Walter Alexander didn’t come near Northern Counties in my honest opinion.
@MerseywailКүн бұрын
They do look great lit up at night. The Ribble PD3s exhaust was something I grew up with so is always a pleasure to hear again. Hopefully this year's nocturnal running day will just as good
@AndreiTupolevКүн бұрын
Don't old buses look inviting in the dark with all the lights on. I've only ever ridden in one Leyland Panther, but I was quite impressed with it. Certainly a lot quieter than a Leyland National. And why don't buses now have exhaust notes like at19:15? 👩🌾
@clivebroadhead4381Күн бұрын
Why do London buses have two doors and the ones in Liverpool only one. Is congestion a more important issue in London?
@MerseywailКүн бұрын
@clivebroadhead4381 liverpool did have a period of two door buses but it was relatively short lived. London has higher passenger numbers so the dule door arrangement is supposed to help passenger flow. Though it's at the expense of seating capacity
@user-qq2hh4zm6kКүн бұрын
Liked
@MerseywailКүн бұрын
@@user-qq2hh4zm6k cheers
@AJSAN19712 күн бұрын
Did you get your B10M from Robinson's by any chance?
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@@AJSAN1971 I believe so yes. It's a fairly new vehicle to the Merseyside transport trust at Burscough. Certainly gave us a good round trip
@AJSAN1971Күн бұрын
@@Merseywail I used to work for them and they always looked after their vehicles. She's a fine looking coach.
@MerseywailКүн бұрын
@@AJSAN1971 she is. And a good runner too
@derekporter76582 күн бұрын
A1 to Stevenston, I'll stop at Kilwinning! These A1 Service buses take me back to my childhood in the 1970's and up until June 1980. Then it was Lothian Regional Transport. I remember Ribble and Merseyside buses when I went to Southport for holidays.
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@@derekporter7658 These preserved bus events are a good way of reliving old memories. I remember Southport before Merseyside transport took over the local buses. Their livery very similar to that of St Helens.
@derekporter76582 күн бұрын
@@Merseywail it definitely is! Dunfermline is over the Forth from me, so not too far, might pay it a visit! See if I can board an old A1 Service bus, see if it takes me back to journeys to Saltcoats and Irvine from Kilwinning. As long as it doesn't go anywhere near my ex fiance as she's from Dunfermline!
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@derekporter7658 lol. Definitely worth a vist
@4681302 күн бұрын
I couldn't attend this year ,but your video makes me feel I was there Thanks .
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@@468130 thanks. It was a cracking event. Definitely one I would do again.
@McGrory692 күн бұрын
Get yourself to the Glasgow vintage vehicle trust open weekend in October at the old Bridgeton bus garage with a very large array of buses not seen at the SVBM running through the city via the riverside transport museum, though why have it every year in October with an 80% chance of rain 🤦♂🤦♂
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@McGrory69 if I can I will. I Really enjoyed my day at SVBM
@barrymontgomery4082 күн бұрын
I liked the vintage buses film it was fantastic. He was an actor but reg varney drove a green double decker in the comedy series on the buses. The first bus 34 route in glasgow is environmentally friendly single deckers cover the entire length between castlemilk and govan bus station
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@barrymontgomery408 thanks ! I had heard that reg varney could drive a bus. He did in the films to I believe. We're supposed to be getting zero emissions buses on Merseyside, but they seem a long time coming.
@ClydebridgeStation2 күн бұрын
The SVBM is near to me, being in Fife, and I've attended before. It's actually reckoned to be the biggest bus museum site in Britain, with capacity for 6000 vehicles, and is an ex MOD naval stores site! At 7:47, we see ex Fife Scottish Leyland Leopard PSX 189Y. This was, numerically, the last Leyland Leopard new to Fife Scottish, in 1982, and it was the last Leyland Leopard in service with Stagecoach Fife, being withdrawn in November 1999. Interestingly, there was no special event to mark that last day in service, but for its last day, it was allocated to express services between Leven and Edinburgh, instead of a Volvo B10M-62 coach!
