1960's Trolley Buses Huddersfield

Newcastle Trolley Buses circa 1960's
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[@peterfawcett9969]

Splendid. I remember getting them outside the George hotel down Leeds road in the 1960s.

[@85waspnest]

WOW, this is exactly as I remember Huddersfield while growing up in the 1960s. Thanks for posting this gem.

[@tominnis8353]

Happy days! Wonderful to see so few cars. Thanks for uploading.

[@xxxxxxxxxxhardy]

Lovely memories of riding these buses to Crosland Moor in the 1950s to my great grandparents home

[@GLH8]

4:43 before the ‘old’ sports centre was built!

[@vincentdorrington9312]

Bravo - the first part of this film shows the trollry bus coming down Leeches Hill into Outlane.

[@bobbyshafto3259]

Thanks for posting...this is priceless....When it was nice to live in Huddersfield (it's changed catastrophically since then).

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Is it safe at night?

[@garywinterbottom6073]

It was I'm born n bred huddersfield and its gone to the dogs last 10 years or so the bloody council are to blame mainly but la k of investment from government also hasn't helped such a shame it was great in the 70s and 80s. Even the 90s .😢

[@unclejohn11]

Great footage 👍

[@suesmith4366]

Loved watching this great memories 😎

[@nickbannister775]

Memories, for 2 shillings as a 10 year old on school holiday I travelled from Keldregate (Bradley) to Golcar return, these buses were years ahead of their time though nobody could see it or didn’t want to, Beeching and Marples comes to mind along with short sighted governments.

[@johnpirie4804]

Marples was a tax evading crook who wanted people to drive on the motorways built by his civil engineering company, Marples Ridgeway. Trolley buses had to rely on overhead power lines that made their operation inflexible, that's why they were phased out. Today electric buses are back, powered by battery technology which is far more advanced that the lead acid batteries that were only available in the trolley bus era.

[@richbrown8174]

I believe the trolly buses ran on DC and when going down hill regenerated power back into the overhead lines Battery buses have the disadvantages of carrying a nearby battery round with them at all times

[@tominnis8353]

The trolleybuses never actually ran to Golcar, of course. The nearest they managed were along Manchester Road and the Longwood route.

[@tominnis8353]

​@@richbrown8174Correct. Very environmentally friendly! All we do now is talk about that and no real action.

[@nickbannister775]

@@tominnis8353 that’s right. Although it was a long long time ago the Manchester Road buses headboard would say Outlane, though Sadly I cannot remember the Longwoods headboard. I was temporarily living in Golcar before moving to Bradley for a short while. Still having worked in Europe and seen modern trams and a few trolleys at work they look and feel brilliant, Blackpool is a good example of what a good tram should be like.

[@Steven_Rowe]

I remember London Trolleybuses but was nearly 9 when rhet finished. The only trolleybuse i got to see after that was Maidstone and Reading but did seesome Hudderfield trolleys in 1967. Its rather odd now they want battery buses or light rail which is a fancy na,e for trams, well if the trolleybuses werent as flexible as diesel buses then why do they want trams that require rails and overhead wires.

[@tremsoff]

First part of this footage is Huddersfield.

[@the8mmfilmarchive327]

Thanks James , I will be amending the name and writing a detail shot list as I discover more info

[@tremsoff]

@@the8mmfilmarchive327 great stuff. was a terrific clip. I'm a trolley bus enthusiast living in New Zealand, so pleased to see the clip.