Tag: Southern National
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Dennis Ace YD 9533
As a former Dennis apprentice I was very pleased to see this fine example of Southern National YD 9533 fleet number 3650, a 1934 Dennis Ace bus. It was on display at the Summer Fayre at Aylesford Priory on 22nd June 2014 and I thought you may like to see the very amateur photographs I…
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Southern National – Leyland Lion LT1 – VE 2143 – 3439
Southern National1929Leyland Lion LT1Beadle B35R Before the First World War, the public transport needs in Cambridge were met by the horse drawn Cambridge Street Tramways Company and some small, often short lived, independent motor bus operators, most notably the Cambridge Motor Omnibus Company. In 1907 the assets of the struggling Cambridge Motor Omnibus Company were…
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Southern National – Dennis Ace – YD 9533 – 3650
Copyright Roger Cox Southern National1934Dennis AceDennis B20F Few of us realise just how major the task of bus preservation can be in terms of effort and expense. Back in the late 1960s I was a member of a group that bought 1934 ex Southern National Dennis Ace YD 9533 with Dennis B20F body, which had…
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Southern National – Bristol Lodekka – AUO 523B – 2053
Copyright Roger Cox Southern National1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F Stephen Ford asked, “Was Westward Ho! (Southern National) the only one that included an exclamation mark?” I don’t know the answer to that, but here is a picture of a Bristol Lodekka displaying that very destination. The bus is an FLF6B with ECW H38/32F body delivered to…
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Southern National – Bristol LS – OTT 98 – 1299
Southern National Omnibus Company1953Bristol LS6GECW C41F Seen heading along York Place, Harrogate at the end of a Trans-Pennine run is Southern National 1299 (OTT 98), a 1953 Bristol LS6G with ECW C41F coachwork. Resplendent in iconic Royal Blue livery, this coach was part of the last batch to be built with the traditional Royal Blue…