Thank you. Your film is really special, especially the sequence of the CVD6 moving through Hyde. In such fine trim as well. I’m relieved that you’re OK about me using it, there’s no way to get in touch on youtube. I’ve also put a link to your youtube in the description. Thanks for your comment👍
My parents never drove a car, so I spent interminable hours on buses. Seeing dim headlights appear through November fog, as a last bus comes into view at some terminus outpost with more than a touch of cemetery gates, is unforgettable. The blast from the heater thawing my extremities, the warm moquette and the concrete shelter left far behind.. simple pleasures.
Brilliant! You’ve summed it all up so well. The concrete bus shelter evokes Stalybridge, or Hyde…such atmosphere. But the heater working? not on SHMD😀 thanks for such a wonderful comment👍
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.
Thank you so much for your comment. Ashton was possibly the most interesting of the bus stations, with, as you say, so many different operators. I remember the cafe, my mate and I used to warm up in there during winter spotting excursions. Ashton was on the 236 route and I remember once the bus demolished one of the shelters! Glad you enjoyed the video👍
Thanks for this. I think I may have found a kindred spirit. I was based in Derby. I love all transport from the 1950s onwards, road and rail. i always loved the small fleet of Fodens and Crossleys at Derby Corporation.
I rarely comment on videos, but I thoroughly enjoyed this trip down memory lane, and your commentary and delivery was excellent. Born a few (but not many) years later than you, some of your anecdotes brought back the simplicity of life in those days. Great job!
Tameside used to be in two counties, Ashton under Lyne in Lancashire, Dukinfield and Hyde in Cheshire. The two main bus operators were Ashton corporation in blue, and SHMD (Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield) in green. So in Ashton there would also be red Manchester, North Western, Oldham, and Stockport, blue and cream Rochdale, and sometimes green Salford buses.The new GMT depot was called Tameside because it was not exactly in Ashton but across the river in Dukinfield. You could also see Yorkshire operators that went across the Pennines from Manchester to places like Barnsley and Sheffield via Hyde.
Brings back happy memories 75 year old ex joint board (shmd) then selnec southern driver. On the buses not a patch on the real thing every day a laugh. Thanks a lot
I’m glad the video brought back some happy memories. You probably drove me many times, as in the sixties and early seventies I was a serial bus user! Driving wasn’t so easy then, with no power steering or synchro, so kudos to you. Yes, the only good thing about “On the Buses” was the Bristol Lodekkas. Thanks for your comment👍
I’ve just had 10 minutes of happy memories. I lived in Ashton and my dad drove for SHMD on the number 10 or 11 route from St Michael’s square near Ashton parish church.
Thank you for an entertaining and informative video, it brought back lots of memories for me being an Ashton lad and having also lived in Stalybridge. Funny you should mention Mr. Greenway, he was my geography (and later economics) teacher at school and, as you say, a very nice man. His wife used to teach mathematics at the same school and I had the pleasure of being in her classes too. Mr. Greenway was also an aviation aficionado and I remember him taking a whole bunch of us schoolboys on a trip down to the Farnborough air show one year in the early 1970's with him driving the coach.
Thank you, I wondered if someone else would remember Mr Greenway. I had forgotten that his wife taught maths. I went to Hyde, so that must have been after my time there. I owe Greenway so much. He had a colleague, Mr Metcalfe, who taught physical Geog… he was a stern chap but a good egg, we went on a trip to Anglesey and he kept saying “just a little bit farther lads, a hundred yards and then you can eat your sandwiches… “ half an hour later🤣… metcalfe gave me a metaphorical kick up the fundament and arranged an interview at Manchester college of Art, as I was a lazy sod. That set me up for life. I owe those guys! Thanks so much for your lovely comment👍
I used to catch a number 23 special school service bus operated by NorthWestern. The old Tiger Cub came through Broadbottom, I got on at Mottram down to Hollingworth. Many a morning queuing at the bus stop at Woods Hardware along with L.S.Lowry. He was going down to visit a friend in a Hollingworth care home.
Ah, the Tiger Cubs, the buses of my early years! I too am of an age to remember Lowry. My Dad’s firm installed alarms in his house and I asked to go along. I couldn’t believe the pre Raphaelite paintings he had … and he was working on something that I saw recently at the Lowry in Salford. I was very privileged and have never forgotten. I loved those NW Tiger Cubs though!👍 thanks for your comment!
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.
