A trip down memory lane around Manchester....

[RadcliffeRick]

Never heard of that place.
Who did you see there ???

If you remember you weren't there!!

 

[PinkFinal]

Tons of interesting footage in this , pretty grim though
I guess most of the people in this are now dead which is sobering if you grew up in the 80s and sometimes feel it was only five minutes ago!

 

[PinkFinal]

Stunning photos uncover the hidden world below Manchester's Victoria Station

The train station was built on an old cemetery and has a network of passageways running deep underneath

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[PinkFinal]

50 years since 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'

A Manchester music story.

davehaslam.substack.com

 

[blue b4 the moon]

50 years since 'Sad Sweet Dreamer'

A Manchester music story.

davehaslam.substack.com

Great read thanks.

I saw them at a tatty Ashton Club, The Memory Inn either Xmas or or New Years eve early 80's.

 

[mexico1970]

Tons of interesting footage in this , pretty grim though
I guess most of the people in this are now dead which is sobering if you grew up in the 80s and sometimes feel it was only five minutes ago!

Nothing has changed since 1982 with the care in the community nonsense, still throwing people on the streets. If anything it has gotten worse and people in general have gotten less compassionate.

 

[PinkFinal]

 

[PinkFinal]

Ecstatic teen caught a towel in the gig crowd, later that night she was dead

The man who raped and murdered Dorothy Leyden has never been caught

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[PinkFinal]

Oldham Street circa 1970

 

[mexico1970]

Oldham Street circa 1970

The bus looks like it should be condemned, imagine bus drivers having to drive them now? Anyone alive and kicking back then should still remember the blue haze and stench coming out of the back of them specially in depots :)

 

[Marklr]

Oldham Street circa 1970

My gran worked in that shop!

 

[roman totale]

Oldham Street circa 1970

I remember that distinctive shop facade. Looking at the younger woman’s perm and the fact that the GMPTE ‘M’ logo didn’t appear until 1974, I’d say this is late 70s.

 

[Marklr]

I remember that distinctive shop facade. Looking at the younger woman’s perm and the fact that the GMPTE ‘M’ logo didn’t appear until 1974, I’d say this is late 70s.

I'm guessing around 74.

 

[RadcliffeRick]

When were they SELNEC busses?? Was that before GMPTE or after??

 

[Really_here]

Oldham Street circa 1970

Same pic in MEN says
"2007 AD on Oldham Street in March 1980 (Image: Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester)"

 

[NZBlue]

The bus looks like it should be condemned, imagine bus drivers having to drive them now? Anyone alive and kicking back then should still remember the blue haze and stench coming out of the back of them specially in depots :)

Well it was new in May 63 so it had had 17 years of serious slogging by early 1980

 

[BrianW]

Probably quite a reliable bit of kit.

Funnily enough, I remember when rear-engined buses were introduced. There were endless problems with reliability, especially with Leyland Atlanteans, which were a bit shit. Stockport refused to buy any, right until SELNEC took them over.

 

[mancityvstoke]

When were they SELNEC busses?? Was that before GMPTE or after??

did it stand for South East Lancs North East Cheshire? I'm sure GMPTE took over SELNEC.

Probably after local Govt reorganisation in 1974?

 

[BrianW]

did it stand for South East Lancs North East Cheshire? I'm sure GMPTE took over SELNEC

Correct!

 

[Really_here]

did it stand for South East Lancs North East Cheshire? I'm sure GMPTE took over SELNEC

Yes it did stand for that. It changed it's name to Greater Manchester Transport in 1974 and that in turn became GMPTE later in 1974. I still remember fondly the old buses open at the back when you could hop on and off!