Peel Street

[Atarah]

How do you like this photo? Husband has received it as part of his "good service" award from work. Done by a local artist. I think its lovely!

 

[Doug]

That’s excellent Atarah, Forgive me, but where can I get one.

 

[Atarah]

Hi, forgot his name for this minute, but its a Preston artist. Think they are about £32. Notice the old Hollands Pie van also in the painting?

 

[Doug]

Excellent, Thanks Atarah, you will remember that my father was a driver back then.

 

[Darby]

It's superb Atarah,

I'd like one myself...but all the walls are full of paintings, prints and old photos of Accy!!

I particularly like the fact that it's raining (or has been), makes it more realistic....for Accy.

 

[Atarah]

Peel Street, rainy day

Yep, raining then, and its raining now!

Just realised, the guy has a website. Maybe he's not as local as I thought, but I was originally told he was a Preston artist, but .. his telephone code says differently!!!!
www.paulatchinson.co.uk

Take a look

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

He comes from Eastwood in Notts. I love the pic. Don't recognise the bright blue bus in the background though. What company was that?

 

[mez]

think they were rawtenstall buses

 

[Acrylic-bob]

I notice on the side of the bus an advert for 'Startips', they still make that.

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

Startips and Stardrops. My mother used to use the latter. I thought it smelled awful.

 

[lettie]

Oooh, the old red and blue Accy Corporation buses, the paler blue was Rossendale (I think) The clock on legs, where I always met my friends. We used to laugh at people pretending they hadn't been 'stood up' under the clock on legs..

 

[Bazf]

Could it be a Preston bus?

 

[Tealeaf]

Rossendale was red....I think pale blue was Bacup

 

[WillowTheWhisp]

That Preston bus looks very much like it. I don't remember seeing that colour of bus on Accy bus station back then so maybe they were rare. I thought the Rossendale ones were the same colour as they are now.

 

[JEFF]

I am pretty sure that it is a Haslingden Corporation Transport bus. Haslingden and Rawtenstall amalgamated in 1968 to form Rossendale Joint Transport Committee, but Haslingden,s pale blue and cream buses were used for some time after the amalgamation.

 

[Darby]

I think Tea has this one right. The colour use to be on buses from Bacup. I use to catch one every week to go and see my Auntie.

Bacup...now there's a dead end!

 

[JEFF]

I don't think Bacup had their own buses. I am pretty sure it is Haslingden.

 

[Tealeaf]

Thinking about it, you're right Jeff.....the Haslingden buses were pale blue & cream....but the only route they ran was to Bacup, through Haslingden! The piccy is accurate in so far as it shows the actual bus stop for the Bacup bus.
However, there's something not quite right about the Accy bus leaving for Ossy...the Ossy bus stop was right behind the clock so any bus leaving from that stop would be coming out onto the zebra at at angle, whereas the bus in the piccy is square on. Just a minor point...it's another wise cracking piccy & I'm saving 50p a week for one.

 

[Bazf]

Your right T, the bus behind is at the Ossy bus stop no 19 if my memory servers me right but 2 at the same time never.

 

[Atarah]

Here's some real buses anyway on Peel Street - its a 1967 view