@Merseywail2 күн бұрын
@ClydebridgeStation cheers for the info. It's a fantastic place. It's my first time visiting it & being from Merseyside it was great to see vehicles I don't get to see normally.
@buddmetroliner200gaming33 күн бұрын
Did the LYR and merseyrailway electric units had growling gearboxes
@Merseywail3 күн бұрын
@buddmetroliner200gaming3 never heard them but I imagine they would have
@buddmetroliner200gaming33 күн бұрын
@@Merseywail why is there no LYR or mersey railway electric units saved I wish they were
@Merseywail3 күн бұрын
@buddmetroliner200gaming3 no attempt was made to save an L&Y unit. A mersey railway coach was saved, and was going to be put on display at liverpool museum. Unfortunately there was a fire at Derby works where it was undergoing restoration. And the coach was completely destroyed
@buddmetroliner200gaming33 күн бұрын
@@Merseywail what if we made a replica of the lost carriage
@buddmetroliner200gaming33 күн бұрын
@@Merseywail lyr electric units being scrapped are like no please don't hurt me aahh mersey rail electric unit when it was preserved then lost W H Y Y O U L E F T M E T O B U R N I N A F I R E
@NikEastwood1614 күн бұрын
hi is there another hooton park run this year?
@Merseywail4 күн бұрын
I don't think so. The next Bus event on the Wirral is the Wirral Transport show at Birkenhead, ( the former Wirral bus & tram show)
@jackharrison67718 күн бұрын
I used this network, to cross the Mersey. Very modern with helpful staff.
@Merseywail8 күн бұрын
@@jackharrison6771 it is a popular and well used network
@jackharrison67717 күн бұрын
@@Merseywail It is that. I cant recall how often I/we used it.
@buddmetroliner200gaming310 күн бұрын
My cousin works there
@Merseywail10 күн бұрын
@buddmetroliner200gaming3 at Hooton park ?
@buddmetroliner200gaming310 күн бұрын
@@Merseywail ah yes he dose do that while I just stay at home and play roblox and my xbox my cousin is 44 this month while I'm gonna be 15 next year
@johnbrown909210 күн бұрын
The Germans bombed the hell out of it in the war and it was going to cost around 10 million to rebuild it. I travelled on it many times up to its closure in 1956.
@duncan64914 күн бұрын
Love the custard and cream livery!
@Merseywail14 күн бұрын
@duncan649 it was officially known as Sea green. Odd really, as it is clearly not green, but yellow
@pinknblues114 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for this video. I used this line extensively as a kid, as did many people living on the line. It was full of happy memories. Better days.
@Merseywail14 күн бұрын
@pinknblues1 thanks . It all goes underground now
@duncan64914 күн бұрын
Back in those wonderful days that we were privileged to have witnessed, bus travel was an occasion to savour. This magnificent bus has real poise and elegance. I remember travelling on the Edinburgh Atlanteans rattling over the cobbles of the old city. Nowadays they are just boxes on wheels.
