The Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) provided stations at Bloomfield, Neill's Hill, Knock and Dundonald to get passengers into Belfast city centre from the suburbs directly in competition to trams, trolley buses etc.
Thank you! There is far too little progress or discussion in Northern Ireland about urbanism or public transport improvements. With this channel I aim to change that narrative and get people talking about improving Northern Ireland's public transport network for the future.
The shots at 4:43 to 4:55 show Belfast trolleybus 168 with a Huddersfield trolley which may be no. 631. Does anyone know where the photographs were taken? The first shot shows a maroon liveried single decker which may indicate Reading. 631 did indeed visit Reading in 1969{?} to operate an enthusiast tour but I was not aware that a Belfast trolley also visited.
Please consider for a future video the ferries to England and Scotland over the years .I remember the Heysham , Liverpool and Glasgow ferries which were from Ardrossan not Greenock or Glasgow. Maybe I am wrong about Ardrossan . Anyway there were arrivals at Belfast from various ports . Those ships and those ports would make good copy and not all were built by Dennys at Dumbarton. My father said that he saw from his bedroom at Rockport the ferries follow each other down the Lough to begin their overnight crossings. No need to include the ferry to Greenore or the one from Portpatrick to Donaghadee..
Nerd fact - the bus at 6.13 was at a classic car show at Stormont on Saturday. Fair few people in their late 30s/early 40s trying the seats out and saying 'Yep, still hurts my back'
I used the trams as a boy aged about 8 with little parental concern for my visits to Smithfield market.. Belfast Ropeworks shares we held for years and received calendars from them..
Love to hear your story Tom! It's wonderful to hear living accounts from the people that were lucky enough to experience a bygone era of our transport history!
Yes I actually only notcied that recently when I saw a 'CityBus LTD' (or something like that) sticker on the side of a brand new hydrogrn Metro bus haha