Thank you👍 ah, yes, Bower Fold, or the “Indoor” as we used to call it(don’t ask me why!) I didn’t know until today that Oldham shared the ground with Celtic. Yes, it’s pretty close to where I used to live, I would catch the 236 into Manchester from Mottram road near the ground. Thanks for your comment!
Ah, I remember hearing about the new depot, I had moved to Manchester by then. I would have been sad to see the old place empty, but no doubt as one of the people having to work with the antiquated arrangements, you thought differently😂 Thanks very much for your comment👍
Trolley buses, fog, flare cans , mills - it's all there from my formative years. The blue of the Ashton buses, slightly 'exotic' , as invariably it was Manc red that got us to Ashton or Picc, As for Salford green........not in this life. The Mancunians were daily fare, if you'll pardon the pun , from '68 to '72 , Openshaw Salvation Army to Jetson street for soul-destroyng school days. Some things hit me right between the eyes , sharp memories fired from a dart gun; the rondel signs on the rear quarters of the rear-entry buses, the coin-in-slot symbol on the Mancs, Openshaw ales Pearl Assurance . . Like yesterday , how did these slip from memory? All this interwoven with creeping around where I should not have done, railway yards, factories, derelict housing , dead canals . All the good stuff. What a super dose of nostalgia this was , and much of it on my home turf .Well done again, Sir !
What a wonderful comment, thank you so much👍oh, I had forgotten the roundel ads on the back of the rear loaders… fab. Yes, the coin in slot signs…I missed the conductors and cheerful clippies. I remember watching them drain and repair the old Huddersfield canal, day by day as my bus passed over on the way into Manc. Yes, Salford greens were rare, esp in Stalybridge, and I remember my first sight of Lancashire United… what was that!! Like you, I loved exploring the old, dormant canals and factories. Thanks for a great comment, and I’m so glad you enjoyed the film👍
I am a 70s man 1958 when I was born the bus station is a fancy pub now it was closed down for a we while then a local construction company came along opened it up, some time later what was a bus station like I said now a fancy pub but for me catching my bus back home used to cost me a thrippeny bit one way that would be sixpence from my house into Whitehaven and back again we had double deckers Bristol's front door plus back door buses plus single buses then in the around 1980 we had a lot of layland's right from our factory just outside Whitehaven now it is only memorys
Pity that it couldn't have been kept as a bus station. I went and had a look at the place in Whitehaven- at least it looks impressive from the outside, although a little underwhelming inside. Thanks very much for your comment!
My granddad and one of my uncle’s drove for SHMD. My granddad retired before one man service and my uncle gives it up after being punched by a passenger on the first one man service bus he took out. As you probably know SHMD 70 is in the Manchester transport museum and the 76 sometimes visit from Saint Hellen. 👍🤠
Thank you very much for your comment. You must be proud of your grandad and your uncle- and they both had the wisdom to get out in time. It’s appalling what drivers have to put up with from a tiny minority of numbskulls. I couldn’t drive a bus to save my life, but I love them😀 👍
Name from the past in mentioning Greenway. Remember him and a french master, cannot recall his name, taking a load of us on a french trip to Annecy. The beginning of my journey to liking beer!
Ah, yes, Benny Hill as we used to call him, was that the French master? I remember that trip, I think I was a couple of years older than you. Some of our Geog trips were similar beerfests👍
@@iainrobinson6566 Been wracking my brain, and after all these years is getting harder, to remember the guy's name. I have the name Robertson in the back of my mind somewhere I will have to look up my old school reports. They make interesting reading!
Interesting production covering buses of my birthplace in Hyde. Also nice to see my video (Largo) used with an acknowledgement.
Thank you. Your film is really special, especially the sequence of the CVD6 moving through Hyde. In such fine trim as well. I’m relieved that you’re OK about me using it, there’s no way to get in touch on youtube. I’ve also put a link to your youtube in the description. Thanks for your comment👍
REMEMBER SO VERY WELL, NOW IM 68 . I REMEMBER THE TIMES, THIS COUPLE IN HYDE, COME UPSTAIRS, WITH A BABY LION 🦁 😍. AND LITTLE BABY MONKEYS 🐒
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My parents never drove a car, so I spent interminable hours on buses. Seeing dim headlights appear through November fog, as a last bus comes into view at some terminus outpost with more than a touch of cemetery gates, is unforgettable. The blast from the heater thawing my extremities, the warm moquette and the concrete shelter left far behind.. simple pleasures.
