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I bought several bus photos in recent times featuring the flyover but until reading this thread I didn't know where it was. I have to admit that even seeing a photo of a bus going over it makes me nervous but obviously it was solid enough to take them safely.
6918, as one who wishes I had a pound for every time I drove a Midland Red bus over the flyover, could you post the bus photos here please so we can see them.What a pity that photos at the start of the the thread are lost.
6918, as one who wishes I had a pound for every time I drove a Midland Red bus over the flyover, could you post the bus photos here please so we can see them.What a pity that photos at the start of the the thread are lost.
these should be new to the forum..sorry no date as the person who took them didnt write either the location or the date on the back..just lucky that i knew where they were taken...
I don.t think it is 60s The Renault garage in the background was not built till later.But then again I don,t think it is 80s the vehicles look older than that.I wonder if repairs were required at some time in the 70s that crane looks quite modern too. Dek
hi pud..maybe someone can look up the reg nos of the 2 cars in pic 1...just notice another thing..you can see the end of the flyover in either pic so yes they could be taking it down starting at that end..
lyn
I don,t think the car reg will help to much it will tell you when the car went on the road but won,t tell you how long it has been on the road.Notice the plastic road safety cones this could indeed be the start of the demolition.Dek
hi
If you look at the first photo you can see the front end of a metro car,
which was first launched in 1980. So i think it is the demolition of the flyover.
Great photo's Lyn.
It seems that my first assessment of the situation was entirely wrong.
The car "Y" would have been registered in 81 I think, so the motorbike "X" would be 82. So it is very possible that it was being demolished in the mid to late 80's. If you look at the kerbstones that are being took up they are also old. If they were just laying them or they had just been laid the would be new.
The estate car reg B591 DOE would have been registered between Aug 84 and July 85. The photo is therefore definitely of the demolition.
Useful info on car registrations on https://www.vrm-group.co.uk/car_registration_year.htm