Old bus photos

Tag: Ray Soper

  • Double Deck Tours

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    Now I can hear you all saying “where abouts on the Thames is that?” No, wrong river, wrong country. This shot was taken July 2004 at the Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada it shows one of twenty ex London Transport Routemasters operated by Double Deck Tours. Double Deck Tours owns and operates 20 RCL/RM/…

  • A Trolleybus Tour in Bournemouth

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    I thought that you might like to see the following pictures which were taken on a trolleybus tour in Bournemouth sometime around 1960. When we all used to bundle into a coach and go to a pre-arranged meeting with various bus companies. It was at a time when such things could be done without “health…

  • Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes

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    Only four photos but I think well worth showing, a few of the vehicles were no longer in service when the shots were taken. My thanks to Mick Bullock for his valuable information which enabled captions to accompany the shots. Crossley SD42/7 fleet no 14 reg LDE 340 originally with a 1949 Silcox body but…

  • Chiltern Queens of Woodcote

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    As can be seen the weather turned somewhat inclement when these shots were taken but in a way I think it adds quite a bit of character to them especially the first shot, a bit ghostly to me. The shots were all take in the early 60s which does bring up an interesting question regarding…

  • Smith’s Luxury Coaches of Reading

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    I do hope you like my latest gallery of vehicles operated by Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd. There has been much written on this site about Smiths before now from people more in the know than I, so I will just show my shots. There will be no interesting questions arising in this gallery as…