Wigan Album
Wigan Corporation Transport
21 CommentsPhoto: Ray Smyth
Item #: 30746
Wigan Corporation in July 1940,
and is still with us today,
preserved for the future.
Great picture of Wigan's own buses ... It looks like that man is having a good scratch!
Unfortunate time to develop an itch, poor chap.
I've seen this picture before somewhere Ray, and seem to remember the caption said the bus wasn't in Wigan area but going to a rally somewhere.
Just in case folk are racking their brainstrying to fathom out where it is.
Veronica...Perhaps he is going to the movies,
It looks like he is picking his seat.
Terry...Wigan Corporation fleet No.70 is somewhere between
London and Brighton, in the Historic Commercial Vehicle Rally, in what I think is 1970.
Buses again give us a break zzzzzzzzz.
Ed. With all due respect to the Triumph Herald Club there's so much going on here. As Veronica diligently pointed out there's love in the air with regard the late passenger and [if you notice] his potential squeeze to the far right of frame. Perhaps they had a bus stop romance that eclipsed anything the Hollies could have had a hit with. [ call me an old fashioned romantic ].
Perhaps his underpants are sticking in his bum!
Could there be passengers on the upper deck, and is that a lady conductor on the near side rear seat?.
Where was destination 7?. If there was such a destination.
Albert...Route 7 was Standish to Abbey Lakes via Wigan, and
5 & 5A Abbey Lakes to Standish, also via Wigan. If a bus was
doing a shortened journey on this route, for example Wigan to Boars Head, as shown on this bus, it would show route 5,
and route 7 on its return to Wigan. Some conductors couldn't
be bothered to climb the little step on the front of the bus
to change the destination blind and route number on such a
short journey. More recent buses had the handles for changing the indicator blinds in the drivers cab, just above
the windscreen. Ray.
The destination board says Boars Head (that is between Wigan & Standish), I believe sometimes during the war, buses used to terminate there instead of going up to Standish.Route 5 was to Standish and route 7 was Abbey Lakes from memory of the late 50's/early 60's when I was going to school. The Herald is a 1967 model as I had a Herald 1200 "D" reg which was 66.
Wonderful picture Ray , you have taken me back to destination blinds , and
Abbey Lakes , irrelevant to others , but important to me , Thankyou.
Thank you Ray.
The Triumph was registered with opl,this was issued to Guildford Surrey so is the bus in the south of England.
Ray.
Stuff > Oddities, shows a 'Corpy' bus crossing Blackfriar's Bridge during the '68 Rally - It could be your beauty?
In those bygone days the facilities for disabled people on public transport was not an issue, as it is paramount today, and so it should be paramount.
Wonder does anyone know why Wigan Corporation didn't have a route 6