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

Tuesday 14 August 2018

Arriva: The Jewel That Rattled

Unlike my home town where people tend to be if not unfriendly a little bit  too reserved, when I used to do various pick-ups for Top Travel to take them to the airport those who lived along the A5 corridor in places like Cannock, Burntwood and Chesetown even though they had never met before used to chat together freely like they were all part of some big happy family. I think most would have thought this community spirit might have died out now that most people don't visit their local pubs, travel more and hide in cars but I think because of the changing world around them and the ethnic with different customs force these working class communities to stick together as before. Of course that is a good thing but it might take the opposite effect if one is an outsider as seemingly nobody will speak to you. However nobody 'handbagged' Jojo as she took a shot of this Arriva Wright Streetlite as it arrived in Walsall

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