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GOODBYE TO THE ORANGE AND GREEN - Jim Jarratt
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- čas přidán 7. 11. 2011
- In 1974 the colourful old Halifax Corporation buses were finally replaced by the comparatively drab green of the new 'Metro' fleet. The old 'corpy' buses had been long known for their highly distinctive orange and green paint job, the only other livery of this kind being found on Glasgows' buses, perhaps not a coincidence considering that Geoff Hilditch, the long time manager of the Halifax buses, had come to them from Glasgow. When they finally left the steep and winding Pennine roads of the Halifax area it was a sad day. So sad in fact, that I wrote this song, which despite poetic license expresses how ordinary folk felt about the change!
Jim Jarratt 2011
What a truly wonderful song. I have played it over and over again and very apt for those of us who come from Halifax and preserve and restore Halifax Buses. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for this. It was lovely to see my father’ s name on the side of a bus again ( GG Hilditch). He so loved the orange green and cream livery though did very subtly alter it.
Don't mention it! I am honoured! This video has gone much further than I ever imagined it would. I have a Halifax clippies halifax coat-of-arms badge on me hat! The song dates from the 70s when I gigged it all round the local folk circuit. Best wishes. Jim.
I remember late turns on Hubberton/Steep Lane half hour sat in the middle of no where. 5 trips after tea worst late turn on the list, but still great days, just the sound of a PD2 going up to Steep Lane, brilliant.
Bright pink modern busses now trundle that lane
My brother Kelvyn Waites (Bus No 35) just alerted me to this video. He used to work "On the busses" as an Inspector. I moved to Canada in 1996 and the thing I missed most was the colorful busses they have in England.
love this song couldnt be eny better well done grandad xxxxxlove u xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear friends you can still come along and see the 323 orange and green single decor bus and the 119 double decor bus that was rebuilt in the the 1980s at Ludlume street Bradford by my self and a group of volunteers and now it's part of kighley Transport museum look on the website to see when our next visit will be it's our 30th Anniversary so come along wer at Riverside off Dolton lane so we hope to see you soon.
Remember the old routmaster in the 90s you could run up and hop on as it trundled up quary hill to sowerby
Fantastic job Jim, I was told growing up that the Halifax Bus was the only bus in England in three colours, I can remember them in Illingworth from the early 50s. An Excellent Tribute to the Old Halifax Buses, I have put the link on my Facebook page (hope you do not mind) so that friends in the US can see a little bit of history from Halifax and Gods County. Well done again Jim......The Halifax Bus was actually 3 colours (Orange, Cream and Green) I grow up with this old faithful Halifax bus, like most Halifax services they were owned by the Town and sold off, a Town and its people let down again by its Council and National Government, if its a success sell it off and let the rich make money from it, never mind the ordinary people.
Superb!
Thank-you.
Flesh robots soon.
Now replaced by Yorkshire Tiger 😭
you're a star jim, great stuff, i recognised the terminus at hubberton, across from the riggin pub.
AEC recovery is not unusual as my dad remembers them on horton street
Orange and, Green were the Livery Colours of the old Glasgow Corporation as well.Glasgow Memories - Brilliant Film of Old Glasgow
This is a film of Halifax in West Yorkshire and the colours were Orange, Cream and Green.
Was this song written in 1974?
Yeh. Sometime around that time. Possibly 73. I was in my first small collection of songs -The View From Wibsey Slack, Published by Arvon Foundation in 1975. It is currently in print in 'Songs for the Life' Vol. 1. pub. 2019. feedaread.com
@@jimjarratt1 the link doesn't seem to work
www.feedaread.com/books/SONGS-FOR-THE-LIFE-Jim-Jarratt-9781788769143.aspx
Why the change? My granddad worked on the buses when they were orange and green.
Why did joint Committee stop
If you’re on about the Original halifax committee they came under metro in 1974 and are now first West Yorkshire
The committee owned by tony Blackman closed down most routes were taken over by Yorkshire tiger they are now owned by team pennine
Once upon a time bus liveries were mostly very attractive. However, in 1972 it all changed-NBC all buses to be-puke green or puce pink with white coaches. Then in this area of the West Riding- which was abolished-all the liveries went- that West Yorkshire WY rose in white on a cream and green bus was at best quite dire. Huddersfield was red and cream- Bradford blue and cream and Leeds was mostly green and I never saw the Wakefield buses-all painted in this new horrible corporate crap livery.
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