I have been on my travels again with my camera in tow so just for fun where was this snap taken ? You can leve you answers by clicking on the COMMENTS at the bottom of the artical 

UPDATE AT 18.25HRS---You are a clever lot  .Yes its the former airbase at BURTONWOOD nr Warrington click on this link for some old photos of the place

  My daughter has just started driving lessons which got me thinking of the days I started driving .My lass forks out £21 for one hours lesson mine were £6 per hour with a chap called Brian Flemming in Barrow .I remember my first test and failing becuse so the examiner (Failer Finley ) as he was known said I hesitated at junctions but as an ex-biker I was waiting just in case some body on a bike went over the bonnet (I know what it feels like ) and Jimmy Saville used to say "think once think twice think bike ". Any how my second test was at 3.45 pm on a Friday in Decemeber 1981 Which I recall Brian telling me before we arrived at the  test center trust me you"ll pass, why was he so sure I thought to my self .

Off I set with the examiner and after 45 mins was back at the test center and I had passed .My instuctor said to me that yes your driving is up to standard but think about it Vickers shipyard comes out at 4.30 and he wouldnt want to get stuck in that lot .He had a way of making you feel good did Brian Flemming . Do you have any memories of your Driving lessons or your test day .?

  I had to go into town in Accrington this morning but had found out a couple of days ago in our local rag  that our local bus service was uder going a (re-brand) name chage on the ACCRINGTON-BLACKBURN CIRCULAR the name LANCASHIRE UNITED will no longer be emblasened on the buses the new service as pictured is called SPOT ON .Why it is called this I do not know it just seems that another part of  our LANCASHIRE identerty is as of Monday being lost .

 N.B If you left click on your mouse and click on VEIW IMAGE you shold see the photos at FULL SIZE----As a footnote I did ask a duty manager from TRANSDEV what the chances were of any of there fleet being painted in the old L.U.T or HYNDBURN  CORPARATION colours as other operators though out Lancashire have done the responce was "Its unlikley BUT you never know (work that one out too)  

  Whislt on my travels in the HOT sunshine we are having  at the moment we seem to be passing a lot of breweries .We have also passed a lot of shut down ones which I havnt heard of before HYDES BREWERY in MANCHESTER is one I can think of, do you remember any in your neck of the woods.  Let me and the rest of us know on our forums .I know my Barrow chums will come up with CASES and HARTLEYS in ULVERSTON so how many more can we get