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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

Sunday 9 September 2007

St.Helens: AEC Swift


Introduced in the Sixties the first generation of rear-engined single-deckers were problematic but with the exception of the Daimler Roadliner which quickly lost all suitors both the Leyland Panther and AEC Swift had a few loyal friends who knew how to get the best out of it. In North West England as well as Blackpool, St.Helens took a decent number with dual-entrance Marshall bodywork including No.219 of the first batch which was seen immediately after a shower parked on the cobbles outside the garage in Shaw Street when the bus was still new in 1968.

3 comments:

busing said...

And of course Shaw Street is still there today, again filled (mainly) with single decks, though arguably nothing as nice looking as your Swift.

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christopher said...

My memory seemed to be playing tricks on me again as I was going to call it Jackson Street. No doubt you would have spotted it. Thanks for correcting me about Paris Street.

busing said...

May be wrong but I think Jackson Street/Shaw Street is correct in St Helens.

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