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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin
Somebody brought up the subject of bus shelters on another thread, but do you remember the old concrete & asbestos half shelters of the 50s & 60s, they wer draughty old buggers, especialy the one outside the Load Of Mischief, waited for the the Blackburn bus more times than I can remember, but the one across from the Load on Whalley Rd, built into the Cambridge Press was great, especialy if you had a girl on your arm, or something. everybody caught buses in them days, not many cars parked outside houses then. Always jumped off the running board befor it stoped outside the CooP butchers. That was another good shelter in the CooP gents outfitters, while waiting for the 6am bus to Whalley, to ge to work at Brockhall for 7am. or I used to get a lift from a bloke who lived in Haslingden, Id wait in the enterance to the Star/Carlton, cinema/pictures.
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Buses were just more fun in those days. Jump on the platform as it was pulling out of Peel Street, run up the stairs, collapse and light up a fag, have an argument with the conductor ("if tha's owd enough to smoke, tha's owd enough to pay full fare...") etc etc. One of the best shelters was/is on Manchester Road, at the end of Newton Drive. It was made of solid stone, so it certainly kept the elements out!