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

Thursday, 15 June 2017

Western National Bristol VR AFJ 702T at Bretonside

For me bus nostalgia was for the pre-PTE and NBC era with by later standards smartly turned out vehicles. So I let most of Seventies with it's Leyland Nationals wash over me but I particularly enjoyed that 'Indian Summer' we had following Deregulation till the last of the good of British buses departed. One place I will miss is Plymouth Bretonside where there was to be enjoyed the Gardner whine from Bristol VR's with each one sounding slightly different whether singing along or just boomy and all accompanied by the squawking of the seagulls to give that cornish pasty a bit of seaside relish.
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Anonymous said...

Have to agree with you about pre NBC, not so much though about post De-reg - although in my view a year or two after when things began to get sorted things became interesting again. I hope your recovery is progressing well - this blog is a must read for me. Malcolm

16 June 2017 at 13:22
christopher said...

Malcolm I'm glad you are still enjoying my blog I try to keep it looose, and thanks I am well on the road to recovery but chemo leaves me very tired. De-reg was fascinating with a lot of promise and then dissapointment and now back to a kind of rather boring 'stalemate'.

18 June 2017 at 01:41

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