WMPTE 107L, Wolverhampton, 1979 - a photo on Flickriver

WMPTE 107L, Wolverhampton, 1979

            WMPTE 'Walsall Fleetline' 107L descending Wolverhampton's Darlington Street in May 1979. I must have left the camera on a aperture-priority setting resulting in the slight motion-blurring. 

Anyway, not many nearside bus pictures have been taken here due to the restrictive nature of the location. There are, or were at the time, several bus stops situated along this section often busy with people queuing. The additional issue was the long, deep canopy overhanging the pavement, part of what was then Beatties department store. To get this picture I would have stood on the kerb's-edge to avoid these obstructions.

From the angle, 107L looks to be pulling around a parked bus at one of the stops. Behind 107L is a Midland Red, Leyland Leopard departing the town on one of the country routes into Staffordshire and possibly beyond.

Taken on: January 27, 2024

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WMPTE

107L

Wolverhampton

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1979

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Walsall Fleetline

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WEST MIDLANDS

1970s

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Sets appears in: • Britain in the 1970s • Walsall Fleetlines more » • WMPTE North Division • Wolverhampton « less

Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 7600i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 7600i
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Pixelmator 3.5.1
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