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
Eastern National 2831 [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (15)
Eastern National 2461.jpg   Eastern National 2461 [323GPU] is a Bristol LD5G with ECW H33/27R and was new in 1956  Eastern England  (12)
Eastern National 0358.jpg   On tour in Scotland is Eastern National 358 [13DLY] which is a 1962 Bristol MW6G with ECW C34F body  Eastern England  (12)
Western SMT 1748 660702 Kirkcaldy.jpg   By 2 July 1966, when this photo was taken, Western SMT 1748 had been transferred to Fife Scottish at Kirkaldy. UCS612 is an Albion Lowlander LR1 with Alexander H39/32F and was new in 1963.  Scotland  (12)
Eastern National 1348 Colchester.jpg     Eastern England  (9)
Eastern National 0359 600000 London Victoria [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (9)
Lincoln Corporation 82 Southport.jpg   During trials for one man operation conversion Lincoln 82 [MFE994] was hired by Southport Corporation. It is one of seven Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1 with Roe B41D body in the Lincoln fleet. It was new in 1958.  Eastern England  (8)
Lincolnshire Leicester.jpg   is a Bristol Lodekka LD6G with ECW H33/27R that was new in 1957  Eastern England  (7)
Eastern Counties FLF426 Cambridge [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (6)
10 Eastern Counties LK377 Great Yarmouth.jpg   On the left is Eastern Counties LC577  Eastern England  (6)
11 Eastern National 0384 650800 [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (6)
12 Devon General 0918 Exeter [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
13 Devon General 0905 [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
14 United Counties 209 [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (5)
15 Bristol 7240 Bristol [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
16 Devon General 0511 [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
17 Alexander [Midland] HWG536E Southport.jpg   Showing Midland Bluebird fleetnames is Alexander (Midland) HWG536E, a Duple bodied Bedford on tour in Southport  Scotland  (5)
18 Eastern Counties FLF431 Cambridge [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (5)
19 Devon General 0530 [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
20 Devon General 0905.0504 [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
21 Oxford.jpg   City of Oxford Bristol VR (OFC901H)  Midlands  (5)
22 Bristol 7231 [jh].jpg     South West  (5)
23 United Counties 367 [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (5)
24 Devon General 0283 Exeter [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
25 164 670500 Accrington [jh].jpg   164 [CTB558B] is a 1964 Guy Arab V with East Lancs H38/32R body  Accrington Corporation Transport  (4)
26 Oxford.jpg   Bridgemaster / PRV 2B3RA with integral Park Royal LD65F body dating from 1962  Midlands  (4)
27 Oxford.jpg     Midlands  (4)
28 Devon General 0502.0508 [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
29 Devon General 0508 [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
30 Oxford.jpg     Midlands  (4)
31 Black & White DDG253C London Victoria [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
32 Arran [unknown operator] CSD711 [jh].jpg     Scotland  (4)
33 149 Accrington [jh].jpg   1958 saw a pair of Leyland PD2/31 with East Lancs H32/26R. 149 [384FTJ] passed to Hyndburn in 1974  Accrington Corporation Transport  (4)
34 Devon General 0879 Exeter [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
35 Eastern Counties LFS54 [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (4)
36 Alexander [Midland] MPA147 Oban.jpg   I believe this photo of Alexander (Midland) MPA147 [CWG29] to be taken at Oban. It is a Leyland Tiger PS1 with Alexander C35F and dates from 1950. Midland chose a blue and cream scheme and the Midland Bluebird name was born.  Scotland  (4)
37 310.342.351 [jh].jpg     United Welsh Services  (4)
38 Alexander [Fife] FAC14.jpg   Alexander (Fife) FAC14 [AXA214A] is an AEC Reliance 2MU3RV with Alexander C41F body built in 1963  Scotland  (4)
39 Eastern Counties LS818 Southport.jpg   Eastern Counties LS818 [818BNG] is seen on tour in Southport. It is a Bristol MW6G with ECW C39F body. The coach was new in 1963  Eastern England  (4)
40 Bere Regis OJT568 Dorchester [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
41 United Counties 211 771001 Codicote [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (4)
42 Alexander [Fife] FE2 660702 Kirkcaldy.jpg   Also at Kirkcaldy depot are, on the left, Alexander (Fife) FE2 [FWG837] a Bristol LS6G with ECW B45F, new in 1955. On the right is FPD195 [OMS271] a 1960 Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Alexander C41F body.  Scotland  (4)
43 United Counties 272 Bedford [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (4)
44 Devon General 0539 Exeter [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
45 Devon General 0569 Exter [jh].jpg     South West  (4)
46 0498 670400 [jh].jpg     South Wales Transport  (3)
47 Eastern Counties LFS055 [jh].jpg     Eastern England  (3)
48 Exeter 256 [jh].jpg     South West  (3)
49 154 670200 Billinge End [jh].jpg     Blackburn Corporation Transport  (3)
50 Devon General 0502 [jh].jpg     South West  (3)
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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