Old bus photos

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  • Crosville – Bristol SC4LK – 803 FFM – CSG 623

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    Copyright Ian Wild Crossville1958Bristol SC4LKECW DP33F Here we have Crosville CSG623 seen outside the small depot in Llanwrst, Conwy, Wales in September 1967. This is one of 24 Bristol SC4LK with Eastern Coachworks DP33F body supplied to Crosville but by the time of this photo it had acquired bus livery and was ending its days…

  • Booth and Fisher – Bristol SC4LK – 612 JPU

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     Copyright Ian Wild Booth and Fisher1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Booth and Fisher operated a selection of stage and works services from their depot at Halfway on the South Eastern outskirts of Sheffield. Whilst their staple stock for many years were Bedford OBs, they also bought AEC and Leyland single deckers new and amassed quite a collection…

  • Eastern Counties – Bristol SC4LK – VVF 540 – LC540

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    Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Before researching the facts about the Bristol SC for this caption, I had somehow presumed that Crosville would have been the largest customer for the type. In fact I was surprised to find that they were only the third largest, having bought a total of 79. 323 were built…

  • Eastern Counties – Bristol SC4LK – 3003 AH – LC 556

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    Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1959Bristol SC4LKECW B35F I have the only fully restored red and cream Bristol SC4LK! It is ex Eastern Counties LC 556 (3003 AH). It was new to ECOC in Jan 1959 and served the company for 11 years. Following withdrawal in 1970, it passed via Ben Jordan, the famous Norfolk bus dealer,…

  • Crosville – Bristol SC – 782 EFM – SC 12

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    Crosville Motor Services1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Crosville was one of the main users of the Bristol SC4LK model, with a total of seventy nine examples, of which fifty five were buses and twenty four were coaches, although the latter were soon downgraded to bus status, without being greatly modified. The first batch were new in 1957,…

  • R & R Coaches t/a Beeline – Bristol SC4 – NFW 655

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    R & R Coaches t/a Beeline1956Bristol Bristol SC4LKECW B35F The lightweight SC (small capacity) vehicle emerged in 1954 and was the Bristol/ECW offering for BTC lightly trafficked rural bus routes. Every opportunity was taken to save weight. The chassis longitudinal members were simple straight lengths of channel lacking intermediate transverse sections, and the body was…