@Merseywail14 күн бұрын
@@duncan649 liverpool switched over the Atlantean in a big way. It was a popular make
@paulmason32918 күн бұрын
Firstly the LOR was a PRIVATE COMPANY. They didnt, or couldnt invest the sums needed to upgrade . The figure of £2 million was quoted but dont forget this was 1956 prices, nowadays more like £100 million. That sum would have been needed for other council services. The. city council could not afford to bail out a private company and the Conservative government refused to nationalise the LOR pointing to the parallel Liverpool -Southport line which was also s an early electric venture dating from 1902. Liverpool Corporation decided to buy 50 new buses and start a new bus route 1, and 1A-1E between Dingle and Seaforh but the roads in Dingle were in need of reusuf ac ing as the Victorian cobbles would have damaged buses. Not only that but buses had to climb Dingle Mount where the LOR had a tunnel . Liverpool was also having to replace trams at the same time. The LOR needed investment. The docks were also changing to and shipping moved north up river and the docks south of Pier Head gradually ran down. closing after the bankruptcy of the Meraey Docks and Harbour Board The LOR could only with patching lasted until 1970as shipping declined. Much is made of the tourist potential but even the Mersey Ferries spend much of the year sailing with more crew than passengers in the winter months The vista of derelict docks wod not have been appraling to tourists, not too many years after the closure there would have been little shipping to see, especially when the Atlantic liners ceased in the early 1970s. The dock labour was whittled away fron 20000 to a few hundred by the end of the 20th century . More people drive cabs than there are sailors and dock workers nowadays Even I as a child in the 1960s had to be told by my father about the LORs existence as no trace remained. The MD and HB railway closed in 1973 after the company went bust I do eemember the railway line but by my childhood few trains ever ran south of Pier Head by then. Sadly when I was born the LOR was being demolished and the trams had gone Born too late for two pillars of Liverpool transport history.
@Merseywail18 күн бұрын
@@paulmason329 unfortunately despite all the facts.that you have stated here. And the reality of the history of the overhead railway that I have presented in this video. We will still get people blaming the wrong targets for the closure. Mostly Liverpool City Council. Which is constantly & wrongly blamed for it's demise.
@mikeg329321 күн бұрын
Thank you, I really enjoyed that, brought lots of memories back!
@Merseywail21 күн бұрын
@mikeg3293 thanks. Are you the guy that used to work down there that commented on billys liverpool of yesterday Facebook page?
@04nbodАй бұрын
They didn't save any of the brown plastic cladding? Oh no, what a shame! I was really interested in the posters they found under Hamilton Square when they did the renovation
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@04nbod no, non of the cladding was saved despite a request by liverpool museums for some examples. They had planned an exhibit featuring them to tell the story of merseyrail & the underground railway.
@chrisberry9017Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for producing this fascinating video! I have a feeling that there’s some ‘binge watching’ coming on. I lived in Crosby until I was 21, then moved to Loughborough,where I quickly found the GCR, which is a frequent visiting place. We are so very blessed to have such a wonderful facility on our doorstep! I’ve always loved steam traction, and can still remember ‘steamers’ coming into Lime Street Station!
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@@chrisberry9017 thank you. I live not far from where you did . Am now in Litherland before that Bootle. The Great central is a fantastic line, was there again recently at the Quorn bus rally
@NostalgiaFromMyChildhoodАй бұрын
I am absolutely fascinated by this video. Such a thorough insight into the underground loop system that I love and grew up using. Though I think the advancements of the network, refurbished stations and new trains are great, I really miss the old school dark and dingy feel the whole system had back in the 2000’s. The old trains being suspended from service is a huge loss. I’ll never forget the sounds of the old trains. Everything down to the DC motor sound and the clicking sound the trains would make when stopped at each station. The older trains definitely had just a slightly mustier smell to them as well, compared to the new trains. I’ll also never forget the old platforms as well. I have memories going back to when I was a kid, attempting to sit on the old brown seats, integrated into the brown walls. I found it almost impossible to keep myself seated on those seats, as I remember I kept almost sliding off the seats because of the way they were designed. So much was covered in this video, all of which I find has been covered so thoroughly. But I have a couple of questions related to a couple of more minor things featured in the underground stations. First one is about the removal of 1 escalator at Hamilton Square and another at Lime Street. I’m wondering whether or not