Boys from the Black Stuff

(BBC drama,1982)

Developed from Alan Bleasdale's The Black Stuff.

Episode: Shop Thy Neighbour
Scenes filmed at the junction of Prescot Street and Low Hill, Liverpool, with Merseyside PTE Atlanteans and Nationals. (thanks CCR). None, sadly is identifiable:
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Also glimpsed are Bristol VRTs, an NBC green Crosville VRTSL3/Eastern Coachworks and MPTE 2047 (UKD541J), a VRTLH2/East Lancs:
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….and a Metro-Scania passes among the Atlanteans:
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Robert Sharpe notes this Dennis Dominator:
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Episode: Yosser's Story
There are glimpses of Merseyside PTE Leyland Atlanteans, but also a Greater Manchester example:
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