Ribble - Morecambe Running Day 2012
The independent transport videos cameras were very honoured to be invited to film the
second Ribble Morecambe Running
Day that took place on Sunday 6th May 2012. The event organised by the Ribble Vehicle Preservation
Trust was centred at the Winter Gardens on the Marine Parade in Morecambe. Our filming starts bright and early on a
beautiful spring morning with the arrival of the buses to be used in service and
also vehicles that will be on display on the promenade. We film the first departures and also inspect
the display vehicles which include the impressive Bristol VRL double decker coach, 60 (LRN 60J)
and Marshall bodied Leyland Leopard 665 (DRN 665D) that came over from the Isle
of Man for the event. Not part of the
running day, but a superb addition to the day was former Morecambe and Heysham AEC Regent III open
top 62 (KTF 591) now operated by the Morecambe Heritage Bus Company . It runs in service along the seafront from
May to September and wears a similar livery style to Lancaster Borough Council
in the 1970’s.
We take our first
journey of the day on board Ribble
Leyland Titan PD3/5 with MCW full front body 1775 (RCK 920) from the
Winter
Gardens to Heysham village. From here we stay on for the full
service 73
to Carnforth via Morecambe. You can enjoy the sights and sounds
of this
excellently restored bus as we travel along the beautiful coastline to
Carnforth. At Carnforth we
take a brief look at the railway station that was made famous in the
1945 David
Lean classic film “Brief Encounter”. If
you saw the film you will remember the clock and the tea rooms – well
it is all
still here today for you to enjoy – only the steam trains have
gone! After filming 338 (NCK 338J) a Leyland engined Bristol RESL
with
ECW body running through the town we join 1775 again for a ride back to
the
Winter Gardens. Look out for the canal
on a level with the top deck of the bus!
With more filming
completed at the Winter Gardens we board Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with
MCCW H77F body for another ride on service 73 to Carnforth. Again
more enjoyable sights and sounds of the
Leyland engine and more action on arrival at Carnforth.
We travel back to
Morecambe on 2101 (GFR 101W) the second Leyland
Olympian ONLXB/1R to be built. It has a 77 seat
ECW body and has recently
been restored to as new condition. Back
at the Winter Gardens we film the vehicles in action along the
promenade. There is plenty of variety with associated
fleets from the North West of England such as Fishwicks, Lytham St.
Anne's, Barrow Corporation and even a Bristol L
coach from Royal Blue. An excellent
event and a big thank you to the Ribble
Preservation Trust for organising the day.
Enjoy!
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Filmed
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2012 |
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Duration
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66 minutes (approx). |
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Price
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Within UK - £16 |
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Rest of world -
£18 |
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Format
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DVD -R |
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Picture Aspect 16:9 |
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Order
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D155 |