you know roughly when they were converted to become steps. Second question is about the big banks of the larger lifts at Hamilton Square and James Street. Not including the smaller lifts that go directly to the platforms. Looking at the floor plans/blueprints featured in this video, it looks as if both Hamilton Square and James Street each used to have 6 main lifts, instead of the 4 found in both stations today. Was this the case? Also were the main lifts at each of these stations refurbished to become self-operational around the time of the loop opening in the late 70’s? I ask this because I know they were originally operated by an operator, from looking at pictures of the old lifts at these stations. Also because I can’t find much information anywhere about the lifts at Hamilton Square and James Street. I know this is a very specific question which is a very minor part of the loop development, but my curiosity has got the better of me.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@NostalgiaFromMyChildhood thanks for the comments and questions. As you can probably tell by the video, I am also fascinated by our underground system. Am assuming the old trains you mention are the 507 & 508s. Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember the ones before them. The late 1930s built 502 & 503s. Indeed so much so that I am involved with the class 502 preservation trust restoring the last northern line 502. In regards to the escalators at Hamilton square and lime street. They haven't been removed, they were never installed in the first place. During the underground construction There was an economic crisis, (nothing changes), & cuts to public finances were ordered by the government in an attempt to save money. The situation at lime street was that the main escalator was to run all the way down to the platform. This was cut short to the situation we have today. It didn't save anything as where the landing is the rock was badly fractured. And it required costly stabilisation & support. Other example proposals lost were the Travelater (a flat escalator) to old hall street. And more significantly, the cancellation of the north & south outer loops. The original lifts at James St & Hamilton square were 3 sets of very large hydraulic operated lifts & one set of stairs to the surface booking hall. At James St, there's also the water st exit & at Hamilton Square, there is the shore Rd exit. Both are accessed by steep ramps. The shore Rd exit is now just used in emergencies. James St hydralic tower was destroyed by a bomb in 1941. The lifts at both stations were replaced by electric ones, though I need to research the exact date for that. If you're interested in the early days of the underground, there is two other videos that might interest you :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYvHiJ6arJeJbMUsi=q6wudmkKMYjBV90u kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5fHhWOigtx9oM0si=BfLM_OFFZjlbhcfg
@NostalgiaFromMyChildhoodАй бұрын
@@Merseywail That’s cool, It’ll be interesting to see the result of the restoration project when it’s finished. Interesting that the additional escalator wasn’t ever built, especially at Hamilton Square. Because there’s the 1 escalator that got built. But it fascinates me that they installed the rubber hand belts for the second escalator, but put normal stairs in place of where the moving escalator steps would have been installed, if they went ahead with the original plan. Yeah I’ve used the water Street exit a few times at James Street, I’m glad they’ve retained the old feel to it. I did actually have to use the exit to Shore Road at Hamilton Square once as well, that was last year, that was because all 4 lifts were out of service. That was fun. The travelator idea would have been cool to see if it went ahead. If it was to link up with Old Hall street, was it meant for Moorfields Station? It’s cool how the previous older lifts were so huge. So if there were originally 3 even bigger lifts, I’m guessing it would have been 2 where the 4 are now, then 1 in the abandoned shaft next to the stairwell. But yeah, seems like a bit of a mystery as to when they were first replaced to be electrified button-operated lifts. And yes I’ll check out those videos, thanks.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@NostalgiaFromMyChildhood the escalator at central, also suffers from the legacy of government funding cuts. The second set has always only one up escalator. It was widened during the station upgrades. I've yet to do the Shore Rd exit myself. Hopefully, I will.. the Travelater was to link Moorfields to old hall street.. I would think the James St lifts would have gone electric by 1942/3, seeing as the originals were destroyed. The class 502 restoration is coming on well. This video shows some of the latest work.kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6ecdYaFZ7VqmM0si=XiEE-NHSECaVd8Eq The open day scheduled for this Sunday has unfortunately been cancelled by the organisers the Merseyside transport trust. It's very disappointing for us as we wanted to show the public the completed driving trailer
@NostalgiaFromMyChildhoodАй бұрын
@@Merseywail Thanks for the info, and it’s a shame that the open day got cancelled. Hopefully it will resurface.
