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Nice video it brought back fond memories. As children Exchange Station was always our starting point for summer days out to Southport in the late 50s and 60s before my dad had a car. At the end of the 60s when I started my working life as an apprentice at a small engineering firm based in Upper Milk Street. As the newbie you would be sent out at around 12 o’clock to get the chips for everyone from “The Beanshoot” chippy just opposite Exchange Station. To make this chore more interesting I always used to cut through from Pall Mall through Exchange Station and have a quick browse at the news stand there and once a week buy my copy of “Melody Maker”. I left Liverpool in 1980, it really is amazing to see how its all gone.

BRITISH TOY TRAIN SET SHOWS - LOOK CHILDISH ALONGSIDE PROFESSIONAL EUROPEAN EXHIBITIONS ! Unreal ! Having just been to the Friedrichshafen exhibition in Southern Germany, where every layout (virtually all club layouts) were professional, and many were very large at over 40ft. Its terrifying to see how British Model railway shows have so quickly degenerated into nothing more than Childish "Toy train set shows", like this one in Warrington. Where clearly no one seems to understand signalling, and certainly not catenary, or what the real railway outside actually looks like. Indeed British modellers don't even seem to understand how to use DCC !!!

Thankyou, a brilliant video which brings back so many memories, as working on the Link was my first job after leaving college. The new tunnel, to the left at 18.14 was in hard rock so was blasted a metre at a time. Before each blast, the tunnel had to be checked to make sure no-one was in it, including on top of the concrete roof. As I was on top of it, they set the charge off! I was shaken, deafened and choking. They thought it was a huge joke. But they were a great bunch of blokes really, and of course I was fair game, first job etc. That was in the days when safety was in your head, and not entrusted to a flourescent jacket. Happy days.

Very nice layout. I do like some of the models in the layout.

In St Helens about 1980 you would see Leyland Nationals from Merseyside PTE, Widnes, Lancashire United, Ribble, Crosville, and Greater Manchester PTE from Wigan.

Sorry to have missed it this year, thanks a lot for sharing 👍

Go every year it's great. 😊

Some lovely layouts on display.

Thank goodness one Bristol KSW6B from Crosville has survived it is a real treasure.

Thanks for this. We used to use Exchange Street going out to Ainsdale and Southport when I was a kid in the early 70's, so it's nice to see the history of a long gone gem.

What's the distance of the loop line?

I remember the Birkenhead & District Bus, they were a short lived Company and not to be confused with Birkenhead Bus Company that ran until being absorbed into the MPTE (Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive) in the 1970s; the Birkenhead & District Bus ran in the 1990s.

Thanks!

was gonna go, devastated i didnt, mostly because of the leyland lion which has been in all creatures great and small >:(

The West Riding Leyland Tiger definitely the best, mind you considering where my home town is I could be slightly biased!

The Cleveland transit Volvo Olympian to me is one of the best in show she looks superb Hope all is well Mark 😊😊

Cool 😊

Great day out shame the trams were missing but there was plenty to keep one busy looking at the vehicles

Some very nice buses. Especially those that are still as popular all over the UK and worldwide.

Lovely video, thank you. Nice to see them all together especially the Bristol RE in National livery and KG147, so pleased to see it in fine fettle.

Brings back happy memories

brings back memoirs of by gone days behind the wheel at chester corppie and crosville

Vintage buses 👍

Oh and by the way as you can closely see in the wide Picture above the letters that is what I'm writing about, can you also repaint all of them in the exact same Colour Patterns But Repaint most of these Buses in the exact same Blue Triangle Pale Red Colour Patterns and that will also would be the exact same Colour Patterns but leave the rest of the other exact same Pattern Colours for the rest of those 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Buses so they could have most of those professional opportunities to Replace All of the Arriva Buses in North London for all of us Different Colour Patterns Blue Triangle Bus fans out there?