Brilliant! You’ve summed it all up so well. The concrete bus shelter evokes Stalybridge, or Hyde…such atmosphere. But the heater working? not on SHMD😀 thanks for such a wonderful comment👍
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.
Thank you so much for your comment. Ashton was possibly the most interesting of the bus stations, with, as you say, so many different operators. I remember the cafe, my mate and I used to warm up in there during winter spotting excursions. Ashton was on the 236 route and I remember once the bus demolished one of the shelters! Glad you enjoyed the video👍
That was a good trip down memory lane. Im 65 and have lived in Heyrod Stalybridge all my life. Thanks very much.
Thank you! I’m really glad that you enjoyed the film 👍
Thanks for this. I think I may have found a kindred spirit. I was based in Derby. I love all transport from the 1950s onwards, road and rail. i always loved the small fleet of Fodens and Crossleys at Derby Corporation.
Glad you enjoyed it! It's a fascinating subject.
I rarely comment on videos, but I thoroughly enjoyed this trip down memory lane, and your commentary and delivery was excellent. Born a few (but not many) years later than you, some of your anecdotes brought back the simplicity of life in those days. Great job!
Thank you, I’m very glad that you enjoyed the video… yes, they were simpler times, weren’t they, but for the most part, fun! Thanks for your comment👍
Well done, you're a born story-teller
Thank you so much, that is very kind of you. Glad you enjoyed the video👍
Great old pics of Stalybridge, enjoyed it 😃
Thank you, Chris, glad that you enjoyed it👍
Tameside used to be in two counties, Ashton under Lyne in Lancashire, Dukinfield and Hyde in Cheshire. The two main bus operators were Ashton corporation in blue, and SHMD (Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield) in green. So in Ashton there would also be red Manchester, North Western, Oldham, and Stockport, blue and cream Rochdale, and sometimes green Salford buses.The new GMT depot was called Tameside because it was not exactly in Ashton but across the river in Dukinfield. You could also see Yorkshire operators that went across the Pennines from Manchester to places like Barnsley and Sheffield via Hyde.
Fascinating stuff. It was a great place to be if you liked buses! Thanks for your comment👍
Thanks for the memories.
You are very welcome, glad you enjoyed the vid👍
Lovely photos and excellent commentary as always.
Thank you very much, that’s much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
really good vlog i enjoyed the old pictures recognising places of day`s gone by well done.
Glad you enjoyed the video! I loved finding the pictures and contacting the owners. Thanks for your comment👍
Brings back happy memories 75 year old ex joint board (shmd) then selnec southern driver. On the buses not a patch on the real thing every day a laugh. Thanks a lot
I’m glad the video brought back some happy memories. You probably drove me many times, as in the sixties and early seventies I was a serial bus user! Driving wasn’t so easy then, with no power steering or synchro, so kudos to you. Yes, the only good thing about “On the Buses” was the Bristol Lodekkas. Thanks for your comment👍
I’ve just had 10 minutes of happy memories. I lived in Ashton and my dad drove for SHMD on the number 10 or 11 route from St Michael’s square near Ashton parish church.
I’m really glad that I stirred up some happy memories! The 11 was a favourite route of mine- your Dad probably drove me to Ashton😀👍
Was your father called Arthur.?
Thank you for an entertaining and informative video, it brought back lots of memories for me being an Ashton lad and having also lived in Stalybridge. Funny you should mention Mr. Greenway, he was my geography (and later economics) teacher at school and, as you say, a very nice man. His wife used to teach mathematics at the same school and I had the pleasure of being in her classes too. Mr. Greenway was also an aviation aficionado and I remember him taking a whole bunch of us schoolboys on a trip down to the Farnborough air show one year in the early 1970's with him driving the coach.
Thank you, I wondered if someone else would remember Mr Greenway. I had forgotten that his wife taught maths. I went to Hyde, so that must have been after my time there. I owe Greenway so much. He had a colleague, Mr Metcalfe, who taught physical Geog… he was a stern chap but a good egg, we went on a trip to Anglesey and he kept saying “just a little bit farther lads, a hundred yards and then you can eat your sandwiches… “ half an hour later🤣… metcalfe gave me a metaphorical kick up the fundament and arranged an interview at Manchester college of Art, as I was a lazy sod. That set me up for life. I owe those guys! Thanks so much for your lovely comment👍
I used to catch a number 23 special school service bus operated by NorthWestern. The old Tiger Cub came through Broadbottom, I got on at Mottram down to Hollingworth. Many a morning queuing at the bus stop at Woods Hardware along with L.S.Lowry. He was going down to visit a friend in a Hollingworth care home.
