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Great picture! Does anyone know which company built those trolley buses and what electric power units they used?

That is a Trolley bus (Not A Tram) at the terminus in Hindley--Gilbert Street, The bus conductor in the picture is my brother-in-law Teddy Baldwin

Wow, never seen one of these, great pic. The church wall is half that size now too.

These stopped running in 1956 at the time of the Suez crisis
I travelled on these to Atherton with my mum from the Bird at Hindley....Happy Days

Great photo,we used to watch them turning round there,the conducter had a long pole,must have been on the other side of the bus, to unhook and then hook the rails up again to the power cables.Trolley buses were very quick off the mark,very hard to jump on one once it was on its way,very quiet as well.Its Church St by the way.

Yes Maurice is right, this is Church Street but at the bottom end the name changes to Gilbert Street

I used to remember when the building to the left was Viking video library early 80's. Does ayone know what the building was at the time of this photo. It looks rather grand for a private dwelling.

The long pole for moving the trolley pulley was kept in a long tube built internally under the body of the bus and inserted from the rear. When the pullies where disconnected the bus could be moved slowly under its battery power and then reconnected to the wires. E.T.

was it a car shop next door to vickin vodeo shop

W.P.They were all private homes The only shop near was
opposite the Rex---A sweet shop.

I remember your brother in law Teddy Baldwin,Derek did he live in Platt Bridge?

Steve, Teddy originally came from Millers Lane, Platt Bridge,was living in Bickershaw When this photo would have been taken, He married a lass From Bamfurlong--Maureen.
He passed away a few years ago.

The shop opposite the Rex was Mrs Rossingtons,Rossies,she sold most things,we went in loads of times when we were kids,mainly for neighbours from 1st Ave.

good old time you cant beat it today is all drink and drugs

who remembers the bickershaw festival in 1972

good old time you cant beat it today; is all drink and drugs NOW am happy i dont drink i dont do drugs

i was born in the navies lump [ liverpool road hindley]an i can remember the trolley busses traveling down liverpool road passed the old labour exchange ,were the road used to have asharp bend if the trolley bus was on its way to platt bridge and sometimes running a bit late ,it was a bit faster than normally ,hence causing the pulleys on the trolley lines to jump off the wires and be swinging in mid air sometimes hitting the upstairs front windows of the 1st row of terraced houses after the labour exchange owd jinny Dunn and her neighbour mother green as she was known ..next thing a couple of workmen from the LUT depot would arrive with ladders and glass to replace thier broken windows this happened pretty regular ...good old days ....

My mum and dad owned viking video in early 80's,great memories