@Andrewjg_89Ай бұрын
I have been on some of those old coaches when I was young and when I was at school. Including when going out on a day trip.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@AndrewG1989 me too. I used to love a day trip on the old coaches. Luckily I occasionally get the chance to do day trips on old coaches . Being a member of various preservation groups.
@Andrewjg_89Ай бұрын
Some very nice buses with colourful liveries on them.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
Good to see different liverys than usual one I see in the north West
@Andrewjg_89Ай бұрын
Very nice vintage buses. My Grandad used to love riding on them when he was young. And he used to take pictures of old buses back in his days.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@@Andrewjg_89 some really nice ones at Beamish. Well worth a visit
@michaelobrien9825Ай бұрын
BEAMISH AN ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE IF YOU ARE IN THE LOCAL AREA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE THINGS FROM THIS PERIOD IN TIME.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@michaelobrien9825 I totally agree. It's a fantastic place. One I would definitely recommend. I could spend several days there. It's a place I would definitely volunteer at if I was local
@michaelobrien9825Ай бұрын
@@Merseywail I'M THE SAME, BUT TO FAR AWAY, LIVING IN SCOTLAND.
@davefrench3608Ай бұрын
Superb, been years since I was last there. Shame no trolleybuses running though, there were 2 in the garage and plenty of overhead up. Would have been ideal
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@@davefrench3608 it would have been good to see them out. My first visit to Beamish. Hope to go again as I didn't get to see everything in the time we had. Wonderful place though
@AndreiTupolevАй бұрын
Nice ride in the very early National. It always makes a change to see one in municipal livery. Considering the engines were designed to be thrown away went they went wrong, they haven't done too badly!
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@AndreiTupolev I must admit I wasn't a fan of the national when it first came out. My late parents always insisted on sitting at the front end. Being small back then I couldn't see out the window. Now of course I sit at the back over the glorious noisy engine
@user-cn4rg2bs4pАй бұрын
thanks for bringing your coach to our local show. had a trip to Nailsworth at a table. As a retired coach driver was good for someone else to drive. Caroline
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@@user-cn4rg2bs4p cheers glad you enjoyed the trip. It's always good to go to theses shows . It's great to be able to have the coach take part in these events too. Giving others the opportunity to ride vehicles that they might not get to see locally.
@kennethmain4460Ай бұрын
Superb video, once again. It was a great trip and a most enjoyable day. Travelled in style thanks to Steve on the Crosville RE.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
Thank Ken. It was a really enjoyable day. The Crosville RE was a great way to travel there. Took me back to my youth, long long ago
@davidsumner4335Ай бұрын
Was that Neil Scales I saw on the Sunderland tram? (Old Merseytravel joke) 😊
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@davidsumner4335 didn't he go to Australia? Could be worse. It could have been Lewis Leslie & his flaming tram, (quite literally)
@davidsumner4335Ай бұрын
Off topic, the bank on the main street came from Southport.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
Yes I believe so. Or part of it , the banks former vault. I didn't get the chance to look around there.
@flippop101Ай бұрын
Excellent video and much appreciated!
@MerseywailАй бұрын
Thank you, great place to visit
@2002barneyfАй бұрын
Interesting video with a cracking selection of buses from the 1920's to the 1960's - I have been to the Black Country Museum at Dudley which has a similar atmosphere and really must go to Beamish one of these days. Nice to see Blackpool tram 31 which is a rebuilt 'Marton Box' car dating originally from 1901 and rebuilt in the 1920's. South Shields 140 is a Daimler CCG6 (quite a rare type compared to the more usual CVG) and the Darlington bus you have shown is a similar type but with a 5 cylinder engine instead of 6 - both have classic Roe bodywork. Lovely!
@MerseywailАй бұрын
It is a great place. I only scratched the surface with the limited time we had there. Perhaps we should have had a more modern coach than the Crossville RE. That would have got us there quicker. But not as much fun.
