We return to Blackpool for the next set of images in \u201cPicture in Time\u201d. These were all taken in January 1979 just after the Fylde Coast had been hit by some snowfall.<\/p>\n
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We\u2019re in the centre of Fleetwood for this photo and not many motor vehicles have yet disturbed the snow as OMO 3<\/strong> negotiates the curves of Albert Square on its way to Fleetwood Ferry. The shop outside which the W.H. Smith lorry is parked was the company\u2019s Fleetwood wholesale premises. Although that has long gone, there is now a W.H. Smith Local retail shop, also housing a post office, at the other end of Lord Street close to the Fisherman\u2019s Walk stop. In 1979 the Cowens Butchers sign on the Adelaide Street side of the shop looked new. Amazingly this was still in situ until very recently, though much the worse for wear and without a butcher to advertise.\u00a0 Despite the shop-front adverts for Agfa, this photo was taken on Kodachrome.<\/p>\n OMO 3<\/strong> was just over three years old by the time this photo was taken (or nearly 45 years old if you take into account its previous life as a first series English Electric Railcoach). Less than three months later and it would receive a pantograph and would remain in service until January 1987. Scrapping came just five months later.<\/p>\n
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