A LOOK AROUND BURY

In this post we'll just take a look around Bury (the one that used to be in Lancashire, but is now part of Greater Manchester). We have already seen Bolton Street station, so let's move outside, where we find this lovely restored ex LMS Scammell artic.

There was another station serving Bury; Knowsley Street (Photo by Ben Brooksbank - Creative Commons License).

The railway into Bury Bolton Sreet station was diverted to a new terminus at Bury Interchange. It was soon converted for use by Metrolink trams.

Bury used to have its own trams, such as this one at Moorside.

One Bury tram got into a spot of bother.

Bury Corporation Transport became part of Greater Manchester PTE and orange buses soon invaded Bury. This one originated in Bolton.

An unusual bus in Bury Interchange, presumably rebuilt after a low bridge incident.

Firstbus later took over and used 'bendibuses' on busy services.

Other municipal operators serving Bury included Rochdale, Blackburn and Rossendale.

Since deregulation, several independents have been seen.....most have now deceased. Shearings was one.

JPT, Pioneer and Bluebird have all now vanished from the bus scene.

Ashall's Coaches are still in business, but I don't think they run bus services any more.

One can't visit Bury without buying some black pudding and the best place for that is the market (Creative Commons License, photo by 'Diamond Geezer').

Time for a pub crawl. Our first stop is the Art Picture House, a Wetherspoons.

Holt's beers are sold at the Blue Bell.

The Brunswick and the Nag's Head are two pubs that are no longer with us.

Wylde's is, thankfully, still trading and is a centrally located Holt's tied house.

Another lost pub, the Arthur Inn. 

The Two Tubs, a Thwaite's house, in the town centre.

More Thwaites can be had at the Help Me Thro'.

That's handy for Bury Transport Museum, where the East Lancs Railway keep some locos and a few preserved buses.

That Leyland came from Haslingden. That's it for now, we'll head north in the next post.