BUSWORLD PHOTOGRAPHY

I AM CHRISTOPHER LEACH THE ARTIST. I started this blog so that I can share with everyone my vast collection of transport photographs showing a personal and nostalgic view of the industry with images that span some 45 years taking in the U.K and some of Europe. I have no darkroom and so rather than being the perfectionist after tidying them up I upload the images warts and all, and even those that won't scan squarely or are scratched. In a way it adds age and character. You are all free to download these for your personal use but please remember I still own them and you are not just free to use them without prior permission for any knd of publishing. Click on images to enlarge them and if you want to see more leave your comments or visit my website for the mother-site with galleries including those Buses & Girls: PICTUREWORLD

Monday 1 January 2007

Just childhood memories or real gems?


Some buses are so interesting they are always worthy of a snap or two. But it's better still when not only are they local we photographed them in childhood just because they were there. Because they were so familiar to us I'm sure I'm not the only person who never made mages of old bus friends because we took them so much for granted. Although Frank Hornby's Dinky Toys made thousands of them the Duple Roadmaster body in real life was a rarity. Greatrex Tours of Stafford bought this Leyland Royal Tiger in the early-Fifties which made the Bedford OB parked alongside seem very mundane indeed.

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