Sunday 12 August 2018
Midland Red LD8 4068 at Coventry Pool Meadow
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2 comments:
Christopher, although a Norfolk boy, I loved Midland Red and their very special vehicles. The NBC had a lot to answer for in my opinion and the current big groups hold very little interest for me. Sometimes I wish I could indulge in time travel. As a teenager I spent some time with a school friend's family in Coventry and used Midland Red to visit Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, West Bromwich to check out the local municipalities and to Stratford and the wonderful Stratford Blue. Living in Great Yarmouth I always loved the DPs and coached of MR that visited the town on summer expresse services.
Oh well, as they say, nostalgia is a thing of the past.
I always enjoy your blog and great photos.
Hi Mick thanks for your comments. Yes I miss things as they were in the Sixties too but it was all about to tumble when the NBC stepped in as the BET Group were losing money and Midland Red had already decided that it was no longer financially viable to build it's own buses and people to build them as well as they could find better paid jobs at Longbridge.
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