Old bus photos

Tag: Foden PVSC

  • Foden PVSC DRV 780

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    This is one of my old Comet S photos. DRV 780 was a Foden PVSC6 with a Wadham C33F body delivered new in 1947 to Ewen of Petersfield, trading as Pioneer Coaches, see: www.flickr.com/photos/This operator sold out to Southdown in October 1952, and the Foden was sold on elsewhere. It reappears again in 1960 or…

  • Hargreaves of Bolton – Foden PVSC6 – EWH 195

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    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…

  • Llandudno UDC – Foden PVSC6 – AJC 91

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    Llandudno Urban District Council1951Foden PVSC6Metalcraft C35F Llandudno operated two of these single deckers on the route from the Town Centre to St Tudnos Church on the Great Orme. This was a continual climb with the steepest section of 1 in 4. The buses were fitted with a ratchet brake to prevent the bus running back…