A trip down memory lane around Manchester....

[city2]

No saw the number 5 bus sure that went to benchill or am I wrong

 

[Marklr]

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[Marklr]

No saw the number 5 bus sure that went to benchill or am I wrong

It's the 105 bus!! But yeah...it' still went to Benchill.
Where abouts on the Parkway would i be?

 

[city2]

Palatine road junction

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

It's the 105 bus!! But yeah...it' still went to Benchill.
Where abouts on the Parkway would i be?

Southern Cemetary.

 

[yeseye]

Southern Cemetary.

Yep, looks like Barlow Moor Rd Jct.

 

[Marklr]

Yep, looks like Barlow Moor Rd Jct.

With Siemens on the right?

 

[yeseye]

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Chorlton?

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Great thread. More FOC's clawing their way out the ground to post than a thread about the title win at St James's.

 

[Blue and still suffering]

Yes, I remember it principally for seeing a Harrier jet land and take off, and the ear splitting noise that came with it.

Just caught with this thread. I remember that air show and you were right about the Harrier taking off, never heard a noise that loud. My mum took some photographs but unfortunately they were lost when we cleared my parents house out a few years back.

 

[Blue and still suffering]

It may have already been mentioned on this thread but does anyone remember the Transport Expo in 1973? We went down to the Docks on a school trip to look round a load of ships that were there including a Royal Navy frigate I think. These days it's the Lowry Theatre and Media City.

 

[Marklr]

Chorlton?

nope.

 

[Marklr]

Just caught with this thread. I remember that air show and you were right about the Harrier taking off, never heard a noise that loud. My mum took some photographs but unfortunately they were lost when we cleared my parents house out a few years back.

There was a Vulcan flyby too...apparently. I just remember the loud noise! Shame about the photos.

 

[Barcon]

I remember going to an air show at Knutsford as a kid when the Concorde did a fly over for the first time (I think).
Harrier taking off was something to see.

 

[Blue and still suffering]

There was a Vulcan flyby too...apparently. I just remember the loud noise! Shame about the photos.

Vaguely remember the Vulcan, also remember that there was a souvenir programme with a picture of Jaguar fighter in the middle which ended up on my bedroom wall.

 

[Marklr]

Vaguely remember the Vulcan, also remember that there was a souvenir programme with a picture of Jaguar fighter in the middle which ended up on my bedroom wall.

I was only 4! I remember my older brother was allowed to sit in one of the planes...i wouldn't go near them!

 

[Marklr]

I remember going to an air show at Knutsford as a kid when the Concorde did a fly over for the first time (I think).
Harrier taking off was something to see.

And there was Barton Air Show too (which also had a Concorde fly-by). Nothing now though. We have fck all around Manchester these days.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

And there was Barton Air Show too (which also had a Concorde fly-by). Nothing now though. We have fck all around Manchester these days.

What about the flyby from the police helicopter most evenings? Does that not count?

 

[KS55]

Vaguely remember the Vulcan, also remember that there was a souvenir programme with a picture of Jaguar fighter in the middle which ended up on my bedroom wall.

Vulcan test flights over S,Mcr were common when I was a kid in the 50s.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Used to see them flying overhead with blue steel stand off bombs slung underneath in the early 60s too.