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04-08-2007, 21:22
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The Return of the Accy Bus
Whilst on my pre-match walkabout today, I turned the corner into Bridge Street and literally stopped dead in my tracks as if I'd seen a ghost...and I suppose in some ways I had.
Because right there in front of me was a double decker bus in the classic ACT blue and red livery with the old coat-of-arms and ACCRINGTON in gold lettering on the sides just like it used to be. I stood there stunned for a couple of minutes...had I stepped into a timewarp?...were years of alcoholic excess finally taking their toll?...but, no, looking at the advertising on the side I realised that it was a Northern Blue bus which had been specially liveried up to celebrate 100 years of buses in Accrington. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me, so could some kind person take a shot of it and post it on here, if they happen to come across it?
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04-08-2007, 21:38
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Re: The Return of the Accy Bus
soon most the buses in accrington will be owned by transdev wynonie
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04-08-2007, 22:51
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Re: The Return of the Accy Bus
Buses in Accy have never been the same since they sold off the town fleet and the Ellison Street garage. But it was nice to see a restored corporation bus as a reminder of the way things used to be.
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04-08-2007, 22:52
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Re: The Return of the Accy Bus
memories ay
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05-08-2007, 09:39
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Re: The Return of the Accy Bus
thats true wynonie they don't seem as clean either.
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05-08-2007, 22:21
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Re: The Return of the Accy Bus
You're right, Mez, they don't. But when the bus fleet belonged to the town, there was naturally more pride in it. Nowadays buses are just another commercial operation and the results are there for all to see.
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