Coventry buses 1977 + Pool Meadow Bus Station

[Cardinalplonker]

I remember the OLD Pool Meadow! Before THIS one was built!!

[gsnake666]

the old coventry theatre...sigh.

[regentv980]

too many boxes on wheels by this time

[CoventryTransport]

This Video footage of Coventry's Buses in January 1977 is absolutely brilliant and has brought back alot of happy memories ! Another "CLUE" to help "BAMMOT" identify the year of his Pool Meadow Bus Station footage would be if he can see any "Please Let Buses Pull Out" stickers on the back of any of the Fleetlines ? I think that they were put on the Buses over here in about 1979/1980 ???

[CoventryTransport]

The last buses in service in the Red and Ivory livery were withdrawn in September 1979. After this time, other than any Overall Advert buses,it was Blue and Cream paint all the way until 1988 then. The CVG6 Tree Lopper was painted WMPTE Blue in 1977 and was withdrawn in 1982. The last CVG6 to be withdrawn from passenger service was on August 24th, 1979. If there are no CVG's or Red and Ivory Buses in BAMMOT'S video footage of Pool Meadow, it could well have been shot from late 1979 onwards ?

[holydiver73]

It was great to see those old prefab shops as you came out of the subway. remember all of it well. much missed especially the hippodrome

[reynardbizzar]

Awesome man .Thanks.

[Fleetline119]

My notes say that the video was taken around January 1977 - ie. 3 years after Coventry buses started getting painted in blue/cream.

There were still some buses in Coventry in the red/ivory livery a year later (1978) according to one book that I have.

[bammot]

How certain are you the film of Pool Meadow was shot in 1977? I am editing a film of the bus station from the roof of the hotel that over looks the bus station and in my film all the buses are in WMPTE colour Scheme, and there is fotage of the former Covetry Tranport tree loper in WMPTE colour scheme scheme the problem is I do nor know the year I shot the film there is footage of a private bus operator in blue with full front buses,

and a bus inspector that if looks could kill...

[bammot]

I would long be dead, I was certain that the film was shot some time between 1978? and 1980? the film will soon be on YouTube and I think it will conplement yours if only to show the difference that two years? can make

[Fleetline119]

Conductors were still in use where necessary - such as on the half-cab buses with rear open platforms.

[shawry1970]

Lovely to see the old Pool Meadow and the hippodrome. Did the buses still have conductors then?

[Fleetline119]

As the original was silent 8mm cine film, when I copied the films to VHS I then added music.

[hobsholelane06]

Loving all this music!