@tomfreeman650Ай бұрын
I live off Wango lane ,when i first moved up there i would take the dog around the back of Aintree racecourse,,canal turn. there was all large space next to the Kirkby line with lots of what looked like Railway building all demolished. was this some sort of goods yard back in the day ?
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@@tomfreeman650 that would be Fazakerley sidings. There would have been buildings there associated with the railway
@AndreiTupolevАй бұрын
Didn't even relatively small places like Morecambe & Heysham and Lytham St Anne's have some splendid liveries
@MerseywailАй бұрын
You're quite correct. There was a sense of civic & company pride in the turnout of bus fleets back in the day.
@solutionfinance-zv9muАй бұрын
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@glosbusspotter7561Ай бұрын
Thanks for spotting us at 8:53!
@jonhunter8737Ай бұрын
My mates dad had a coach company and his favourite coach was a Leyland Leopard with Duple coachwork. It was as smooth as silk!!!
@MerseywailАй бұрын
The MPTE coach is owned by one of the Merseyside Transport Trusts main committee members. It is a great performer & always a pleasure to attend events with it.
@AussiePomАй бұрын
The B&W photo of Mersey tank loco "Liverpool", that loco ended up in Australia. After the locos were retired from Mersey Railway service they were sent to Beyer Peacock who overhauled them and removed the condensing equipment. The Major, Liverpool Connaught and Gladstone were bought by John Brown a mining magnate who had a large private colliery railway system called the Richmond Vale Railway. The Mersey tank locos were numbered 5,6,7 and 8. Number 5 lasted the longest ending her days at the Hexham depot where she was in use as a buffer stop. All the locos on that railway came from England including 13 ROD's of which three still survive the last one dropping it's fire for the final time in 1973. The loco had a long a varied career having served in France in WW1. Unlike the preserved ROD the RVR ROD's were never altered from their Great Central design. The RVR used steam right to the end in June 1987.
@MerseywailАй бұрын
Thanks for the information on the ex Mersey railway locos. The Major & Cecil Raikes are preserved. Though Cecil Raikes is in the care of Liverpool museums its sadly not on public display
@AussiePomАй бұрын
@@Merseywail The Major out here isn't fit for display as it's a rusty brown colour.
@AussiePomАй бұрын
@@Merseywail Here's a video filmed in 1987 on the Richmond Vale Railway and it's history kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGGxh3l6jZlparMsi=MEuBZzBM084XzeIv
@MerseywailАй бұрын
@@AussiePom that's a real shame. Cecil Raikes was briefly on display outside. But it deserves a place in a museum. We have a lot of items hidden away in store that should be on view to the public.
@AussiePomАй бұрын
@@Merseywail Well that's what happens here when a museum is run by the state. It wasn't always run by the state but all the engines that ran on the state's rail system were given to the museum under a deed of gift arrangement whereby the state retained ownership but the upkeep and day to day maintenance was down to the museum. Then the state decided to muscle in and take over the whole operation. The Major was bought by museum members so they own it but the state isn't interested in private railway exhibits and the Major has been left outside to rot. The side tanks look like Swiss cheese for there's that many holes in them.
@georgemason40832 ай бұрын
That ran on the Ribble L3 route, Crosby to Skelhorne Street, Liverpool for a few times. Was on it a couple of times going to school. They also ran a Royal Tiger on that route for a few times. Nice to see a well restored Atlantean, well done. Ex. Leland Bus employee now expat in Florida.