16:13 - the distinctive hum of the train leaving the station. When I hear that I can imagine myself back at Central Station waiting for the train. BTW: I always remember lots of walking at Central (possibly also at Moorfields) in order to get to the Lime Street platform and then waiting for the train. I decided it was usually faster for me to exit Central Station and walk the short distance to Lime Street.

Very interesting video. Exchange Station was the one I used from Formby when coming into Liverpool in the early 70s. I loved the grandeur of the station. I remember a clothes shop with a narrow frontage on the right as you came down to the main exit. The shop sold "loons" - the first time I had heard of these extra-wide flares. BTW: I don't think you mentioned the Exchange Hotel at the front, where Siegfried Sassoon attended a disciplinary hearing about his letter to his commanding officer condemning the war.

I saw my self

Probably went on that Stockport bus in the 60's. 92 to Hazel Grove. 1/3 from Manchester

Skyscrapers and orange buses what a great combo ,SELNEC/GMPTE was one of my fav fleets with its neat northern counties bodywork I mean that Olympian and metrobus looked awesome ,when LT chose NC to body it’s trial dominators I was well pleased to me after the AN style body NC was in my top 5 ,can you answer me this were the Salford Mancunians delivered in green and white or red and white please ,Shame the new transport for Manchester chose yellow not orange 😊,a great video mate ,also driven NC Olympians and the ones I drove felt well built I envy you man driving the example in your video 😊😊 All the best Mark 😊😊

I was at that event and it was such a lovely day out. Great museum!

I remember riding on those RIBBLE buses ( L1 L2, & L3 routes. & I even got to change the destination on the front of one of them. ( I had to go upstairs to do it) & even drove one of their single double door deckers, aswell. Those was the days. Nice to see them out & about again these yesteryear buses. & as usual I find out well after the event when they have already been out & about So, I completely miss them.

I want to go on these Journeys

Beautiful scenery,very good detailled!

Nice video. Gives a good coverage of all the great layouts that were at the show!

You sure the class 502 had an air whistle you checked the diagram yet friend

I once watched a YT of an enormous model of Lime Street Sration set in the late 1960s judging by the buildings where the plateau is now. Where is that model kept?

Approx 7.30 mins. I returned home to Liverpool from Brighton 5 days ago after 30 years... So was truly freaked to see a bus today at Penny Lane Liverpool going from Brighton via Lewes to Uckfield. That was my bus route to work. Genually thought I was tripping! Had to dig to find this on net but thank you for what you do. Its still called the Regency route but its the 28/29 today. 😂

I know I used the station in 1974, but was too interested in my then girlfriend to notice much about it. We may have used it again in 1975 when we were married. Didn't go to Liverpool for a hile after that and it was closed when I later wnet back for a visit.

Excellent, especially the trip from Lathalmond to Dunfermline and back again. All roads and streets easily recognised but from a slightly different angle.👍

Sad that there are no videos, photos even of Crosville's FLF coaches.

I do like the J Fishwick & Sons green bus. Very nice.

Some of those buses are very nice. Even the older ones that are vintage and well looked after.

That’s looks brilliant. Was at the Glasgow bus restoration open day last year and even when my bus interest is limited still great to do. A lot of history.

I remember my dad driving those two tone blue and white Tayside corp buses from the mid to late 80's. A few of those buses I remember farmers using to pick up and drop off locals for fruit picking back then too.

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That Alexander blue & cream livery is magnificent isn't it. ... And then along comes a Lodekka in Stagecoach stripey livery 🙈

They picked a nice comfortable vehicle for the long trip then. Is that one ex Shearings?

The Fishwick Atlantean at the end is interesting too. The rear looks very like a DMS Fleetline

Maybe, for a fee, have a person photographed with their bus destination and number. 72 for me. Thanks for the video.

That Fishwick Tiger Cub is a rather ... distinctive shape. Is it East Lancs bodied? They did some rather ... distinctive styles.