Busworld Photography: A cold day in Chester

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, 24 May 2010

A cold day in Chester

Despite it being quite bright everyone was well wrapped up with warm coats and scarfs in this 1982 view of lovely Chester once home to at least two of Crosville's 100 Seddon RU buses bought as an economy measure like SPG 800 numerically the last. The letter S stood for single, P for bodybuilder Pennine and G for Gardner powered. However as elsewhere they were not a great success and Seddon's entry into the then Leyland dominated bus market never took off despite this big order. As an alternative to the NBC tailored Leyland National some operators like City of Chester instead stuck to the reliable and more straightforward Leopard for it's single deck needs in the mid-Seventies like Duple bodied No.86..