Ah, the Tiger Cubs, the buses of my early years! I too am of an age to remember Lowry. My Dad’s firm installed alarms in his house and I asked to go along. I couldn’t believe the pre Raphaelite paintings he had … and he was working on something that I saw recently at the Lowry in Salford. I was very privileged and have never forgotten. I loved those NW Tiger Cubs though!👍 thanks for your comment!
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.
Thank you👍 ah, yes, Bower Fold, or the “Indoor” as we used to call it(don’t ask me why!) I didn’t know until today that Oldham shared the ground with Celtic. Yes, it’s pretty close to where I used to live, I would catch the 236 into Manchester from Mottram road near the ground. Thanks for your comment!
Excellent Iain, thank you. 🙂
You are very welcome, I’m really pleased you enjoyed it👍
Brilliant narration. Would have made a great Ripping Yarns episode.
Ha ha😂 thank you, glad you thought so! Thanks for your comment!👍
Cheers mate I remember moving buses from tame street to the new whitelands depot I think it was about 1980ish
Ah, I remember hearing about the new depot, I had moved to Manchester by then. I would have been sad to see the old place empty, but no doubt as one of the people having to work with the antiquated arrangements, you thought differently😂 Thanks very much for your comment👍
Trolley buses, fog, flare cans , mills - it's all there from my formative years. The blue of the Ashton buses, slightly 'exotic' , as invariably it was Manc red that got us to Ashton or Picc, As for Salford green........not in this life. The Mancunians were daily fare, if you'll pardon the pun , from '68 to '72 , Openshaw Salvation Army to Jetson street for soul-destroyng school days. Some things hit me right between the eyes , sharp memories fired from a dart gun; the rondel signs on the rear quarters of the rear-entry buses, the coin-in-slot symbol on the Mancs, Openshaw ales Pearl Assurance . . Like yesterday , how did these slip from memory? All this interwoven with creeping around where I should not have done, railway yards, factories, derelict housing , dead canals . All the good stuff. What a super dose of nostalgia this was , and much of it on my home turf .Well done again, Sir !
What a wonderful comment, thank you so much👍oh, I had forgotten the roundel ads on the back of the rear loaders… fab. Yes, the coin in slot signs…I missed the conductors and cheerful clippies. I remember watching them drain and repair the old Huddersfield canal, day by day as my bus passed over on the way into Manc. Yes, Salford greens were rare, esp in Stalybridge, and I remember my first sight of Lancashire United… what was that!! Like you, I loved exploring the old, dormant canals and factories. Thanks for a great comment, and I’m so glad you enjoyed the film👍
I am a 70s man 1958 when I was born the bus station is a fancy pub now it was closed down for a we while then a local construction company came along opened it up, some time later what was a bus station like I said now a fancy pub but for me catching my bus back home used to cost me a thrippeny bit one way that would be sixpence from my house into Whitehaven and back again we had double deckers Bristol's front door plus back door buses plus single buses then in the around 1980 we had a lot of layland's right from our factory just outside Whitehaven now it is only memorys
Pity that it couldn't have been kept as a bus station. I went and had a look at the place in Whitehaven- at least it looks impressive from the outside, although a little underwhelming inside. Thanks very much for your comment!
How did we survive?
It’s a mystery to me 🤣 thanks for your comment👍
My granddad and one of my uncle’s drove for SHMD. My granddad retired before one man service and my uncle gives it up after being punched by a passenger on the first one man service bus he took out. As you probably know SHMD 70 is in the Manchester transport museum and the 76 sometimes visit from Saint Hellen. 👍🤠
Thank you very much for your comment. You must be proud of your grandad and your uncle- and they both had the wisdom to get out in time. It’s appalling what drivers have to put up with from a tiny minority of numbskulls. I couldn’t drive a bus to save my life, but I love them😀 👍
Name from the past in mentioning Greenway. Remember him and a french master, cannot recall his name, taking a load of us on a french trip to Annecy. The beginning of my journey to liking beer!
Ah, yes, Benny Hill as we used to call him, was that the French master? I remember that trip, I think I was a couple of years older than you. Some of our Geog trips were similar beerfests👍
@@iainrobinson6566 Been wracking my brain, and after all these years is getting harder, to remember the guy's name. I have the name Robertson in the back of my mind somewhere I will have to look up my old school reports. They make interesting reading!