Barnsley was somewhere I visited infrequently in the early years of deregulation, and never with the primary purpose of bus watching. Just a few photos here, mainly of operators competing with Yorkshire Traction.

The second part of the Sheffield in the 80s and 90s collection covers operators which did not end up in the Traction Group, ie Chesterfield Transport, East Midland, SUT, Sheafline, West Riding etc

Three more photos added on 6th October 2009
Two more photos added on 8th October 2009
Five more photos (black and white!) added on 14th October 2009

Buses of operators other than SYT/Mainline in Sheffield from deregulation to 1999. This is part one, recalling the operators which were bought by the Traction Group and ultimately Stagecoach in Sheffield, as well as Yorkshire Traction itself

Three photos added on 6th October 2009
Nine black & white (and a bit grainy) photos added 14th October 2009
Fourteen photos added on 26th October 2009

A holiday touring Scotland in 1988 gave me a chance to get a few photographs - spending hours spotting was not on the agenda - of varying quality, and some marred by a fault with one of the films. Inverness, Thurso and Edinburgh are the main parts of the collection

I spent very little time in Sheffield in the 1990s, so only a small collection. Many of these images are scans of prints, so the quality is not always as good as I would wish. My notetaking left a lot to be desired as well, so some of the photos are (currently) undated.

Two more photos added on 6th October 2009
Four more photos added on 8th October 2009
Three B & W photos added on 14th October 2009
Eight more photos added on 26th October 2009

A collection of buses from my journeyings in 2009 which don't yield enough photos to merit collections.

Three photos added 1st November

Despite living in Carlisle, I don't seem to get out into the Borders very often, so this is a small collection

A few more buses in Sheffield, this time from Easter 2008. Most are in and around the Transport Interchange, first on the plan for the day. I gave up before too long due to the cold (for the first time in 25 years). Falling snow can be seen on some of the photos!

A miscellaneous collection of buses seen on my travels in 2008 which do not fit into any other collection: Shropshire, Chesterfield, Leighton Buzzard, Aviemore, Llangollen and others.

My first ever visit to Poole, and as ever less time than desired. It was one of those days: camera batteries not behaving as they should, rain and very poor light and a road layout which was not conducive to varied photography. Hence lots of photos in the Bus Station - how unimaginative, but better than nothing!

Photos of buses and coaches from smaller operators in Tyneside and Northumberland (ie not Stagecoach, Go Ahead, Arriva and Northumbria)

Northumbria coaches vehicles photographed in 2006 in various parts of Tyneside and Northumberland

Arriva North East buses photographed during several trips to Tyneside and Northumberland in 2006

Buses from the Go-Ahead group photographed in 2006, before all the different route liveries appeared. Some of the early 2006 photos were taken using 400ASA film, and hence are a bit grainy.

Stagecoach vehicles in the Newcastle and South Shields areas in 2006, from several day trips to the area.

I was a student in Salford for four years in the eighties, I didn't take many photos in those days (was it too much time spent studying or too much time spent drinking?), but enough are good enough to present a bit of a survey. These images have been scanned from the prints made at the time, hence some are not as sharp as I would like and some are a bit scratchy.

A couple of hours in Middlesbrough in July 2006. Lots of Arriva, a bit of Stagecoach and some other stuff.

The 2007 expedition to Huddersfield for the Contemporary Music Festival yielded fewer photos due to the concert scheduling and truly awful weather. Nevertheless, an intersting selection of buses did make it onto the SD card and into this collection

A brief visit to Worksop in December 2008. The road layout had changed considerably since my last visit, so I just stayed on Hardy Street and Newcastle Avenue. Lots of Stagecoach here, but not all is corporate.

Buses in Huddersfield, November 2006. Fewer than there should have been, as I managed to delete the first five days' worth! The usual mix of First, Stagecoach, Arriva, K-Line et al.

More shots from Huddersfield 2006 on Stephen Mitchell's Transport Photos site

A selection of buses operated by South Yorkshire Transport in the 1980s, almost all in Sheffield City Centre. SYT was noted for odd buses and strange bodywork back then.

A brief visit to Sheffield in September 2007 - only 17 shots in this collection, as photographing buses was not a priority for me this time.
More new Stagecoach buses and some MASS school buses this time

The 2006 trip to West Yorkshire includes a few shots in Wakefield and Heptonstall and lots in Castleford and Pontefract. The Huddersfield shots will be in a separate collection.

More photos added on 20th July 2009

More 2006 shots of buses in West Yorkshire are on my par tner Stephen Mitchell's Transport Photographs (link on front page)

Another December, another trip to Sheffield. This collection includes a few buses in Chapeltown and Crystal Peaks as well. Most Yorkshire Terrier buses had been repainted, and some new vehicles had arrived to replace some of the Volvo B6s

A Class 20 hauled railtour left me with a couple of hours in a dark, windy and wet Weymouth in April 2008. Very much a First town, here is what I captured for posterity.

More December expeditions, with all the bad light that entails. For this reason many shots were taken at the South Bus Station.
In 2002 Mainline livery was still to be seen, First and Stagecoach had not introduced nationwide numbering schemes and Leon was still operating a smart fleet of buses.
In 2005 I was using 400 ASA film with grainy pictures as a result: still some Mainline livery about, but Leon had been taken over by MASS.
In 2006 I was just passing through on a trip majoring on Dinnington and Mexborough, so only a few shots near the new Frenchgate Bus Station
A brief visit in July 2009 yielded another seven shots, including a Renault!

