BUSWORLD PHOTOGRAPHY

I AM CHRISTOPHER LEACH THE ARTIST. I started this blog so that I can share with everyone my vast collection of transport photographs showing a personal and nostalgic view of the industry with images that span some 45 years taking in the U.K and some of Europe. I have no darkroom and so rather than being the perfectionist after tidying them up I upload the images warts and all, and even those that won't scan squarely or are scratched. In a way it adds age and character. You are all free to download these for your personal use but please remember I still own them and you are not just free to use them without prior permission for any knd of publishing. Click on images to enlarge them and if you want to see more leave your comments or visit my website for the mother-site with galleries including those Buses & Girls: PICTUREWORLD

Friday 14 February 2014

HXI 3011: A Yellow and Black Midland Red of course!

Every cloud has a silver lining and even though Deregulation didn't usually bring us a better bus service outside London and a few busy corridors where squabbles break out it certainly brought us plenty of interesting developments. On it's journey from Midland Red to Arriva Stafford Garage saw a number of what would have been the most unlikely vehicles such as a number of unusual unwanted still youthful Ulsterbus Alexander bodied Leyland Lynx buses Stevensons had snapped up before it's sale to Arriva. The driver of this bus Brian became well known in the town as before his recent retirement when quizzed he could tell you exactly how many days or even hours before it would come to pass.

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