A nostalgic look back at the days of corporation bus transport in Stalybridge, Ashton and Manchester. Some reminiscences of my schoolday adventures with buses in the sixties, among the mills and smoke of Tameside. As always, I’m very grateful for the help received from photographers, without whom this video wouldn’t be up to much.
A huge thank you to the following:
John Kaye- https://www.sct61.org.uk/index/operator/sa/sa68
John Heighway, via Maljoe- https://www.flickr.com/photos/11253414@N04/
D Fenton
Andrew HAs- https://www.flickr.com/photos/21611052@N02/
Alan Murray-Rust- https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/9181
Tom Corser- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malham_Cove_Yorkshire_Dales.jpg
Embarr Foundation- https://enbarrfoundation.co.uk/
Geoff Shephard
Largo/Coachmann100- https://www.youtube.com/@coachmann100
Carroll Pierce- https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/80068
W Ryan/Online Transport Archive- https://www.onlinetransportarchive.org/
Pimlico Badger/Ian Roberts- https://www.flickr.com/people/9722099@N02
Jim Mitchell
Derek Gordon- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dg19591106/
Oast House Archive- https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10354
Giphy- https://giphy.com/
J Sutherland Collection- http://manlocosoc.co.uk/sutherland/ws-index.html
Music used in the film
When all this is over- The Westerlies
Away- Geographer
Bike Sharing to Paradise- Dan Bodan
Corny Candy- The Soundlings
Keep on Movin’- King Canyon
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My father worked for SHMD before doing his national service.
During the 60s and 70s, I lived in Ashton, Audenshaw, and Hyde.
Ashton bus station was a colourful place with liveries of many operators. Even saw a Salford bus marked 64 Peel Green there. (I have no idea what it was doing there).
Spent many hours spotting there, with dinner in the Wooden Spoon cafe opposite the bus station.
Many thanks for posting this video.
Excellent Iain, thank you. 🙂
Cheers mate I remember moving buses from tame street to the new whitelands depot I think it was about 1980ish
This is a fantastic journey back in time, a story well told too. I have only ever been to Stalybridge a couple of times (excluding passing through on the train from Dewsbury to Manchester), on those occasions to Bower Fold on Mottram Road, to watch some rugby league when Oldham played some matches there (against Dewsbury for me). I see from a map that Stocks Lane is pretty close to the ground.