This video shows Walsall Trolleybuses and corrects "Walsall Trolleybuses" at • Video which has sound missing in the video.
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@martinomelbourne27143 жыл бұрын
Wow a real blast from the past of Walsall in the sixties where I grew up. Even got Bloxwich Road where I lived. A far cry from Melbourne Australia where I live now. Good memories.
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
Any trams or trolleybuses in Australia?
@martinomelbourne27143 жыл бұрын
@@TheRichardSpearman Trams yes.
@peterwilliamallen10632 жыл бұрын
Most of this was in the 1970's not sixties when the WMPTE were getting rid of the Trolley Buses
@quietman2672 Жыл бұрын
In the stills section at the end @ 25.06. Thh lad standing at the bus stop with the blonde hair is my best childhood mate David Curl. He lived at 19 Keats Road, I was born and lived directly opposite at 24 Keats Road. The bus stop is at the top of Walker Road, Blakenall. Just before the island on Harden Road. Must have stood at that bus stop a 1000 times in our child hood, we were always going somewhere. Downtown, going to watch the Saddlers, going to babysit for his sister who lived in the flats up Paddock. Millsum House. Going swimming down the Gala, down the Arboretum, happy days , 55+years ago. 😢😢
@edwinthompson6510 Жыл бұрын
Quite Man hey there i was born in 1941 in Shelfield not there any longer,,,,, but fond memories thankyou,,,,Ed
@WilliamSmith-mx6ze Жыл бұрын
As this video shows, every Walsall trolleybus came with its own brass band. Here we see number 732 passing through Pleck carrying the Brighouse & Rastrick, followed by number 459 in Birchills with the Black Dyke Mills Band on board.
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
A superb video, from the mid 1960s I would estimate. The buses were not festooned with advertising, and the cars looked 100% UK manufactured.
@harryboy3305 Жыл бұрын
And Walsall was white
@callookghia8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant !! I grew up there in the 60s and 70s. This is the best old footage I've seen of the area, takes me right back :). Priceless . Thanks .
@manchestertart56149 ай бұрын
My friend and l stood with her mother on Stafford Street,to watch the last Trolley bus go back to the bus station,they lived at the back of the Doctors Surgery next to Pelari’s ice cream and sweet shop.Sadly neither are there anymore.
@JohnMitch Жыл бұрын
Loved them old trolly buses, had them in my home town Bradford til 1972
@catofong690527 күн бұрын
Spent my early years growing up in the West Midlands (Stafford /Stoke sort of area) although sadly never got to know Walsall particularly, looked like a nice place from this film though. So pleased that some forward-thinking people took the time to capture it on film, and the trolleybuses, although presumably now largely extinct across the entire country. I could spend ages watching footage like this, and frequently do to be fair (!). Thanks for posting ❤
@gallitron78035 жыл бұрын
Where did it all go wrong for this once great town..?
@MrJackandy1233 жыл бұрын
Its called joining the EU and immigration sir or madam love you all stay safe.....peace.
@mrrolandlawrence3 жыл бұрын
dim wits getting rid of clean, cheap electric power for public transit replacing it with dirty diesel. also politicians like eden decimating the value of the pound in just days never to recover. most of the policies are short term with long term costs. quantitive easing. biggest wealth transfer in british history. etc etc..
@_Ali.3 жыл бұрын
I literally said “bet 1 of the replies will be either Europe or Jonny Foreigners” & low and behold, someone said it, it’s the foreigners fault. Not any specific one, just all of them 😂 Ok, so how many “foreigners” are in Goscot, Ryecroft, Beechdale, Coalpool... what’s the issues there because I remember not too long ago Ryecroft being named as the worst estate in the UK to live... Stop blaming others, get off your fat, racist, xenophobic arse and improve your surroundings.
@imogenimeson6642 жыл бұрын
@@_Ali. Bullshit, and do you live in Walsall?! I bet you don't!.Andrew is so right.
@_Ali.2 жыл бұрын
@@imogenimeson664 how much do you want to bet? Your caravan that you live in or your self respect? Well you can’t bet that cuz you dont have much. Was born and raised, and still live in Walsall. Born in the old Sister Dora hospital just before it closed and moved to the Manor. So your next point is...
@captainc66714 жыл бұрын
Took me right back to my childhood and teens, riding in those magnificent machines. Quiet, pollution free. Strange how they would be ideal for these now eco-concious times. You really don't know what you've lost till it's gone. Wonderful shots of old Walsall. Very well put together. Any more out there?
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
.... til it is gone. Very true. Of course, trolley buses still operate in many parts of the world; like trams, it was only in the UK that they were closed down completely.
@andrewfox47893 жыл бұрын
Thankyou, the best 25 minutes of lockdown 2021 yet & the music; spot on!
@1914rene7 жыл бұрын
Just discovered this gem ! lived in Ryecroft/Coalpool, use to have a Tarzan rope under the last bridge by the Sandhills, just b4 Mill lane. near the monkey hills, anyone remember the old Kendrick House..? opposite the Coalpool Tavern.! Brilliant takes me right back. Cheers.
