A DAY WITH THE LOVELY FOLK AT THE NWVRT, KIRKBY

A super day out, a little bit of playing on the buses and getting some background info together with some photos and video from which we hope to get publicity to launch the relationship between the PMP Film Archive and the North West Vehicle Restoration Trust.  Much more of this to come but at present I've a few things happening together and I need to keep the balls in the air, ouch that almost relates to my hernia operation, an unintended pun you know! Anyway I plough on and hope tonight to have bulldozed the foundations for my diorama No3 which if you are regular and diligent in your reading You'll know is mainly to house lorries, the 4mm type not the 40' types. I've got an artificial intelligence project cooking, should be finished before bed time tonight and the new Merseybus feature covering the 1980's to very early 90's when pale green was still the colour to watch out for.

The diorama will have some very substantial buildings and aims to reflect some of the monsters that now line our motorways, the gentle toning into the sky will be copied and the loading ports are already available from Scale Model Scenery. I've got to shift a lot of material to open up the central section which will lean heavily on the experience I had building the Derby bus station clone. I'm not sure if I'll have any branding, certainly if I had the Am***  outfit they would be mouldering away after the outfit collapses under billions of tax demands. However I know that a lot of people enjoy looking at things they can relate to. Anyway I'd better give you a couple of photos for this evening from my visit to Kirkby. I also got the Polio Fellowship newsletter compiled and sent of to head office for inclusion in the next 'Bulletin'.

As you can see the lads haven't quite got the smile to camera bit off perfect but sure know how to restore buses! Actually the sun was straight into our eyes.

What a glorious sunny autumn day it was as the ex Halton ( Widnes) Leyland PD turns out after refuelling, note they thought something old would be in keeping for the ole git from PMPs visit

I'm going to put together a short film to cement the relationship between the NWVRT and PMP, I think the trust has a very inclusive and relaxed attitude and it was this coupled with proximity and damn good running days which attracted me.