Back in the 1960s and probably later, there was a postcard of Reading, and slap dab in the middle of the shot of Broad Street was trolleybus 181- which opens this film. I was sent the postcard by two friends in August 1968- they lived on the Wokingham Road and the trolleybuses whizzed past their house and I had recently been to stay with them as my family had moved away from Reading and we travelled that last route up to Tilehurst, extensively. I also organised a trip to Mill Lane bus depot and we were shown around- there was a trolleybus there- ready to be scrapped with a "burned out motor" and I think it may be the F4A 193 we also see in this film. Oddly, its number and the town's crest had been overpainted in maroon for some reason. I was allowed to start up one of the RCT's Crossley motor buses. Time flies, but we had decided that 181 was our favourite trolleybus! I still have that postcard.
Back in the 1960s and probably later, there was a postcard of Reading, and slap dab in the middle of the shot of Broad Street was trolleybus 181- which opens this film. I was sent the postcard by two friends in August 1968- they lived on the Wokingham Road and the trolleybuses whizzed past their house and I had recently been to stay with them as my family had moved away from Reading and we travelled that last route up to Tilehurst, extensively. I also organised a trip to Mill Lane bus depot and we were shown around- there was a trolleybus there- ready to be scrapped with a "burned out motor" and I think it may be the F4A 193 we also see in this film. Oddly, its number and the town's crest had been overpainted in maroon for some reason. I was allowed to start up one of the RCT's Crossley motor buses. Time flies, but we had decided that 181 was our favourite trolleybus! I still have that postcard.
Wonderful!!! Why did it have to rain?!...
Yes, it was a shame about the weather. It did make for some atmospheric shots though!
Where is that place now
The Trolleybus Museum is roughly half way between Doncaster and Scunthorpe