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London Transport – Model ex-AEC STL Breakdown Tender
A few shots of one of my models scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale)This time London Transport AEC STL 175 registration AGX 517 converted to a Breakdown TenderThis vehicle has been preserved and is at Cobham. Painted, lettered and ready for the next breakdown. Iain Simms04/2012
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A Holiday in Caernarvonshire 1967
Here is a selection of photos of independent operators’ vehicles, taken on a family holiday to Caernarvonshire, North Wales in 1967. All but the last three were taken in or around Caernarvon’s Square. A tasty line-up parked below the castle walls, beside the river.From left to right:RC 9680 of Express Motors – an ex-Trent AEC…
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Vine Street Bus Station Scarborough
Westwood and Northway bus stations in Scarborough have been mentioned, but East Yorkshire MS & West Yorkshire RCC had an earlier depot/bus station, this was in Vine Street, off Victoria Road. It was leased from EH Robinson who was a prominent operator in Scarborough trading as Scarborough & District, White Coach Tours & Royal Blue…
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Worswick Street Bus Station Newcastle
Continuing the bus station theme I would like to offer mine for the ‘Gallery’ page, although I only have one picture. It is ‘or rather was’ Worswick Street Bus Station in Newcastle, the bunting and decoration for the Festival of Britain puts the date as 1951. Apart from the Sunderland & District Leyland on stand…
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Hebble Motor Services Ltd. Halifax Depot
After the last few galleries regarding bus stations I thought you maybe interested something on the same lines although this time it is a bus depot. This picture is of the Halifax Depot (from Walnut Street end) of Hebble Motor Services Ltd. These premises were purchased in 1927 to house the expanding fleet. The picture…
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Remembering Samuel Ledgard – 45 Years on
In October of this year it will 45 years since the last Samuel Ledgard bus turned into the depot and ended an era.The company was missed by many for quite a while afterwards, and by a significant few for the whole 45 years. There can be few other long defunct independent bus operators who have…
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Stockport Corporation 16/07/63
On Tuesday the 16th of July 1963 I was at Mersey Square Stockport but being an impecunious teenager at the time, and having to pay for real films, I took only three photographs. The first two shots main subject show just how good the Massey ‘Utility’ bodies were after 18 and 20 years of service…
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Apple Green and Juicy
In the late 1920s, Morecambe had abandoned its horse tramway, and amalgamated with Heysham, and had developed its bus network considerably. It had also acquired the Heysham and District concern, and, in 1932, it decided that a new image was desirable. A bus trial was organised, and AEC won the day. To suit this new…
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Royal Blue Run
Royal Blue and Associated Motorways runs have been happening since 2002 see their website, there is a link at the foot of this page). The number of participating vehicles continues to grow. Since 2008 I have been navigating on a 1966 Bristol MW Royal Blue coach. The event normally lasts 3 days, over a weekend…
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Gosport and Fareham (Provincial)
I first experienced the fascinating fleet of Gosport and Fareham, otherwise known as “Provincial”, when I moved from rural Kent to the Gosport area as an eight year old in the summer of 1949. Some of the Provincial AEC Regents and Regals seemed to me to be a bit elderly – I did not then…