Liverpool Buses MTT Running Day 2019
independent
transport videos welcome
you to this, our 12th edition DVD programme of the Merseyside
Transport Trust's (MTT) annual “Liverpool Buses Running Day”. This year was also very special in that the
MTT reached it’s 20th year and that in 1969 the Merseyside PTE
(MPTE) was formed - 50 years ago. Also
celebrating its 50th birthday is the erstwhile National Bus Company (NBC), so
some of the buses seen on this programme represent that bygone era of local
transport. This year the event was
centred on Mann Island at Liverpool Pier Head with services running to both
north and south Liverpool, introducing areas not covered on previous running
days. These included Netherton, Lower
Lane, Speke, Penny Lane and for the first time buses ran through the Mersey
Tunnel to Liscard and Wallasey.
Our
filming begins bright and early on a very sunny morning on Mann Island at
Liverpool’s iconic Pier Head. We film
the buses running in service as they arrive as well as four preserved Ribble
buses and coaches forming a special “Ribble 100” display as 2019 sees the
centenary celebrations of that well loved bus company. By 10am Mann Island is awash with buses
featuring the liveries of Liverpool Corporation, Wallasey Corporation, the MPTE
(both Liverpool and Wirral divisions), the NBC - with buses from Crosville and
Ribble. Buses featured are a Leyland Titan, Atlanteans, Panther, Leopard,
Tiger, Nationals, Bristol REs and a Metrobus to name but a few. We take a ride onboard Liverpool Corporation
L501 (501 KD), the 1962 Leyland Atlantean on service 72 from Pier Head to
Speke. We have a camera in the cab for
the driver’s eye view and one for the passenger’s perspective in both the lower
and upper saloons. We return to the Pier
Head ‘as a passenger’ onboard former Crosville ERG280 (YFM 280L), a 1973
dual-purpose Bristol RELL6G operating part of the Crosville H1 service that ran
from Warrington to Liverpool Pier Head back in day. With plenty more filming at Mann Island we
then put our cameras onboard Wallasey Corporation number 1 (FHF 451), the very
special, first production, 1958 built Leyland Atlantean for a journey back to
its old haunts, New Brighton. With a
camera at the front of the lower deck and one in the upper saloon we have an
enjoyable journey through the Mersey Tunnel and Liscard. Our filming concludes at Mann Island where
the day started. Here we film all of the
action as the buses arrive and then set off on their final journeys of the day
with some leaving for home. We would
like to say a big thank you to all concerned as usual for putting on this
superb show for all to enjoy.
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Filmed
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2019 |
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Duration
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103 mins
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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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D357 |