BourneFree's photos with the keyword: England

Seen lined up around the Depots at Crich during the 1979 "Transport Extravaganza" on August Bank Holiday weekend that year is selection of the museum fleet. They include representatives of the Blackpool, Glasgow and Sheffield fleets,

Track-laying the hard way - this is Swanage Railway in the early eighties. As can be discerned it was manual and labour intensive with the help of a small crane, of GWR origin, if I remember correctly. The location looks like the straight that runs behind the houses in Kings Road West, with the Victoria Avenue bridge in the back of the shot.

Seen at Salisbury in August 1979 is Crompton 33039, on a Brighton to Bristol service

Seen at Town End, Crich on the August Bank Holiday weekend 1980 is Trent Leyland National 508, a 11.3m model delivered in 1978. The Tramway Museum, as it was then, is out of shot to the left The August Bank Holiday weekend at the Museum, at that time, featured the popular "Grand Transport Extravaganza" . It has been replaced in more recent years by other events. Also of note is the Ford Escort MkII 'panda car' in the background

Bournemouth Alexander-bodied Atlantean 243 (SEL 243H) is seen approaching Winton Banks junction in Bournemouth - the name deriving from the suburb and the proximity (in the past) of a large number of bank branches. It carries posters for the 'Use us or lose us' campaign to get people back on the buses - I'm not sure whether it seems desperate or vaguely threatening with the perspective of hindsight!

Only 7 years separate these two AEC Reliances on Green Line services back in 1980 RP84 (JPA 184K) delivered in 1972, but (theoretically!) demoted to bus work is about to be passed by RB66 (YPL 66T). The Duple Dominant II bodied Reliance is representative of the belated attempt to upgrade the "Green Line" image The location is Green Line's Victoria 'hub' - Eccleston Bridge Also of interest is the remains of a Swan Vesta advert on the Lost Property Office wall in the background

D1102 started out as DM1102 in June 1975. It lasted in normal service until 1983, being converted to open-top at Aldenham. By 1989, carrying the name "MV Royal Daffodil" , it had passed to Selkent as part of the charter operation at PD. I believe this 1989 view is at Greenwich, next to the "Cutty Sark" - but I am open to correction

There in the Waitrose car park was ULH 926F, a Triumph Herald convertible. I thought it's just another old car, but I'll take a picture as it's over 40 years old, and might bring back some memories. It turns out that, according to the current owner's website, it was once owned by Germaine Greer, the occasionally controversial feminist academic and journalist. The Herald looks in good nick, which is not surpising when you see the amount work involved in the restoration - see homepage.ntlworld.com/groves.darren/herald.htm .

Following on from previous post - this shot taken from Tower Bridge Approach shows how much taller The Shard is than anything around it - the only other buildings clearly visible above the foliage are the buildings of Guy's Hospital (Tower Wing)

I sense this is definitely a 'Marmite' building An article in "The Guardian" newspaper on 14th Jan 2013 opened with .... The best thing about the view from the Shard?.....You can't see the Shard It is a 95-storey skyscraper at London Bridge, on the site previously occupied by Southwark Towers, For more info see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard The Shard website ( the-shard.com ) says "The Shard is a timeless reminder of the power of imagination to inspire change" - others say carbuncle - I'll leave you to decide!