leaworrall.bsky.social
Coach painter/Bus restorer. Specialist subject: The history of public transport in Greater Manchester 1969-2015. Manchester, England.
👤 Joined on 10 December 2024
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@leaworrall.bsky.socialMike Reid wanted to know if you've got Mike Reid Live in 1992
Show Post#OnThisDay 171 years ago the Wimbledon & Croydon Railway opened, partly using the 1802 Surrey Iron Railway route. A real railway backwater, this 1980 Jeremy Chapter image of Beddington Lane on Flickr captures it beautifully; unrecognisable today as part of London Trams buff.ly/8yQWrsJ
Show PostStrange to recall that in 1968 William Rees-Mogg’s Times led the way in denouncing Powell and sentiments exactly like this. What a disgraceful moral decline
Show PostEven snapshots can hold delightful details, such as this one of a Rochdale bus loading up in Bury: so this lovely photo is this week's #ThrowbackThursday. Bury Interchange now stands on this spot, while a bus that's identical to this one is part of our collection but currently in offsite storage.
Show PostTelegraph pointing out that Man City claiming to be as big as Real Madrid though they can’t fill a stadium only a bit more than half as big.
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