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Details of the activities of OTA since January 2003 appear
below.
The list includes items such as
public talks given by OTA members using Archive material,
releases of material by OTA or through OTA's agents, and use of OTA
images in published, broadcast and video material.
Unsung work includes the collection, sorting, cataloguing,
restoration and digitising of material, plus the business administration
associated with running an organisation of this
type.
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Pending activities:
Streets of Liverpool (Martin Jenkins and Charles
Roberts, pub Ian Allan) in preparation.
Publication due August 2007.
Talk by Charles Roberts to the PSV Circle, Manchester, 25
April 2007.
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March 2007:Talk by Charles Roberts
to the Roads and Road Transport History Association: Online
Transport Archive.
March 2007: Release of OTA PhotoCD Birkenhead
Buses using colour images from the Charles Roberts
collection. Being sold through the Merseyside
Transport Trust to assist with their fundraising; contact OTA
or the MTT for
details.
November 2006: Transfer
of OTA material into permanent accommodation courtesy of Ian
Allan Publishing
November 2006: Annual
General Meeting - click here for Directors' Report.
November 2006:Talk by Charles Roberts
to the Rowley Regis Railway Society: An evening of images
from the Online Transport Archive, using
material from the Allan Clayton, Mike Stokes and Jack
Parkinson collections.
October 2006: Release of OTA PhotoCD Wallasey
Buses using colour images from the Charles Roberts
collection. Being sold through the Merseyside
Transport Trust to assist with their fundraising; contact OTA
or the MTT for
details.
October 2006:Talk by Charles Roberts
to the Merseyside Bus Club: Wallasey Corporation and
Birkenhead Corporation, using
material from the R L Wilson collection.
April 2006: Talk by Charles Roberts
to the Merseyside Historic and Transport Society (HATS): An
evening of images from the Online Transport Archive, using
material from the Allan Clayton, Jack Parkinson and R L Wilson
collections.
March 2006: Release of OTA PhotoCD MPTE
Buses using colour images from the Charles Roberts
collection. Being sold through the Merseyside
Transport Trust to assist with their fundraising; contact OTA
or the MTT for
details.
March 2006: Various OTA images used in Trolleybus
Magazine.
January 2006: Talk by Martin Jenkins to
the Leicester Branch of the Tramway Museum Society (TMS) using
images from various collections held by OTA.
February 2006: Talk by Charles Roberts
to the Merseyside Railway History Group: An evening of
images from the Online Transport Archive, using material
from the Allan Clayton, Jack Parkinson and R L Wilson
collections.
February 2006: Talk by Charles Roberts
to the Merseyside Bus Club: Liverpool Buses, using
material from the R L Wilson collection.
February 2006: Release of first OTA
PhotoCD. Liverpool Buses - 100 black and white
images from the R L Wilson collection. Contact OTA
for details.
January 2006: Talk by Martin Jenkins to
the London Branch of the Tramway and Light Railway Society (TLRS)
using images from various collections held by OTA.
Various dates during 2005: OTA footage
used in Online Video releases: Routemaster Heyday, Tramway
Exotica 3, South Lancashire and St Helens Trolleybuses,
French trams - the first generation. Access
Online Video's website
for details. [Please note that Online Video is an
entirely separate entity from OTA.]
December 2005: OTA footage of Liverpool
trams used in BBC North West news bulletin.
December 2005: Annual
General Meeting - click here for Directors' Report.
Summer 2005: John Eades/OTA footage of
Birmingham trams used in ITV Central The way we were.
Summer 2005: Various OTA images used in
Middleton Press publications Brighton Trolleybuses, Ipswich
Trolleybuses and Teesside Trolleybuses.
July 2005: Letter about OTA's activities
in The Railway Magazine, accompanied by a picture from
the Jack Parkinson collection.
April 2005: Illustrations in London
Transport in colour (K McCormack, pub Ian Allan).
March 2005: All change feature in The
Railway Magazine featuring comparative photographs by
Allan Clayton and Charles Roberts.
January 2005: Illustrations in London
Transport in exile (K McCormack, pub Ian Allan).
December 2004: Annual
General Meeting - click here for Directors' Report.
October 2004: Film of
Liverpool trams used in BBC North West Politics Show.
Summer 2004: Article
'Where there's a will' by Martin Jenkins in Scottish
Transport accompanied by photographs taken by G H Bett and
R & J Braun. Click
here for the text of this article.
November 2003:
Photo feature in Classic Bus featuring colour
photographs by R L Wilson, whose collection is administered by
OTA.
Summer 2003: Various illustrations in The tramways of South
Lancsahire and North Wales (J C Gillham and R J S Wiseman,
published by the Light Rail Transit Association).
Summer 2003: Illustrations in Mersey Ferries volume 2: the
Wallasey Ferries (T B Maund and Martin Jenkins, published
by Black Dwarf Publications).
February 2003: Talk by Charles Roberts to the Festiniog
Railway Society in Manchester, using slides from the Allan
Clayton and Jack Parkinson collections.
April 2002: Talk by Charles Roberts to the Wirral Railway
Circle in Birkenhead, using slides from the Allan Clayton and
Jack Parkinson collections
Pre-2003: OTA footage has appeared in Online
Video releases: Steam around Speyside, Steam in the
Reseau Breton, London's lost docks, St Petersburg: a tramway
in crisis.
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Transport Archive