@highflyer18784 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video of the good old days . 👍
@stephenkirby69833 жыл бұрын
Not only the Sunbeam F4a's but lots of other thinks sneak in too - Standerwick Atlantean, Karrier and then the trucks and vans
@beebussing32024 жыл бұрын
Crazy to see my street 50+ years ago
@recollectmodels16083 жыл бұрын
The ex-Birmingham yellow and blue buses were sent to Walsall to replace the trolleybuses. At over 20 years old, they were older than the trolleys they replaced.
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
Amazing; I have never heard of a replacementt transport sytem using vehicles that were older than the ones they replaced.
@peterwilliamallen10632 жыл бұрын
@@TheRichardSpearman They were replaced by the Ex Birmingham City Transport Buses that were displaced from Birmingham by newer Fleetline Buses by the new WMPTE which did not want to run clapped out old Trolly Buses, at the time the WMPTE took over in 1969, Walsall had the most outdated bus fleet in the WMPTE.
@rolandharmer6402 Жыл бұрын
Not only older, but looked older, were noisier, were smellier and didn’t accelerate nor run as smoothly as the trolleys there replaced!
@susanthompson6053 Жыл бұрын
I miss the trollies a memory from my childhood 💖
@WebbysWalks3 жыл бұрын
Some great footage there, Thank you. trying to see what parts in this video I can recognise.
@user-ce5sq1re2l11 күн бұрын
Lovely Walsall trolleybuses.
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
Was kid living Beechdale estate, Edison Road, in the 60's, so recognise many streets.
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
In fact didn't leave Walsall till 2006.
@MrJackandy1233 жыл бұрын
Never changed since one after one on the 301 runs.
@dennisspinkshappyforbusker25232 жыл бұрын
Nice local nostalgia ❤️👌
@mick52964 жыл бұрын
And now the new idea is to modernize road transport by using electric powered vehicals, how novel!
@adjo823 жыл бұрын
Yeap, the future was in the past. How ironic
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
... like rebuilding the tram system some 80 years after it was dismantled...... but only in Britain. Trams continued to thrive in other countries
@johnwall88626 күн бұрын
I remember going on trolley buses happy days
@nt004b93924 жыл бұрын
What an interesting video ,Thank you .
@martynproctor15764 жыл бұрын
Pollution free buses, don't you just love modern technology
@johnfiore93903 жыл бұрын
Electricity produced was from burning coal so not population free.... as for modern technology electric now in the uk in not made from burning coal so population free. Got to love modern technology
@edwinthompson6510 Жыл бұрын
@@johnfiore9390 nit-pickin
@johnfiore9390 Жыл бұрын
@@edwinthompson6510 just stating the fact
@tominnis83532 жыл бұрын
Now we have noisy, smelly diesel buses.
@recram16 Жыл бұрын
8:12 anyone recognise this to be Stafford Street?
@quietman2672 Жыл бұрын
That is Pratts Bridge on Bloxwich Road. The pub it is going past is The Bridge. It goes on to become Stafford Street less than a mile down the road near the junction of Hospital St on the right and Proffit St to the left.
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
@@quietman2672 Instantly recognisable. As kids would walk from Birchills to Butts to visit our grandparents.
@Ivan-tf9bo4 ай бұрын
Never knew that used to be a pub now a care home
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
18:00 this is about 1970, council started building style of house in background late 60's.
@angelacooper26618 ай бұрын
I was born that year and obviously don't remember the trolleybuses (the last service ran in October - yours truly a four month old baby in the pram!)
@user-bw2sl7ht5r9 ай бұрын
I remember this
@user-kh4ih3bp9y Жыл бұрын
I bet 7:39 it's a building where Don Powell lived in Slade In Flame movie!
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
9:06 just going out of Beechdale, uncle lived just on the right. Was a pub left, called the Lantern?
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
Makes me sad and nostalgic.
@lmogden110 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO
@bigmeltie13 ай бұрын
What colour was the livery? It looks absolutely grim in black and white!
@flybobbie1449 Жыл бұрын
5:45 Walsall power station, my old infant and primary school on the left, in fact looks like mothers waiting for kids.
@TheSteelweasel3 жыл бұрын
powered by coal , bring back coal its great stuff . and all the cars made in the UK .
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I do not see a definitely 100% foreign car anywhere; or did I miss one?
@edwinthompson6510 Жыл бұрын
@@TheRichardSpearman No they were all still in Japan and Germany who won WW2
@johnfiore93903 жыл бұрын
7.30 where was that please anyone know
@AndyReggae673 жыл бұрын
Bloxwich road and that's leamore primary school opposite and the red telephone box is at the junction of green lane.And then you see it go through Bloxwich high street
@johnfiore93903 жыл бұрын
@@AndyReggae67 thank you buddy
@pwillia88645 жыл бұрын
Love the video but it would be better without the music
@TheRichardSpearman3 жыл бұрын
I liked the music..... totally appropriate. Glad there was no commentary.