Vintage February 1979 issue of Overdrive Magazine - The Magazine for American Truckers. The magazine price is the Price of Truth. Nice pin-up type cover - rockin’ the peasant top and hip-huggers. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
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Vintage February 1979 issue of Overdrive Magazine - The Magazine for American Truckers. The magazine price is the Price of Truth. Nice pin-up type cover - rockin’ the peasant top and hip-huggers. It’s always a thrill when it’s from Vinnie DeVille!
Vintage Playart Colourful Happy Toy Robot Made in Hong Kong 1970's
This photo was one of many that wi****************12 had for sale on eBay two years ago. Seen at Mann Island, this is 1318, a Leyland AN68/1R with 75-seat Alexander body, one of quite a few delivered in October 1972 and allocated to Walton, so she was only just over two years ago when this photo was taken In February 1975, when Scots group Pilot and Cockney Rebel were at number one with January and Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) respectively.
A few places down the top ten were Mac & Katie Kissoon with Sugar Candy Kisses and I was on the verge of turning four. The reason for the title is that this bus was on one of a handful of special Interchange services, jointly ticketed with Merseyside PTE and British Rail...a scheme that was introduced in 1974.
Being based at Walton, this bus was ideal for Interchange services yet it's operating the 16 to Seaforth...had THAT become an Interchange service by 1975? In the background can be seen the Pilotage Building, later to become part of the Merseyside Maritime Museum, which opened on a trial basis in 1980 but didn't fully open until four years later.
Also in the background are the recently-closed Albert Warehouses. Designed by Jessie Hartley and opened in 1846, it closed in 1972 along with the rest of the south docks so I'm guessing that by 1975, it had fallen into disuse. Buses no longer use Mann Island, which was part of the Pier Head bus terminus.
These days, they terminate at Liverpool One, that humunguous shithole which has replaced both South Castle Street and the Central Bus Station (later Paradise Street Bus Station). It was twenty-two years ago that I last got the bus to town...something which I have NEVER regretted.
It was nearly two years ago that I bought this photo on eBay but it is only now that I finally got round to scanning it in. The reason I bought it is because it was taken at Prince Alfred Road depot, South Division headquarters of the MPTE where a friend of mine used to work when she was Norman Pyke.
Also known as Penny Lane, this was originally TWO depots...Smithdown Road being the lower depot and also the first tram depot to be converted to bus maintenance. It was also where a Bill Peters started his twelve-year career on the buses. The reason for the title is that the buses in the foreground are all Scanias, the first one being 4034, a Metro-Scania BR111DH or Scania Metropolitan with 73-seat MCW body and Scania D11 engine.
New in October 1974 when Carl Douglas, John Denver, Sweet Sensation and Ken Booth all occupied the number one spot with Kung Fu FIghting, Annie's Song, Sad Sweet Dreamer and Everything I Own respectively, this bus was allocated to Prince Alf where she remained until going across the country to Hull.
However, these buses (and their cousins the Metro-Scania saloons) didn't last long in service with anyone who operated them due to corrosion. Nevertheless, they were one of my favourite buses...the last time I travelled on one was probably a Prince Alf-based Metro-Scania in 1984.
As for where the buses are parked, well, that was taking a risk because, when returning to garage, buses would use Church Road as an entrance and Prince Alfred Road itself as an exit; indeed, the gaps in the pavement where buses used to turn out are still there. I'm guessing this was taken in late 1978 because an advert for the recently-introduced Saveaway Ticket adorns the nearside of 4034.
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
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1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
Class 31 31273 trundles towards Paddington and is seen passing Royal Oak in September 1979.
One from the collection with photographer unknown.
31273 was withdrawn in November 1998 and scrapped at Booth Roe at Rotherham in May 2004.
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1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
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teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
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1970s
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teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
1970s
teradyne promotional slide
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com