Old bus photos

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  • Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company Limited

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    The pictures below were taken in 1969/70, and, unless otherwise stated, are set against the somewhat brutalist backcloth of the Birmingham Bull Ring and its environs.The detailed information about the vehicles has been gleaned from the comprehensive Midland Red website:- http://midlandred.net/index.php Roger Cox03/2017 C2, Duple C26C, upseated to C30C in 1954, KHA 353, no. 3353…

  • King Alfred 2017

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    PPM 210G is a Bristol RESL6G, new to Brighton Hove & District. At the formation of NBC, fleets were ‘rationalised’, to use a polite term. BH&D was merged into Southdown, and PPM is seen in Southdown livery, with blinds set for a Portsmouth area service HDL 25E is another Bristol RESL6G, new to Southern Vectis.…

  • Four North Wales Operators

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    Here are four shots of four different North Wales operators, I hope they are of interest. Don McKeown05/2017 Two AEC Reliances from the fleet of Clynnog and Trefor Motor Company are seen leaving Trefor and about to join the main road to Pwllheli. In the lead is 276 UVO,a Reliance 590 2U3RA with Willowbrook DP49F…

  • Some Bradford Trolleybuses

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    On Sunday 26 March 1972, the last operational trolleybus system in Britain, that of Bradford City Transport, came to an end after 60 years of public service. Here are some pictures (sadly not a comprehensive record) that I took on a visit in April 1970. DKY 709, No. 709 Karrier W of 1945, originally fitted…

  • Bristol SUL Coaches

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    One Saturday in September each year, thanks to Colin Billington , there is a running day based on Kingsbridge Devon. This provides the opportunity to ride on, amongst other vehicles, preserved Bristol SUL coaches. One regular service is to remote East Portlemouth where there is a foot ferry across the River Dart to Salcombe.My first…

  • Barton Transport

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    Barton had a wonderful mix of buses here is five of there double deckers including a few of there rebuilds. Ian Pritchard02/2018 JNN 793 No 453 and JRR 404 No 473being stylish Duple L55F bodied Leyland PD1’s at Nottingham Broad Marsh? and Melton Mowbray Bus Station respectively. JRR 404 is featured in the current guide…

  • Leyland Buses in Rotterdam

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    The City of Rotterdam introduced the first horse tramway in 1879, operated by the RTM (Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij). Before that a few horse bus services had existed but were not very successful. The first electric tramway was inaugurated in September 1905. The operation was handed over to the new Dutch/Belgian company RETM (Rotterdamsche Electrische Tramweg…

  • Five Shots Taken in the Fifties

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    Five colour photographs taken during the 1950s. Not the best of photography, I fear, but possibly useful for the record. Ian Thompson02/2020 Taken at Hastings in 1957, a Maidstone and District 1936 Leyland TD4 CKE 418, with a 1950 Beadle body that at the time I took to be original because of its prewar look.…

  • Alder-colours-of-the-rainbow Valley

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    In the period following the merger of Thames Valley Traction and Aldershot & District Traction in January 1972 to form Alder Valley, the company suffered a severe shortage of vehicles, particularly in the Reading area, partly arising from failing to meet the maintenance standards required by the Vehicle Inspectorate.The result was that over the period…