Tag: David Oldfield
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Front entrance and rear engined Routemasters
The front entranced Routemaster RMF1254 was unique in London and after being banned by the unions it was sold to Northern General who were the only provincial operator of Routemasters. All of Northern Generals Routemasters were built more or less to the same specification as RMF1254 except they had Leyland O.600 9.8 litre engines. When…
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Early Post-War Bus Bodies
It is fascinating how wide spread were bodies that I thought were in the minority in the early post-war boom. Roberts was one of these. They have featured on your site a number of times – but not yet a Sheffield Regent III. The Nottingham Regent IIIs are the only 8′ wide examples that I…
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New Years Day out in Winchester
What does Ebenezer do for New Year? He goes to bed early so that he can get to Winchester for 08:30 on New Year’s Day. Family commitments kept me in Sheffield until New Year’s day until the death of my mother about three years ago. A ‘Friends of King Alfred bus’ virgin until then, I…
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Sheffield Bus Bodies
A lot has been said about Sheffield not having a standard bus – unlike London, Manchester and Birmingham. This may have been true but, apart from those quirky deliveries to spice up the life of a gricer, Sheffield did adhere to a fairly strict dual order policy. From the ’20s until mid ’60s this meant…
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AEC Disasters
“All one can do now is salute the old firm and what it achieved. …..the men and women who together comprised AEC may not have always got it right but they produced many fine vehicles and many which made big advances in design. They will long be remembered.” Thus Alan Townsin closes his book “The…