buses Archives - Blackpool Social Club

30 Dec

Just a walk down the prom with my camera

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsartworks, Blackpool, buses, Film, film photography, great promenade show, medium format photography, mirror ball, monochrome photography, photography, public transport, solaris centre, south promenade, they shoot horses don't they, tidal organ, trams

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Just a walk down the prom with my film camera, in the sun taking in the crisp cool air. Here are some of David's favourite black and white, medium format photos from that day. A lovely little trip and break. Come back nice weather and we can do this again. One Saturday I decided to take a trip to Fleetwood Market to buy some things from the art supply store that's opened up there. A good day in itself. I returned with a new sketchbook, which I admit I'm yet to try out, sweeties, a new kitchen knife, a…

Restored vintage Blackpool bus 346 soon to be back on the road

David Simper0 CommentsHeritage, Local NewsBlackpool, Blackpool bus, bus, bus 346, buses, fylde, heritage, public transport, restoration, vehicles, vintage bus

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Everyday things like buses often seem mundane and unimportant, until they've gone taking their history with them. Thankfully enthusiast groups see this coming and save a few examples so that public transport's development can be charted and people can see, touch and ride on the vehicles of yesteryear. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Bus 346, a Metro Cammell model PD2 introduced in 1959 and withdrawn in March 1975, is just such a vehicle. Saved from the scrapyard by being used as a mess room by Blackpool Council Illuminations Department, it's planned to have this fine vehicle back on the road by the end of…

Blackpool residents urged to have their say on decarbonising transport plans

David Simper0 CommentsEnvironment and Nature, Local Newsbuses, climate, cycling, decarbonising, trams, transport, transportforthenorth

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Transport for the North has put together a decarbonising transport strategy in response to the obviously escalating climate emergency situation. As a coastal place Blackpool's likely to be vulnerable to sea level rises due to ice melt thousands of miles away (get your glaciers now). We may need to make quite radical life style changes to fend this threat off, going a lot further than altering our transport habits. It's definitely worth taking a look at this draft strategy; this is the north taking a lead, which has to be a good thing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Studying an environmental degree in the…