Church Street West, Hartlepool ? 1971
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The photograph on this page of Church Street West, Hartlepool ? 1971 by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Church Street West, Hartlepool ? 1971
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 3 Apr 1971
The buildings visible are little changed, although the scenery has changed dramatically, the road, with Church Square beyond, now being a traffic free open space https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5953657 . The bus is Hartlepool Corporation 36, one of a batch of 5 Leyland Leopards with ECW bodywork. They were the first ECW bodies delivered to a non-BTC operator after Leyland had taken a 25% share in ECW in 1965. The front end design was non-standard and as far as I am aware was unique to these 5 buses. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=137652761
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