Bryan Hamer - the man that literally painted every single allover advert bus and tram between 1971 and 2003 as well as many more mundane "ordinary" adverts on Blackpool's buses and trams as well as the buses of Fylde Borough Transport (Blue Buses). There are, literally, hundreds of them!

.....and just to show that everyone makes mistakes we will include some of the spelling mistakes that always prompted a sharp rebuff from the artist and professional that Bryan was.

Those who knew Bryan well will know only too well what rebuff would have been.... but more of that when we complete the short biography of the man synonymous with the advert buses and trams of Blackpool and Fylde written, in part by Michael Morton who counts Bryan as a friend since his teens (Michael's that is!) and by his beloved wife Shirley and daughter Julie.

We only hope that we can do justice to the career of this man who left a marked impression on everyone who met him.

In the image gallery are just a few of the buses and trams that Bryan painted. Over the next few months we will post a photograph of every single one he painted