A day trip to Dinnington and Mexborough in December 2006, which took in Crystal Peaks Bus Station and a bit of time in Doncaster as well. Lots of Tracky buses in various states of Stagecoachedness, with poor light for much of the day. The Doncaster pictures are in the Doncaster collection

Buses, trams and trolleybuses photographed during a very brief visit to Porto in June 1986

Photos taken during three visits to Chester: 1989, 2000 and 2001, concentrating mainly on Chester City Transport (alas no more). SOme of the images are only 640 x 480 pixels and are included largely for interest and not quality.

Eckington is a small town not many miles from where most of my family lives. Occasionally I have used the little Bus Station there as a changing point on my travels. This is always in winter and usually wet. A few photos, all of Stagecoach buses, here.

On 23rd December 2005 I took the opportunity to photograph some Yorkshire Traction and Barnsley & District Buses in Barnsley, before the corporate Stagecoach image took over.

A few shots of buses in Sheffield at Easter 2006, photography not being a priority this time.

Buses in Sheffield in late December 2005. Even got some snow and a Leyland PD3!

A family holiday in July 1983 gave me a little bit of time to get a few shots of trams and buses in Lisbon. Nowhere near enough time, however, and I haven't been back since. Shame on me!

A visit to the Redhill Steam Fair allowed some time for observing buses in Redhill, mainly at the Bus Station. Metrobus dominate here: it's a far cry from Tillingbourne (Metropolitan) Ltd.

More photos from Redhill on Stephen Mitchell's Transport photos site: link is on the right of the front page

More photos from Sheffield. By this time my camera was beginning to show the first signs of the optical problems which led to its demise in 2005. As a resutl, some of the images are nothing like as sharp as I would normally upload, but they are all I have of this period. Most of the images being taken in WInter doesn't help much, either.

A holiday in 1985 gave me less than an hour in Heidelberg. Forget the castle and the historic university - it had to be the trams (and a few buses) around Bismarckplatz. The lack of time, the throng of people and the works going on around the stop made photography more of a challenge than usual, but I got some good stuff (I think), and one absolute gem.

Until recently, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival was part of my itinerary. This resulted in much photography of buses in the West Yorkshire area. In 2004 fewer photos than usual were taken, so there is just a little collection here.

A snapshot of buses in Motherwell, taken on a visit to the town for a football match (Gretna v Falkirk). Good to see some buses from one of my old haunts, Warrington.

Buses in Dumfries and Galloway, except Dumfries Town, in the period 2001 to 2008. Some of these photos are by courtesy of Stephen Mitchell, this being the only collection which is shared in this way. All Stephen's other photos are on Stephen Mitchell's Transport Photos site (link on the front page)

A long weekend in Strathpeffer gave me a bit of time in Inverness to check out the buses and coaches. The weather was wintry, as can be seen from some of the white flecked photos!

I was born and raised in Sheffield, and still visit regularly. These photos are from a time when Andrews Sheffield Omnibus and Yorkshire Terrier were both under Yorkshire Traction ownership and the use of the Terrier livery was becoming standard, and First was introducing lots of old rubbish from elsewhere within First Group as well as continuing to use superannuated Dennis Dominators.

A trip to Ilkeston to watch the not very mighty Witton Albion gave me a chance to look at buses in Alfreton and Ilkeston. Unfortunately a very late train led to almost all my time in Alfreton being at the Bus Station and less time in Ilkeston than anticipated. This is an area that is well worth visiting, as I hope these pictures suggest.

One morning in Scunthorpe, July 2008, prior to an afternoon spent travelling round Appleby Frodingham Steelworks behind a steam locomotive! Due to time constraints most photos were taken in or around the Bus Station.

More photos added on 7th July 2009

Buses in Rawtenstall and Rochdale, 6th March 2001. Due to a need to see and photograph as much as possible in a limited time span all photos are at Rawtenstall Bus Station or Rochdale Bus Station. Some photos are included for their rarity value (to me, when I saw them on the day) and are not always the best quality.

Buses photographed on several visits to Edinburgh in 2001, 2002 and 2003. A time when First had introduced city services to compete with Lothian, so the City Centre was awash with buses. A time when madder predominated the Lothian fleet, and any livery was acceptable for First Edinburgh. It seems a long time ago.

Some photos are included for their rarity (to me) value, rather than their intrinsic photographic quality.

The results of one day in 2001 wandering the towns of East Lancashire and photographing as many buses as possible. At this point in time Burnley & Pendle and Lancashire United had only just been purchased by Blazefield from Stagecoach, Preston was in the process of modifying it's livery and Pilkingtons was a big player in Accrington.

A snapshot of buses in Dublin taken during two visits in December 1999 and March 2000. Mostly Dublin Bus vehicles, including some of the last KC and KD classes in service, a few Bus Eireann vehicles and no minibuses ( I was too busy chasing Bombardiers!). All taken with my first digital camera, which was not as good optically as it should have been.

Edited and updated 9th July 2009