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
Thanks!, I never knew that. No doubt on loan to Ribble for test before they ordered a batch. Ribble weren't happy with the Atlantean at first & the next bus order they went back to the full front PD3s
@georgemason40832 ай бұрын
@@Merseywail Leyland used to try their protypes or new vehicles with various operators, Fishwicks were always popular as they were based in Leyland
@MerseyTransport2 ай бұрын
Fabulous to attend this event! Also apparently the driver of 3163 at the event got scolded at for some apparent reason
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
It was a good event, the guys at Kirkby always put a good show on. Am not aware of any issues happening
@MerseyTransport2 ай бұрын
@@Merseywail indeed
@THIRV2 ай бұрын
Fabulous set of photos. Wonderful to see, bringing back memories for me of when I was a kid, and the trains were more like these types. I never know for sure which ones were which, but I’m talking of 1974 to the mid 80s, whatever units were running between the wirral and Liverpool during that period. I just loved the sights, sounds and even the smells of the trains and the underground back then. The rattle of the train, the fabric seats, the flickering lamps, the wooden panels in the carriages, etc. The modern trains may be more efficient, cleaner, quieter etc, and perhaps the memory cheats, but I’d love to experience the 70s units and atmosphere of the trips back then. Thanks for these photos.
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comments. Your memories mirror mine. I too used to enjoy trips on the underground. Only I used to travel the opposite direction. Getting on at the old central underground before the loop. More often for trips to New Brighton. I well remember whilst sat on the return train at New Brighton the way the lights would dim then suddenly brighten up again. I now know this because somewhere on the line a train was accelerating. Although I thought the new loop & link was great I miss the old "mersey" underground
@THIRV2 ай бұрын
@@Merseywail brilliant mate! New Brighton, wow, depending when you went, an experience, one way or another. In the very old days it looked stunning. 70s to 90s it looked, run down? but when ive been recently a lot has been done to clean up the sea and river front, bars, restaurants, etc. If it gained the funding for a new tower and a pier for the mersey ferry loop, it would be a tourist honeypot again.....and yes, those flickering lamps, i didnt know, it depended on how much elec was getting through! a passing train etc. Great! cheers.
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
@@THIRV it has turned round in recent years. Doubt it will ever as good as it was in it's hayday. I remember it mostly the late 60s early 70s. It lost a lot when the pier & ferry went
@THIRV2 ай бұрын
@@Merseywail absolutely. We can only dream of a new pier and the return of the ferry. It would bring tourists back, via the ferry. And a new tower would be the icon of Merseyside. But of course, it’ll never happen either as you say mate.
@tangerinedream72112 ай бұрын
Was planning to attend, but a house viewing turned up at the last minute. Hope to go to the nocturnal running day .😉. Thanks for the upload .
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
You missed a good day, sadly. The nocturnal event is good especially after It gets dark. Very atmospheric
@seanhedley80282 ай бұрын
Beautiful Bus and so ahead of it’s time. Nobody can do it like us !
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
So true.
@paulmason3292 ай бұрын
Isnt it a bit of a risk running precious preserved buses after dark? Too easy a target for the brick brigade I fear!
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
There's never been any issues before. The route does avoid known trouble areas
@paulmason3292 ай бұрын
@@Merseywail I'm glad that is the case and long may that be so but if I owned a preserved bus it would be daytime only!
@user-fn2ee1di3c2 ай бұрын
Hi i'm viatron from Sheffield, well I like to see a 1950 Crossley SD42/7 half cab forward entrance single deck bus from Southport Corporation making it's very first outing on the old Southport Corporation bus routes around the seaside resort & prolapse you might make a very special vintage bus video about it, because I like to see a vintage 1950 Crossley DD42/7 half cab single deck bus run a very special circular tour when it finally comes out. Thank you for your co-operation on this very special Crossley bus subject from David Viatron Esquire of crookes in Sheffield.
@Merseywail2 ай бұрын
Am not 100 % sure that the Merseyside Transport Trust has one of those in their collection. Have to say it's something that would be very interesting to see though. I would have to check what they have
@Kurisu872 ай бұрын
The Northumbria ‘liver bus’ coach 3000, had a bit of a mishap on the way back from pagemoss at the small bus way at Stockbridge. It managed to get wedged on the mirror of an arriva going in the opposite direction. Whoops.