Old bus photos

Category: Questions

  • Bluebell Buses of March, Cambs

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    Does anyone have any general information regarding the Bluebell Bus Co,of Cambridgeshire? In the 1950’s and early 1960’s our family travelled from March to Wisbech Horsefair on these buses, and I cannot find anything about them anywhere. I assume they were taken over at some point. Are there any pictures out there of their lovely…

  • The London Terminal Coach Station

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    28/11/12 – 15:46 Berisford’s posting of the Central London Transport Station reminded me of a photo that’s intrigued me, of the London Terminal Coach Station, taken around 1931, looking quite new. It may not be related to what Berisford is after, but the photo raises questions of its own, such as where it was, during…

  • PSV Badges

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    With regards to PSV Badges can you please tell me if there is a way to find out how old they are, I have one number KK44508. Reg Hart 16/08/11 – 07:19 KK41880 (mine) dates from May 1964. Hope that helps! Ian Thompson 17/08/11 – 07:26 My first driver’s badge was BB 50787 – Yorkshire…

  • Omnibus Station on North Road Durham

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    Hi I am looking for a plan of the old Omnibus Station on North Road, Durham City for a model I am building; also details (destination number, type of bus and route) for the bus that serviced Browney Colliery. George Kelley 27/09/11 – 06:50 After a full day racking her brain my wife may have…

  • Autovac

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    I believe that the metal box to be found on the external nearside of petrol-engined buses was called an AUTOVAC. If so, what did this piece of equipment actually do? I can find no mention of the device on the web. Chris Hebbron 15/11/11 – 11:09 The AUTOVAC is a fuel lifting and supply device,…

  • AEC Regent 11

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    I came across an old photo of what I think is an AEC Regent 11 with a registration mark of MWL 977 on the wall at Pinewood studio . I would like to know if anyone has any info on her? My family own FUF 63 so have an interest in AEC. Garry Brace 20/03/12…

  • A Kind of Money Jar

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    Please can anyone shed some light on a subject for me. I have tried researching about a kind of money jar for want of better wording. It was a kind of ticket machine but with a glass jar for holding the coins that I seem to vaguely remember from the Yorkshire Traction bus I used…

  • Gay Hostess Coaches

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    Can anyone throw some light on a puzzling thing that is bothering me relating to Ribble/Standerwick/Scout Gay Hostess Coaches? In the early/middle 1960s I was living in Patchway very near to the present day M4/M5 interchange, I took my young son down to the (then) main A38 trunk road to see the heavy congestion that…

  • Sunderland Crossley Alpha

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    Does anyone know the current location or status of the ex-Sunderland Blagg-bodied Crossley Alpha GR 7100 that is supposed to be still in existence in the Reading/Maidenhead area? Norman Lowe 28/10/12 – 09:20 If it’s the one I’m thinking about, it’s still unrestored but in very safe, dry storage, along with fellow-Crossley Reading 85 (ERD…

  • Bedford OWB Identity

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    Another request for information, this is troubling me because I should know it but unfortunately I don’t! It is HRB 37, Bedford OWB with standard utility body. With the Derbyshire registration (where I live!) I presume it was allocated to an operator in Derbyshire who ran a stage service. Does anyone know who it was,…