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  • Crosville – Bristol LWL – LFM 810 – KW 229

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    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…

  • Crosville – Bristol MW6G – 916 VFM – EMG 417

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    Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Crosville Motor Services1961Bristol MW6GECW DP41F Crosville at its head office at Chester and had its boundaries at St Helens (N) Newcastle under Lyme (E) Cardigan (S) and Aberdaron (W) including the Island of Anglesey that is a very big area to…

  • Crosville – Bristol RE – HFM 595D – ERG 595

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    Crosville Motor Services1966Bristol RELL6GECW DP50F Crosville had a very large operating area, and Aberaeron Depot was almost 100 miles from the Company’s headquarters at Chester. Here we see three of the Company’s earlier RE’s lined up in the Depot yard.ERG 595 registration HFM 595D was one of Crosville’s only three examples of the RELL6G in…

  • Crosville – Bristol RESL6G – OFM 2E – ERG 2

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    Crosville – Bristol RESL6G – OFM 2E – ERG 2Crosville Motor Services Ltd1967Bristol RESL6GECW DP42F Crosville was the first to operate the then latest version of the Bristol RESL with shortened wheelbase and extended front overhang giving a wider entrance door arrangement. These were also the first with this design of ECW body characterised by…