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North-West Buses in the 1980s (Paperback)
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The North West of England was the birthplace of public transport,
with the first rail and road services for the public created there.
On top of that, it had a rich heritage, from Cheshire plain to
Cumbrian fells via the docks of Merseyside and the mills of
Lancashire. For the bus enthusiast this region has been one of the
most varied and characterful in the United Kingdom, with its
Lancashire municipalities, the mighty Ribble Motor Services and, at
its centre, buses rolling off the production line in Leyland going
to loyal customers 'just down the road'. The 1980s was the final
period when the region had a Corporation bus in every town, and
Ribble criss-crossed the countryside linking town and village. The
decade started with co-existence and co-operation, with Blackpool
and Fylde as friendly neighbours and with Greater Manchester
Transport producing timetables on behalf of local independent
Mayne's. By the end of the decade, after deregulation, it was a
different story, with some long-established names gone - many under
new ownership - and with transport in the North West on the brink
of the corporate, bland look we have today. For North-West Buses in
the 1980s, Paul Williams stands at the roadside to see an
astonishing variety of public transport drive by. Using exclusive,
unpublished photographs, we get a sense of the rich inheritance on
the brink of disappearing, and a glimpse into a decade that is
already history.
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