Another jolly run out in the Country Squire... (not 56K LOL)

[akku]

So Sunday I took a little run out in the Country Squire to go see Dave Bools who some of you will know and also to see some more of our lovely countryside

Not just the US thats good for a road trip remember!







The first part of my trip was to see the South Yorkshire Transport Trust who were having a bus running day. Yes. I am becoming an annorak. But this stuff is kinda cool.




They made me park with the buses!

[akku]

Good old Image uploader putting the photos in kinda random order, but hey.

My next stop was the Keighley Bus Museum, which I'd wanted to see for a while but had to pull it in as its now under notice of closure due to the landlord wanting to redevelop the site or something. This place is super awesome. I was lucky to arrange to see it when it was closed, so no other people there and I was left to roam and told I could go where I wanted but to be careful as some areas are dirty and / or danagerous. This place is amazing, its full of ghosts.

There is one last open day (ironically to celebrare the 30th anivesary) and there will be bus running there also. Its 7th August.

[akku]

I ran into Bradford, looking for the original Mother Hubbard's restaurant which we used to go to regular when I was a kid, especially when we were taking my gran out for a treat. Mother Hubbard's is sadly long gone now, the original restaurant is an Indian Buffet place and someone has bought the name Mother Hubbards and is using it for a chain of pretty rubbish fish & chip shops. Oh how the mighty have fallen.




The original Mother Hubbard's openned in 1972 by 2 big stars off Corrie! The Bradford branch has some old photos of the original but retains nothing of the original but the name and the cool logo



I did stop by and cross off another one on my list of "rude place names to collect"

[MiataMark]

Some really good images here, particularly the B&W bus interior.

[misteralz]

First looked at this at 7am, when all the pics were black and white. Looking back at the thread now it's in colour, I reckon the second bus museum pics suited black and white better.

Cool thread.

[misterm]

Jul 27, 2022 19:41:24 GMT akku said:

How cool is that?

A double decker with a line-loc 

[rattlecan]

Nice pics. Fuzz Townsend would be happy there, he likes a bus does that lad

[tofufi]

Great pics. I've always liked old buses, but never done anything to indulge my liking for them.

Pretty sure the neighbours wouldn't be impressed if I came home one day with a Leyland Olympian...

[oto67]

Nice pics of a cool collection, there's some stories tied up in there for sure, if only they could talk.