The End of Southport Corporation Buses 50 Years Tour 

Lucky you, it was cold and wet in Southport, as it has been most of the winter

They could easily pass for a modern bus. The national was a classic bus for the 70s and 80s

both its look and tech appear to match the current release of Nova LFS buses here

Thanks for the info ,1054 was a stand in for the Southport panthers as a representative of the type that operated there

Lol not noticed that

I wonder whether the flooring had initially been cobblestone... its levelling must've been patterned like this to drain away washings..? it's mystifying..this storybook garage is... 🍸

@@trainrover I quite possibly was. It would have housed trams back in the day & cobbled streets were more or less standard

Not many left now

We did Go there & near the old Crossens station site

Cheers for the extra info. Many led interesting lives, 6045 being no exception

That's great, I have a few in my collection. Non taken by me unfortunately. Wish I had taken some back in the day though I was quite young back then.

I think so, Mark the new owner will have the full history of it. I know it was in NBC red when it came to Burscough. Don't know who painted it, but it looked like it was painted with a trowel. It was one of the worst Paint jobs I've ever seen

@@Merseywail having said that, we purchased 640 straight out of service, and the paint job left much to be desired.

@@TimothyWorel-xj9he it's had a good rub down since its arrival at Burscough, including the flooring which apparently had what looked like sand added to the paint mix. It looks a lot better now it's been repainted. He has no plans to return it to Southport livery, as it would require it to be returned to Duel door, to be authentic

I meant to say Southport Chapel st station. Am sure most would have known what I meant with the bus being at the same stop where we started.

This tour was organised by members of the Merseyside Transport Trust, you can become a member by joining their site www.mttrust.org.uk/ . There's also the Merseyside bus club that organise tours as well as having regular talks & shows on buses of the past and present

A very interesting video, Thank you for uploading this video 😊😊

@@lovefive5733 a shame the weather wasn't kinder. Would have filmed a lot more

I don't think the owners would go to the trouble & expense of repainting their buses just for a one off event.

Nice to see Bill Barlow, taught me to drive an Atlantean back in 1999 at MTL north. Great instructor. 👍

@@andicog top bloke bill

@@wxyz9035 No 4 belongs to a private owner but is also part of the MTTs collection. There is a open topper Atlantean in Southport livery but it wouldn't have been a good idea to bring it out in that rain. Wallasey No1 is a unique bus being the first Leyland Atlantean in service in England