If you want to see us live then come to the NWVRT event on the flyer its Sunday 2nd June 2024. Meanwhile we hope you like the first srinkling of shots from a wet Glasgow yesterday.
emI think that I would have learnt my lesson with EBAY, trying to do anything with the shop other than listing ' a similar' item would by a flop. In the end the Ebay listing support gave up and passed it up to the people that write the programmes as there was a fault in the logic of the process which was very new. I finally got a lass in Ireland but that took a lot of doing. So meanwhile people can still get a bargain there but if nothing better happens I'll pull the plug on that just as I did with Amazon. Our shop is the only place where people can get the whole range and particularly good now with the downloads. I was thinking of adding a similar one page item on EBay to select films for downloads but that is now a long way off. We had the alarm chap here doing the annual service, this was after a whole wasted day waiting for Mandy earlier this week. Tomorrow we are doing our jaunt up to Scotland to update coverage of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The weather outlook is a bit iffy but if we don't do it this week it will bump into our forthcoming travel arrangements . I've already got the car packed ready for the trip, won't be in the pub late this evening as it will be a very early start. Two years since we last did the main cities there. I've done some more work on the Ivor Harding and Phil Tatt cine with the end og the present batch in sight. Then I'll get some of John Bishops out of the way, some of it a first look, what seemed to be so new has quickly become quite classic. So no camera chip so lets dip into the Scotland file for a retro glimpse back to 2015 Yesterday was Jean Hannay's funeral in Staffordshire, a rather off the beaten track journey but a nice service and friendly wake in Derbyshire. We knew Jean almost as well as Robin but really totally different characters, well Jean didn't write long letters about Wulfrunians but she would have rung them up and told them what she thought back in the day. We had a good session at the wake and found lots of mutual friends especially from Cheshire and Staffordshire - certainly a small world in the bus scene. My email wouldn't open last night and as we were really tired I didn't persist with a blog. We do seem to be getting a lot more interest in the films now they are sent worldwide with no postage, time delays and a lot cheaper than the old DVD plus of course being in HD. Remember establish which films or archive you want use the spreadsheets via button on shop landing page to search. Then complete the download request order, bottom of the same page . Asap I get the files to you by Drop Box. If they aren't digitised I do the business and then they are also there for the next person, it only takes about 8 minutes. I am going to refine the end date for production of DVDs which will be well in advance of the end of sending out previously made DVDs, so it could be around 2028 that we finish making them. The films can played on mobiles, laptops, desk tops or Smart TVs so I cannot think why anyone would want to continue with non HD when it will be much dearer. Thereafter we would just save the digital file with necessary back up protection. I would also cease making covers and listing items on the shops. Big jobs to do now are to get all the Weebly shop prices to £16 and likewise on EBay but I am considering charging £18 on EBay as they charge me £2 and why I've always asked folk to order on the PMP Shop. Today I filmed at Chester and Birkenhead, I'm trying to get the Dutch West Indies film finished before I make them. Many was messed about by the alarm people who failed to show up at 4 given times, Kerways, must do better! We'll have to go out to shop tomorrow. Weekend, Llandudno Sunday and Truck Fest Monday subject to weather outlook. Please refrain from harassment on Messenger and other platforms. You are very welcome to email us but we are so busy we cannot divert to conversations ( unless you prefer no more films ).
As well as all the superb buses you can visit the PMP stand on a now rare appearance and meet your old mate Dave perhaps for a selfie and even help out with Dave's introduction and farewell messages. We are growing stronger every year and I've been proud to wear our colours and logos to events around the country. There are still many who have not heard of the NWVRT, the friendly nature of our open days attracted me so come and see for yourself this year. Put it in your diary now.
It seemed an ideal answer to catching up on coverage at Peterborough bus station, get finished at Delaine running day then head up to Peterborough. Wrong, Peterborough on a Saturday with the usual drunks , smack heads, ne'er-do-wells and flotsam and jetsam plus feral gangs of young males made a very toxic mix. The shops are still closing, M&S went last week following all the top brands who evacuated this hell hole. No disabled toilets in either the shopping centre or bus station finding any toilets was a lengthy process. My suggest to Peterborough is to disband its police force with all their vans and car, close it all down and see if it made any difference. My guess would but council tax payers would get a huge reduction in charges and there would be no change in crime as the current regime uses riding around in their vehicles nice and warm and safe as a strategy. Boots on the ground would be impossible as they are scared of the hooligans and thugs. Mandy got attacked by manic drunks who smashed bottles on her car and then a bunch of young males possibly football related. ( all the disabled parking spots are in seedy back streets) I had several encounters by the bus station, then a young kid came out in some sort of rambo uniform, he had Westcliffe on the back, I kept my cools ( for a change) and told him to keep walking and go back to his nice warm office and have a cup of tea. He took my advise thank goodness, the thugs would have made mincemeat of him and I would have been annoyed at least. Despite all this and I do implore enthusiasts not to visit the bus station, I did get my footage and stills although the foul weather which has decimated our spring played havoc with photography. A long day and as they say of sport a day of two halves, the Delaine heritage running day was well worth getting up early to attend, really great to see an assortment together which are mostly new to me on the running day circuit. As usual I met lots of old friends but not many young ones from the online side as the average age group seemed to be well past retirement age. The story of Peterborough in the afternoon will wait until tomorrow.
A productive couple of days especially keeping indoors to avoid the foul weather. Tomorrow though we head off to the wild and woolly east to the Delaines bus running day, if you want to say hello and perhaps a selfie don't be shy. We used to have a stand at their rallies, we'll have a look at this for the future. Obviously locals know that several rallies in that region have now had the plug pulled so lets hope it is a really good one tomorrow. We of course are nearing the annual NWVRT rally at Kirkby where we will have stand. Today I've saved to files films covering China, Liberia, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. Always lots happening here. The Oxford diecast Biffa bin wagon is a little gem, looking forward to finding a spot on one of my dioramas. I've almost finished the films on Wakefield and York plus Harrogate. Scanning now some British steam era and even aircraft at Heathrow 1980. Meanwhile some of the shots from this week to fill the gaps. Yes it is ready to send out now, DVD and Download, the first of a series of events put on by the superb Manchester Museum of Transport to celebrate two hundred years of buses in Manchester. We've also been busy filing photos from the past few months and even had a look at some old slides which have never been seem, they were damaged by heat and damp and the colours went mad but through the magic mincer they came out quite nice. Still a bit of tweaking required to get it just right but damage repaired and colour reigned in a bit, I took the Irish shots between 1980-84
PLEASE REMEMBER WE CAN NOW OFFER OUR WHOLE RANGE OF FILMS INCLUDING ARCHIVES AS DOWNLOADS WHICH OPENS ALL WE HAVE DONE TO A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE. PLEASE ALSO NOTE I DO NOT USE MESSENGER, IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT ME MY CONTACT DETAILS ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE. I TRY TO KEEP MY SOCIAL MEDIA TO SAFE PLATFORMS OR AS SAFE AS CAN BE AND I SEE MESSENGER POP UP (UNWANTED) WITH HORRIFIC CONTENT. Today I went to film in York but had a weird experience with a stalker who kept appearing and jumping in front of me, we retreated to the hilly slopes of Harrogate, one thing there Mandy will tell you is that it beats nearly everywhere for being inaccessible in a wheelchair. We did however find three nice cafe, that leaves two to go, can only eat so much cake, anything would be better than Nero in York. |
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