Category: Galleries
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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…
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BVBG The non Bristols
The Bristol Vintage Bus Group (there is a link to their website at the end of the gallery) was formed 40 years ago when a group of people decided to purchase a bus which was Leyland Titan PD1 number LAE 13. Based at Flowers Hill in Brislington, Bristol the BVBG organises spring and autumn galas.…
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BVBG the Bristols
For this gallery I’ve put together a collection of buses produced by “Bristol” and seen at the recent BVBG running day in August. I hope you enjoy them. Comments are always welcome. Ken Jones09/2012 FAE 60 is a L5G single decker from 1938 converted to a lorry in 1952 and a tower wagon in 1956.…
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Brighton, Hove & District Omnibus Co.
In 1933, the London bus operations of Thomas Tilling were absorbed by the newly formed London Passenger Transport Board. The Tilling operation in Brighton continued until it was reformed within the TBAT grouping, as the “Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Company”. From this time, most, if not all, of the indigenous fleet of AEC Regents,…
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Another Holiday in Caernarvonshire 1973
A while ago I posted a gallery of photopraphs taken on a family holiday in Llanbedrog in 1967.I revisited the area again in 1973 and here is another selection of local independents’ vehicles that I took on that occasion.I have used the placename spellings which were current at the time of my visit and so…
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A Tour of Shropshire and North East Wales
In early 1970 some enthusiast friends and I travelled over from Halifax to Manchester to join a PSV Circle tour of Shropshire and North East Wales. The vehicle hired for the trip was KMB 603G – an AEC Reliance 691 with Plaxton Panorama Elite body belonging to Godfrey Abbott of Timperley. This was quite new…
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Reading Corporation Transport
Reading’s first motor buses were AEC YC types, and these were followed over the years by Guy and Karrier machines, including some of the decidedly dubious six wheelers from both makers. In 1929, the first of eleven Leyland TD1s arrived, and then from 1933, the Corporation turned to the AEC Regent, which, apart from four…
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King Alfred Running Day 2013
I have decided to submit a batch of views from the King Alfred Running Day all were taken January 1st 2013. The event is normally held in Winchester on New Year’s Day, but it is moved occasionally in order to avoid clashes or to celebrate the last weekend of the “real” King Alfred operation in…