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Chester Corporation Tramways started operations on January 1st 1902. It was not until February 1930 that motor buses took to the road in the historic City of Chester.

This video celebrates the 100th anniversary of municipal passenger transport in the city. The programme starts with a look at the current day operations - Dennis Darts, Dominators, Leyland Olympians etc.

Next we visit Birkenhead to see semi-retired Guy Arab No.1 operating a shuttle service at the Wirral Bus & Tram Museum’s open day.

We then go to the Scottish Bus Museum at Lathalmond, Scotland - where we put Guy Arab No.42 through her paces, bringing back memories of the familiar sounds associated with the type. No.1 then has a treat! We take her from Birkenhead, home to Chester, to run around her old familiar routes, to the pretty villages of Eccleston, Christleton, Littleton and through the historic arched gateways into and out of the walled City of Chester.

To bring back further memories there are 100 photos in the ‘Photo Gallery’ showing examples of the fleet from the late 1960’s to the 1990’s. We finish the video with an exclusive! The first views of No.10, the 1989 Olympian repainted into a version of the tram/ early bus livery of apple green and ivory, with an added maroon band.

Thanks must go to Bob Tennant, John Lee, Norman Moore, Martin Connolly and Bob Armour for their help in making this video possible.

Filmed by/when: 2002
Number of discs: 1 DVD-R

Running Time: 110-mins (1hr 40min)

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It was on 21st April 1902 that the first electric tram ran in Warrington heralding the start of public transport in the town. 1913 saw the first motor buses running, and by 1935 the trams had been replaced by the buses. In 1986 the formation of Warrington Borough Transport took place, taking over from the

Corporation Transport Department.

On Monday 3rd June, 2002 a special Open Day was held at the departments Wilderspool garage to celebrate the 100 years. This video is a fascinating pictorial account of the preparations and the main event. The day before 92 buses had to be moved out of the 2 sheds to a nearby car park so as to house some of the visiting vehicles on the day - this never to be seen again event is captured on film together with the washing of some of the vehicles ready for the big day. Preserved and current vehicles arrive from all over the north west and are seen parking up the night before and on the day. The Mayor of Warrington visits the show and awards prizes for vehicles judged best on the day. Shuttle services were run using Warrington and visiting vehicles. At the end of the day our cameras capture all the visiting vehicles leaving the garage, and then we witness the return into the sheds of the fleet in double quick time. A unique event on a weekend that also marked the Golden Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II.

The programme concludes with a Photo Gallery of Warrington buses in service during the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Amongst these are shots of Leyland Atlantean 75 decorated for the 75th Anniversary celebrations held at Chester in 1977. Chester City Transport also celebrates its Centenary in 2002 and four of their vehicles were visitors to this event. Chester’s buses are the subject of another of our videos, now available. We would like to thank Nigel Featham, M.D. of W.B.T. and all his staff for making this video possible. Here’s to the next 100.

Filmed by/when: 2002
Number of discs: 1 DVD-R

Running Time: 105-mins (1hr 45min)

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Numbers of the Bristol VRT are reducing rapidly as we enter the 21st Century. However, Johnson Brothers (Tours) of Hodthorpe, near Worksop and Redfern Travel now have a total of 49, of which 40 are serviceable and are used daily on sto gechool contracts. The fleet is made up of series I, II and III types, both Gardner and Leyland examples.

In recent years a ‘Running Day’ has been organised by Scott Johnson and a group of enthusiasts. This video is a record of one such day that took place on Saturday 13th April 2002.

Representatives of each type of VRT were used on the day - journeys took us to Sheffield on a series I and II to visit Burgin’s of Tinsley, operator of ex. Southern Vectis VRT’s. Then a ride on NGM168G a former Central SMT and Southern Vectis series I dating from November 1969. We then travelled trough picturesque Cumber Park to Redfern Travel in Mansfield, paying a call at Tim Draper at Tibshelf that owns ex. Maidstone & District BKE849T. Both Leyland and Gardner examples are sampled on this delightful trip. Our final ride is by ex Crosville DVG266 on an evening journey through the north Nottinghamshire countryside and back to Worksop.

Many of the VRTs have been refurbished to a very high standard by Johnson Bros.. This can been seen on the ‘rides’ during the video. There are also many ‘line side’ views of the VR’s in action.

We conclude the programme with a Photo Gallery of VRT’s in service with their original owners that now operate with Johnson Brothers.

We would like to thank Scott Johnson of Johnson Brothers (Tours) for supplying the vehicles on the day, and to Richard Newman for the excellent organisation of the event.

Filmed by/when: 2002
Number of discs: 1 DVD-R

Running Time: 80-mins (1hr 20min)

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