Category: Photos
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Western National – Bristol L – DOD 518 – 333
Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1940Bristol L5GBeadle B36R This vehicle has appeared on this site before but I thought a rear view of it may be of interest. DOD 518 is a Bristol L5G dating from 1940, but she was rebodied in 1950, receiving the Beadle B36R unit (with door) that we see here. The first…
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Bristol Tramways – Bristol L – NHY 947 – 2815
Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Limited1951Bristol LWL6BECW FC35F NHY 947 is an ECW ‘Queen Mary’ coach body with the sort of chassis one might expect underneath – not the AEC Regal rebuild in Tilling livery submitted a while ago! This Bristol LWL6B was new in 1951, with ECW FC35F body. We see it on Southampton…
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South Midland – Bristol L – FMO 937
South Midland Ltd (Witney)1950Bristol L6BWindover C33F Photographed in Oxford in the summer of 1960 is South Midland Ltd. FMO 937, a Bristol L6B of 1950 with a Windover “Huntingdon” C33F body. Windover was a very old established firm that was known as a saddler and harness maker in Ottery St Mary from the year 1600.…
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Wilts & Dorset – Bristol L – FAM 2 – 285
Wilts & Dorset Motor Services1948Bristol L6BBeadle C32R FAM 2 is a Bristol L6B with Beadle C32R body (with door) and it dates from 1949. We see it passing Beaulieu on 20 August 1978, while taking part in a vintage vehicle run through the New Forest. It included cars and fire appliances. It was owned at…
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Western National – Bristol L – JUO 943 – 1211
Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1948Bristol L6BBeadle C31F – ECW FB39F (1958) A 1948 Bristol L6B, when it was delivered to Western National it had a Beadle C31F body. Ten years later it was lengthened to a LL standard and rebodied by Eastern Coachworks to this FB39F style, I presume both happened at the same time.We…
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Nadder Valley Coaches – Bristol L5G – EDL 16
Nadder Valley Coaches1946Bristol L5GECW B31F In 1946 Southern Vectis added the first three post war examples of the Bristol L5G to its pre war and wartime fleet of the model. EDL 14 -16 arrived with Eastern Coach Works B35R bodywork, but, in 1961, all three were rebuilt with ECW B31F bodies for (what was then…
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Hants & Dorset – Bristol LL5G – KRU 993 – 787
Hants & Dorset Motor Services1952Bristol LL5GECW FC37F KRU 993 came to Hants & Dorset in February 1952 as a standard half cab LL6B with an ECW B39R body, one of a batch of seven similar vehicles, KRU 988-994, fleet nos. 782-788, delivered between September 1951 and February 1952. In June 1955 the Bristol AVW engine…
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United Automobile – Bristol KSW6B – PHN 809 – BH27
Copyright John Stringer United Automobile Services1952Bristol KSW6BECW H32/28R Following all the recent enthusiastic comment regarding the Western National KS5G photo, I thought I would submit this, taken from a recently rediscovered early slide of mine.United’s BH27 (originally BBH27), PHN 809, a KSW6B, is seen operating the 109 Seafront Service around North Marine Drive in Scarborough…
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Wilts & Dorset – Bristol KSW – HMR 59 – 344
Wilts & Dorset Motor Services1952Bristol KSW5GECW L55R Here is a view of HMR 59, a Bristol KSW5G with ECW bodywork. By the time of this view, the 1952 vehicle had been relegated to training duties. She’s seen in the yard of the Hants & Dorset depot in Southampton, in March 1975. By this time, NBC…
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Wilts & Dorset – Bristol KSW – HWV 294 – 365
Wilts & Dorset Motor Services1952Bristol KSW5GECW L27/28R HWV 294 is a Bristol KSW5G dating from 1952 [like the photographer] and has been fully restored by Roger Burdett internally, externally and mechanically. It will be at various rallies in 2014. It has a L27/28R ECW body and was new to Wilts and Dorset as their 365.…