godley Cutting, behind the low wall, and the hill top is a good quarter mile away.
YJ07JVM was new to K Line, and had a short spell in Tiger Blue colours following the Arriva buy out of the Centrebus share. It then had quite a decent makeover into Flying Tiger colours and moved to Idle depot when Tiger was still interested in making a success of its Leeds Bradford Airport routes. After Tiger gave up the airport work (and the depot at Idle) in summer 2020, YJ07JVM went on loan to Arriva North East, running there in full Flying Tiger colours, returning earlier this year to Waterloo. Transdev immediately removed the Tiger branding on taking over, and it is now quite definitely an 'odd one out' in what is, temporarily at least, an 'odd' fleet.
All good for enthusiasts, though!
Before turning solely to heritage private hire work, Tony Blackman's Halifax Joint Committee added a splash of colour to bus operation in West Yorkshire. Those colours harked back to the days of the old municipal operation in the town and were refreshing to see re-used on modern buses. They were certainly a change from the 'base white with stickers' cop-out type of livery in vogue.
Parked at the firm's Albert Road garage here is one of a handful of single deckers, a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart. K414 MGN according to BLoTW, had been new to R&I Tours of London, who if I recall correctly, were one of very few independents in the traditional sense, operating into the capital in the 1990s. A nice little additional touch was the fitting of bespoke AEC style nut rings to the front wheels. Sadly the firm closed not long after I took this picture and now, even the heritage operation is defunct.