Tag: Foden
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Fodens Alpine Fact Finding Tour 1951
A note near the bottom of the Foden Works Foden PVRF6 OLG 855 posting about Foden coach OLG 968 inspired me to dig out a pack of photos which used to be my grandfather’s, and then my father’s, and which are now in my keeping.They feature the Foden Alpine Tour of 1951, taken to assess…
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Hargreaves of Bolton – Foden PVSC6 – EWH 195
Copyright Ian Wild Hargreaves of BoltonFoden PVSC619??Whitson RC35C This great shot was taken at the Botanical Gardens Rhyl in August 1963 and at the time the above vehicle was owned by the Foden Sports and Social Club but it was delivered new to Hargreaves of Bolton. Bodywise is it called an Observation Coach or an…
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Foden Works – Foden PVRF6 – OLG 855
Foden Works1951Foden PVRF6Plaxton C??C These excellent shots were contributed by Andrew Charles who took them in 2005 the vehicle was restored by its present owner Nick Helliker. This particular vehicle was built for the Foden Works Brass Band who used it to travel to all their concerts until 1979 when it was replaced by another…
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Beehive Services – Foden PVRF6 – KWU 24
Beehive Services1952Foden PVRF6 Whitson C39C The top photograph first appeared on the “Do You Know” page of this website and the following information was forthcoming.The shot was taken in a scrap yard when this particular vehicle was presumably at the end of its days. It states that it was owned by Bodill Builders Contractors who were…
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Warrington Corporation – Foden PVD6 – OED 217 – 112
Warrington Corporation1956Foden PVD6East Lancs H30/28R We don’t see many Foden buses south of Birmingham, and we don’t see many Warrington buses down here either, so here is a view which fits both categories. OED 217 is a Foden PVD6 from 1956, when she was built for Warrington (still in Lancashire at that time!) Corporation. She…