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  • The Right Bus For ‘Green’ Land

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    Ralph Adam “AS AN ENERGY-storage system for a bus, a tank of diesel takes some beating: it is compact, fits whatever shape is available, providing plenty of operating range. And, crucially, the up-front cost is modest… Finding an equally convenient means of storing electrical energy on a hybrid bus is not nearly so simple.” That’s…

  • Lower Mosley Street Manchester – Part 3

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    Neville Mercer To read Part 1 click here or Part 2 click here The South Side To the south of Great Bridgewater Street things were less precise. The central “island” shelter carried signs indicating stands 18-21, but as far as I can remember there were no destination signs. Generally speaking the area to the west…

  • Lower Mosley Street Manchester – Part 2

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    Neville Mercer Not read Part 1 Click here The modern era The declaration of war in September 1939 brought a temporary end to the expansion of services from Lower Mosley Street. Most services were suspended for the duration although the Bradford via Halifax service and the number 6 to Glossop continued to run at a…

  • Lower Mosley Street Manchester – Part 1

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    Neville Mercer North Western’s 237 (CDB 237), a 1949 Leyland PD2/1 with Leyland L53R bodywork, is seen awaiting departure for Macclesfield in the middle lane of the western roadway. Behind it is the main building of the bus station, and in the background the enormous train-shed of Central Station. The roof of the shelter for…

  • Right on the Button

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    Michael Kerrigan Now back in nineteen seventy, when I was ne’r but twentyI had call for swift employment, as was bestLeaving College prematurely, it was only proper surelyAs my love life had given birth to an extra quest With wife and baby on the way, food, clothes and rent to have to payResponsibilities quickly piled…

  • Non London Transport RTs

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    Peter (Editor) & Chris Hebbron This is not so much an article but more for reference. A while ago the following question from Chris Hebbron appeared on the ‘Q&As’ page of this site. “Having seen the AEC Regent III RT of Birmingham Corporation on this site, it made me wonder about the circumstances of the…

  • The Metalcraft Story 1946-1954 – Part Two

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    Neville Mercer Not read Part One click here The listing which follows includes 102 of the approximately 110 complete PSV bodies produced by Metalcraft, and is intended to stimulate further research. If you can add any of the “missing” vehicles please get in touch via the Old Bus Photos website. I am also working on…

  • The Metalcraft Story 1946-1954 – Part One

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    Neville Mercer By 1945, after six years of warfare, the nation’s bus and coach fleets were in desperate need of renewal or replacement. PSV production during the years of the conflict had been limited, by and large, to two types of vehicle – a double-decker available in highbridge or lowbridge forms (initially on Guy Arab…

  • Bradford by the Sea – Part One

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    John Whitaker A brief history of Morecambe and Heysham Corporation Transport. When I was nobbut a very young lad, we used to go on holiday to Morecambe or Bridlington, as did most Bradfordians. My memories of such holidays in Morecambe go back to the late war years, when my Dad was still in the Army,…

  • Bradford by the Sea – Part Two

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    John Whitaker To read Part One, click here. The Morecambe Tramways Company worked a standard gauge horse tramway from Strawberry Gardens in Heysham, to East View, Morecambe. An extension to Bare was built by the Corporation in 1898, but operated by the Company. The Morecambe section, east of the Battery, was purchased by the Corporation…