Tag: Bristol
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Western National – Bristol L5G – DOD 518 – 333
Copyright Les Dickinson Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1939Bristol L5GBeadle B35R This view of ex Western National No333 was taken at the Bristol Waterfront Running Day in 2011. It has a Beadle thirty-five-seat body and was in great shape, as can be seen. Thanks to all of you who have the ability, time (and money) to…
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Western National – Bristol L6A – HOD 30 – 1228
Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1948Bristol L6ABeadle C31F H0D 30 is a Western National Royal Blue with fleet number 1228 dating from 1948. It’s a Bristol L6A with Beadle C31F body. It is fitted with a 7.7 litre AEC engine as specified by Royal Blue, the coachwork largely to Duple design, was contracted out to Beadles…
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Bristol Tramways – Bristol L6B – NAE 3 – 2467
Bristol Tramways1950Bristol L6BECW C31F Whilst there are plenty of Bristols on the site, I don’t think I’ve seen this one represented so far. This exposed-rad Bristol L6B was shot at the Bristol Waterfront Running Day in 2011. New to Bristol Tramways in 1950, so sixty-one years old in this picture and looking well! Photograph and…
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Crosville – Bristol LWL – LFM 810 – KW 229
Crosville Motor Services1951Bristol LWL6BECW B39R Quite a number of Crosville’s L-types have survived in preservation, and this year two of them have changed ownership after many years in the same homes. This example is KW 229, later numbered SLB 229, registration LFM 810. This superb vehicle was owned by the late John Prince for forty…
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Hants & Dorset – Bristol LL – KLJ 749 – 779
Hants & Dorset Motor Services 1950Bristol LL6GPortsmouth Aviation DP36R A Happy New Year to you all! It seems strange to hear that in May, but it was heard several times at Winchester on 4th May! Many enthusiasts and passers by gathered to give this Running Day a welcome at this new May date. The weather was…
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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…