East Yorkshire 713 - MX07 BTF - a photo on Flickriver

            All I'll say is that I've tried my best with the destination display. The rest of it, though? Speaking of liveries, I wasn't best pleased with the last photo I got of 713, and with sister vehicle 712 now in for bodywork and eventual paint, today was the day I decided to finally catch up with it and snap the offside - what I name to be the most 'Manchester' side of this ex-Manchester bus. I'll recount my caption from last time: in June 2021, to try and stimulate bus use in Greater Manchester following the partial lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, bus number 3212 - at one time First Manchester's designated Pride vehicle (if a bunch of rainbow hearts slapped onto the paintwork can be considered a 'Pride' livery) as well as the Salford City Transport heritage bus - was turned out in a special colourful livery featuring the tagline 'Manchester - we proper miss you'. The livery extols the benefits of Manchester's cultural scene, including music, sport and so much more, and this livery still remains in place today under East Yorkshire ownership - though maybe for only a few weeks more.

On the offside, this time around, you can see stylistically-designed advertisements for the pubs, clubs (and hugs?) of Oxford Road (well, Hull has an Oxford Street in industrial Bankside), the city's shopping districts, the Manchester Marathon (Hull has a 10K!), and last but not least, the city's music scene, extolled with the title of one of my favourite songs by The Stone Roses. As a matter of fact, it turns out that this livery has its own local connection: it was designed by Hull-born and bred Mark Reeves. Now Mark, you did comment on the original photo back in May but I kind of wish I asked: what was your thoughts going into the proposal turning into the final design, and would a livery like this for Hull help promote our cultural heritage for the future?

Finally retaken on the offside and not hopelessly overcontrasted, East Yorkshire's 713, a 2007 Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini new to First Greater Manchester as their 37290, becoming 3212 with the sale of Queen's Road garage to Go North West, is seen entering Hessle Square at the end of a 57 working to Hessle. If you look hard enough behind the front wheel at the right angle, you can just make out its old GNW fleet number!

Taken in: UK / England / Hessle / Hessle (show map)

Taken on: August 21, 2024

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Sets appears in: • East Yorkshire • Ex-Manchester

Groups appears in: • Wrightbus • Bus UK: Buses, Coaches and Trams of Yorkshire & NE England more » • Go Ahead East Yorkshire Motor Services • Volvo - Bus and Coach • Ex-Greater Manchester buses - where are they now? • Bus UK : Pre Owned Bus & Coach Group • Go-Ahead Buses Worldwide • Newer Public Transport (post-2012 only) « less

Camera: Nikon Z 50, f/7.1, 1/800 sec, 61mm (=91mm), ISO 500 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 50
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	61mm (35mm equivalent: 91mm)
ISO:	500
Exposure Bias:	+1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.02.51
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