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

Wednesday 15 September 2010

Welcome Home: Once upon a time.....

Even when I was a youngster people thought I was a bit mad liking buses, but it was an exciting world where everywhere one went the buses were not just different colours but also often very different. It has taken many years to fully appreciate the smallish BET Group fleet of Aldershot and District as it was so 'conservative' and old fashioned without an Atlantean or even a modern looking bus in sight. I remember the Dennis Lolines well as they were built locally at Guildford but also on parade here at Alton was something I had never seen before. Indeed not only was this curious Strachan bodied Dennis Falcon P5 unique to A&D most if not all eight operated from here at Alton. No. 282 POR 428 built in 1954 was similar in concept to the lightweight low capacity London Transport 'Guy Special'  GS bus where the operator needed a small 'one person operation'  bus to go down the country lanes.

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