Bus Station, Hyde mid-20th Century
This photograph of Hyde Bus Station [from Nancy & Tom's Hyde, Cheshire blog] is from the late 1950s or early 60s. In the background is the recently closed Astoria Bingo Hall.
On the left is George Street which was totally demolished when the M67 motorway was pushed through in the 1970s.
The post-motorway bus station still had the passengers waiting on the outside under draughty "shelters" with inadequate seating.
Hyde got a new bus station in 2005 where the buses circulate around the outside while passengers wait within an all-weather designed area.
You can see how it looks now on Hyde Daily Photo.
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love the old cars!
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC WEDNESDAY team
Very nostalgic picture !
ReplyDeleteGattina from the ABC team
At the risk of being thought an 'anorak' the car in the photo is an Auto Union 1000 (derived from the DKW Sonderklasse) which was produced between 1958 and 1963. The registration plate is of a form (4 numbers then 1 or 2 letters) which was only used between 1953 and 1962. this means the likely date for the photo is the early 1960s.
ReplyDeleteI knew what the car was - the rest of the info I got from Google.
I loves these shots of the "past."
ReplyDeletecheers Dave - I love anoraks - have amended the text in the light of your information.
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