Busworld Photography: St Helens AEC Swift

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

Monday, 12 April 2010

St Helens AEC Swift

In the same way the Sixties rear-engined Panther and Panther Cub did nothing to help Leyland's reputation the same could be said for the AEC Swift. However it did have a few fans including St. Helens who aquired about seventy-five new examples with these Marshall bodies and some secondhand buses from nearby Lancashire United. One of these which later passed to Berresford of Cheddleton has been preserved and was seen last year at the POTS bus rally at the Wedgewood Centre at Barlaston.