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  • TV bus?

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    What was the bus featured in last nights drama, Call The Midwife, single deck Leyland registration GRN 80. I know it’s a Preston registration, and would it be a ‘Tiger’, the livery is open to debate. Anyone know the answer? Dave Knapp 24/02/14 – 16:08 The registration is CRN 80 and it was an East…

  • A Matter of Opinion

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    I want to set you all a poser. I suspect that many of us who contribute to these pages are of a similar age, what used to be called baby boomers. I’m 1946 vintage and I grew up not far from NGT’s Percy Main depot. I first became interested in buses at the age of…

  • The Wensleydale Vintage Bus

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    Question: Where can you ride on a Bristol/ECW L-type single decker on a stage service in the year 2014? Answer: In North Yorkshire, from Ripon to Hawes. Vintage Omnibus Services operate service 127 every Tuesday from 22nd April until 28th October this year, using one of their two Bristol L5G’s. FFW 830 is ex-Lincolnshire, and…

  • We Were Bus GUARDS

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    I must say how much I enjoyed reading this site. I read someone describing himself as a bus conductor. We were bus GUARDS and Drivers. I think the name must have come from old tram services. We had TRACKS not duties or rotas. If you caught up with the bus in front you were PUSHING…

  • Fussey Bus Business

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    Was surfing the web looking for info on Tom Fussey when I came across your excellent site. Tom Fussey was my great uncle, his sister Bessie was my maternal grandmother. I’ve attached a pic of Bessie with one of the Model T Cabs the family operated. The business was started by their father Thomas Fussey…

  • Sherwood Coaches

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    This billhead refers to my dad hiring a mini-bus and driver to take thirteen of us (my family of five and my cousins’ family) from Sheffield to Skegness where we were to stay at Park Lane Holiday Flats in August 1962. I’m pretty sure that the chariot in question was a Trojan. Does anyone know…

  • What Does RT Stand For

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    Quick question, what does RT stand for on one type of London Transport bus. Roger 31/05/14 – 14:12 I think is was for ‘Regent Type’ Roger Broughton 02/06/14 – 07:12 There has long been conjecture about the ‘meaning’ of the letters RT. The sometimes offered idea that it stands for Regent Three fails to hold…

  • Arthur Rowe & Sons, Cudworth

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    On the 18th of October 1947 a coach belonging to Rowe of Cudworth was descending Dunford Road in Holmfirth when its prop-shaft broke. The driver attempted to stop the vehicle but the brakes failed to respond and the vehicle careered out of control until crashing into the side of a warehouse, part of which collapsed…

  • Albion Demonstrator

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    In the early 60’s I briefly worked for a Coach/Bus Sales Company. I was given an Demo Albion (rear engined) service bus with Strachan body and tasked with trying to sell it to operators in, and around, the Welsh Valleys – with little success I might add! Any clues or info would be appreciated from…

  • Modern Engines Compared to Engines of the 50s and 60s

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    How do today’s modern engines in Volvo/Scania/Dennis buses compare in relation to their size, with the range of engines available in my driving days in the 50s and 60s, in particular Bristol AVW/BVW, Gardner 5LW/6LW,and Leyland 0600/0680. I know today’s engines are more efficient and powerful, but the actual difference in size would be interesting…