Shooting the Past
Welcome to Shooting the Past [a name taken from the brilliant drama written & produced by Stephen Poliakoff in 1999]. It contains mainly black & white photos from all parts of the UK, many of which have been kindly donated by John Heighway [©jh]. Some, such as the File series, have been moved here from my UK Buses Gallery for completeness. Thanks for taking the time to view the site and I hope you enjoyed looking through the photos of buses from the 60's and early 70's.
Top Photographs This Month
0025 660900 London Victoria [jh].jpg   Standerwick 'Gay Hostess' 25 (SFV421) at London Victoria in September 1966. This is a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Weymann CH34/16Ft body  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (54)
0305 [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (45)
0025 Birmingham [jh].jpg     Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (43)
0026 Burnley [jh].jpg   Taken at Burnley Depot are Ribble 814 (ARN814C) and a pair of Standerwick vehicles - 733 (TRN733) and 26 (VFR368)  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (39)
0161 Blackpool [jh].jpg   161 (LFR570) at Blackpool is a Leyland Tiger Cub with Burlingham body  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (34)
0056 London (Victoria) [jh].jpg   Caught at Victoria in London is former Standerwick 56 (LRN56J)  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (33)
1004 Keswick.jpg   The first of four Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Burlingham Seagull C41F body dating from 1958. Taken in Keswick is 1004 (LCK718)  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (31)
0211 Lancaster.jpg     Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (30)
Primrose 9900PT [jh].jpg     North East Independent  (27)
10 0247.0250.0251 690000 Formby.jpg   In the late 60's a delivery firm based in Formby brought a great many NBC vehicles destined for north west operations. Here we see four Ribble RE's and two Crosville coaches. Three of the RE’s can be identified as 247,250 & 251 [HRN247/50/1G].  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (26)
11 Bamber Bridge 06[GTJ955].jpg     The BBMS File  (26)
12 Bamber Bridge 08[661KTJ].jpg     The BBMS File  (25)
13 Primrose 9553PT [jh].jpg     North East Independent  (25)
14 1005 Heysham.jpg   At Heysham is 1005 (LCK719) one of the two vehicles allocated to Southport  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (24)
15 0252 690000 Formby.jpg   On delivery in 1969 at Formby is Bristol RELL / ECW dual door 252 (HRN252G)  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (24)
16 Primrose 4020PT [jh].jpg     North East Independent  (23)
17 320 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (22)
18 1010 Southport.jpg   Caught at home in Southport Bus Station is the other Cub 1010 (LCK724)  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (21)
19 0683 St David's.jpg   At St Davids is Western Welsh 683 [PBO683]  Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (21)
20 281 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (20)
21 0512 640700 Tenby Railway Station.jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (20)
22 GTE856 [jh].jpg     Lancashire United Transport  (20)
23 Rochdale.jpg   An AEC Regent with Weymann H33/28R body of Rochdale Corporation  Rochdale Corporation Transport  (19)
24 233 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (19)
25 234 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (19)
26 275 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (19)
27 260.242 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (19)
28 0976.0974.0977.0971 [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (19)
29 Primrose 130DPT [jh].jpg     North East Independent  (19)
30 0774 Southport.jpg   A unique vehicle in the Ribble fleet was 774 (ACK774B) a Leyland Panther PSUR1/2RT with Marshall DP49F bodywork. The vehicle dates from 1966 and was photographed on the Pleasureland coachpark in Southport  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (18)
31 1352 [jh].jpg   Taken in Llanelli when new in July 1965  Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (18)
32 319 Rochdale [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (18)
33 0991 Blackpool [jh].jpg   At Blackpool Coliseum is 991 (LCK705), a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Burlingham Seagull B41F body  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (18)
34 0290.jpg     Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (18)
35 0280 Carlisle.jpg   280 (KHN729D) is a Bristol MW / ECW taken over by Ribble when they bought the vehicles and operations of United Automobiles in Carlisle  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (17)
36 Bamber Bridge 06[747EUS].jpg     The BBMS File  (17)
37 1068.1162 [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (17)
38 0256 Liverpool.jpg     Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (17)
39 0943 Blackpool [jh].jpg   At Blackpool Coliseum Coach Station (now a supermarket) is FRN677  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (17)
40 0269 660900 Blackburn [jh].jpg   A side view of the same vehicle, 269  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (16)
41 0269 660900 Blackburn [jh].jpg   At Blackburn in September 1966 is a front view of 269 (DRN133), a Leyland Olympic with MCW B44F body  Ribble Motor Services Ltd  (16)
42 0685 [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (16)
43 0729 [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (16)
44 114[DRN297].jpg     The Preston Corporation File  (16)
45 334 Littleborough Summit [jh].jpg     Rochdale Corporation Transport  (16)
46 Transport Services 9579F Stockton [jh].jpg   This was new to Eastern National as its 455 in 1958. It is a Bristol SC4LK / ECW B35F.  North East Independent  (16)
47 Northern 2095.2090.2088.2085 Sunderland [jh].jpg     Northern General Group  (16)
48 0729 St Davids [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (15)
49 0694 [jh].jpg     Western Welsh Omnibus Company  (15)
50 122[DRN305].jpg     The Preston Corporation File  (15)
Most Recent Collections
27th Mar 2006Accrington Corporation Transport (23 images)
27th Mar 2006Blackburn Corporation Transport (55 images)
27th Mar 2006Burnley, Colne & Nelson Joint Transport Committee (39 images)
19th Apr 2006Eastern England (37 images)
27th Mar 2006Haslingden Corporation Transport (11 images)
4th May 2006Ireland (7 images)
30th Mar 2006Lancashire United Transport (15 images)
4th Apr 2006Lancaster City Transport (19 images)
30th Mar 2008London (5 images)
10th Apr 2007London Country (57 images)
30th Mar 2008London Transport (47 images)
27th Apr 2008London Transport - Aldenham Works (49 images)
This is a series of photo's taken at London Transport's Aldenham Works. Most were taken at the Open Day on September 16th 1979. All photo's were taken by John Heighway and kindly donated by him. Thanks John.
