Busworld Photography: Not so dinky VAL

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

Saturday, 18 January 2014

Not so dinky VAL

As kids Meccano Magazine and Dinky Toys made 'must have' instant celebrities of the latest PSV's including the three axle Duple Vega Major bodied Bedford VAL. But in reality of little surprise was far more were sold bearing sleek Plaxton Panorama bodies as coaches like 1944 AP dating from1963 at Exeter in 1979 looked not ugly but a bit cumbersome and heavy.