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A DECADE OF RESTORATION
| 题名： | A DECADE OF RESTORATION |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | PHIL HALEWOOD |
| 摘要： | The Liverpool city region is rather blessed with bus preservation groups, with four now well established on either side of the Mersey. The Wirral has the Birkenhead Transport Museum with a collection not only of buses from across the region, but also a short working electric tramway running between its Taylor Street garage and Woodside Ferry Terminal. In St Helens, about ten miles due east of Liverpool, there's the long-established North West Museum of Road Transport in Shaw Street, occupying the former corporation garage premises. North of the city, there is the equally long-established Merseyside Transport Trust, with its base in Burscough, near Southport. In July 2011, the fourth name was added to this list, that of the North West Vehicle Restoration Trust (NWVRT). There was a clear demand then (as there still is today) for suitable locations to safely and securely store the ever-growing numbers of buses which were being saved for preservation. With the arrival of legislation to outlaw the use of step-entrance buses, there seemed to be a rush to save what may be considered 'modern' buses. In most cases, these vehicles are much larger than what might be called 'traditional' buses (front-engined halfcabs). The NWVRT's aim is to engage actively with local people to give them an insight into the historic development of vehicles through the decades and to raise general awareness of the trust in its home area, explaining what it does and the contents of its collection. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 73 |
| 期： | 797 |
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