BUSWORLD PHOTOGRAPHY

I AM CHRISTOPHER LEACH THE ARTIST. I started this blog so that I can share with everyone my vast collection of transport photographs showing a personal and nostalgic view of the industry with images that span some 45 years taking in the U.K and some of Europe. I have no darkroom and so rather than being the perfectionist after tidying them up I upload the images warts and all, and even those that won't scan squarely or are scratched. In a way it adds age and character. You are all free to download these for your personal use but please remember I still own them and you are not just free to use them without prior permission for any knd of publishing. Click on images to enlarge them and if you want to see more leave your comments or visit my website for the mother-site with galleries including those Buses & Girls: PICTUREWORLD

Tuesday 5 August 2008

No Cricket for Mike in Atherton: Another wet day


Rain is no fun for bus enthusiasts either but with nowhere to go I can at least prepare some photographs. This view was taken in Autumn 1969 shortly after some Bristol LH6L buses arrived at the main Lancashire United depot in Atherton freshly delivered from Northern Counties just down the road in Wigan. Even though especially in those days I omitted to photograph many of the interesting bus types I regularly saw at least with others I didn't forget the back end. In this case though the rear end was probably more attractive than the flatish front but it was more of an excuse as well to get a shot of the Plaxton bodied Leyland Leopard coach No. 214 wearing 'Manchester United F. C' as it's destination sheltering just inside. It seems these twenty dual-doorway LH's Nos. 318-337 were the only examples delivered to LUT although they did quite like the bigger Bristol RESL with the Gardner engine.

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