4th Apr 2006Manchester Corporation Transport (49 images)
18th Apr 2006Middlesbrough Corporation (37 images)
22nd Mar 2006Midlands (52 images)
16th Apr 2006North East Independent (25 images)
19th Apr 2006North East Municipal (46 images)
22nd Mar 2006North West England (122 images)
16th Apr 2006Northern General Group (22 images)
27th Mar 2006Rawtenstall Corporation Transport (15 images)
29th Apr 2003Ribble Motor Services Ltd (181 images)
This is a collection of Ribble group photos
2nd Apr 2006Rochdale Corporation Transport (14 images)
23rd Apr 2006Scotland (25 images)
23rd Apr 2006South East (5 images)
7th Apr 2006South Wales (78 images)
9th Apr 2006South Wales Transport (81 images)
19th Apr 2006South West (55 images)
14th Apr 2006Stockton-upon-Tees Corporation (95 images)
16th Apr 2006Tees-side Railess Traction Board (18 images)
7th Nov 2005The BBMS File (9 images)
Here are five of the Bamber Bridge Motor Services photos. Please see The Ribble File for an explanation of how these arrived here.
10th November - all photos of Bamber Bridge MS are now loaded
7th Nov 2005The Preston Corporation File (49 images)
Here are eight of the Preston Corporation photos. Please see The Ribble File for an explanation of how these arrived here.
11TH November - this now completes the upload of all the photos into The Preston Corporation File
7th Nov 2005The Ribble File (259 images)
A few weeks ago a friend of mine went into a second hand bookshop in Preston looking for some old maps. What he came across was totally unexpected. There were four loose-leaf files containing a vast amount of photos and fleet information for Scout, Standerwick, Bamber Bridge Motor Services, Preston Corporation, Ribble and Crosville. For Preston and Crosville there were also bus tickets in the respective files. All the fleet details had been hand written and, in respect of the Ribble group vehicles, information stating which this person had driven or worked on. This led us to believe that he may have been an employee of the Company. However, there was no name of the person that had built this collection anywhere throughout the folders. The photographs and tickets had been glued onto lined paper, which leads us to believe that they are all bought and not taken by this person. None show any details of who took the photos or when they were taken. I have scanned all the photos and now have them on disc. I will put a few on my site so that you can view them and, perhaps, shed some light on this mysterious person. By doing this, I hope that I am not breaking any copyright rules because, as mentioned earlier, the photos have no names of the photographers placed on them (front or back). They will be put on my site as The ………. File (with the corresponding operator filling the gap). There are 9 Bamber Bridge, 36 Crosville, 53 Preston, 40 Scout, 22 Standerwick and about 200 Ribble (I have not yet finished editing them yet) photos. The Crosville File can be found on that section of my site. Your comments would be welcome!!
Here are ten of the Ribble photos
11th November - there are now 51 photos in The Ribble File. These are all that I have so far edited. More over the next few weeks.
25th November - This collection is now complete
7th Nov 2005The Scout File (36 images)
Here are six of the Scout photos. Please see The Ribble File for an explanation of how these arrived here
10th November - all photos are now published in the Scout File
7th Nov 2005The Standerwick File (22 images)
Here are eight of the Standerwick photos. Please see The Ribble File for an explanation of how these arrived here
11th November - This now completes the upload of all the photos into The Standerwick File.
5th Apr 2008Todmorden Joint Omnibus Committee (8 images)
20th Apr 2006United Automobile Services (73 images)
11th Apr 2006United Welsh Services (5 images)
9th Apr 2006Western Welsh Omnibus Company (16 images)
20th Mar 2006Yorkshire (100 images)
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Changes
Collection updates - 27 October 2008 [34]
This is a mixture of new photo's and re-scanned photos
Lancaster [3]
London Transport [5]
North East Municipal [1]
North West [15]
Ribble [5]
South Wales [1]
unidentified vehicles [2]
United [1]
Wales [1]
Yorkshire [1]
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Gallery update - 04 June 2008
A new link has been added to an excellent site, mainly about London Transport
Route-19
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Collection updates - 27 April 2008 [35]
London Transport Aldenham Works [35]***NEW***
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Collection updates - 05 April 2008 [75]
Eastern [7]
London Country [1]
London Transport [3]
Middlesborough Corporation [6]
North East [1]
North East Municipal [6]
Northern Group [1]
North West [2]
Rawtenstall [2]
Ribble [3]
Scotland [1]
South East [1]
South Wales [9]
South West [3]
Stockton Corporation [2]
Teeside [2]
Todmorden [8] ***NEW***
United [9]
United Welsh [1]
Wales [5]
Yorkshire [2]
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Collection updates - 01 April 2008 [43]
Accrington Corporation [7]
Blackburn Corporation [6]
South West [30]
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Collection updates - 30 March 2008 [39]
At long last some new photo's for this gallery - and more to come over the next few days!!!!! Keep looking
London Country [9]
London Transport [30]
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Welcome to Shooting the Past Gallery. This will contain mainly black & white photos from all parts of the UK, most of which have been kindly donated by jh. Some, such as the File series, have been moved here from my UK Buses Gallery for completeness. Many of the photos from A-Z of Buses [part 1] have also been moved into this gallery [with a few more to do in the near future]. I hope you enjoy looking through these photos of buses from the 60's and early 70's.
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