One of my abiding memories of ‘Showbus’ 2014 was the family of coaches on display from one operator.
‘Lodges Coaches’ of High Easter in Essex.
'Lodges' have a long history dating back to the 1920’s and the vehicles on display covered most of the intervening period since then.
ES 8640
The oldest of which was this Chevrolet X replica. The original dating from 1926.
LTA 752
A Bedford OB with Duple coachwork. New to ‘Western National’ in 1950 it passed to ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ where it was converted to ‘toastrack’ style bodywork for use in Skegness town and in the Butlins Holiday Camp nearby.
The style of bodywork was similar in appearance to that which was used on ‘Charabanc’s dating back to the very early days of coach operation.
One of 4 converted, this is believed to be the sole survivor.
I remember seeing these in 'Skeggy' I think in the 1950's.
TMY 700
An even older Bedford OB/Duple dating back to 1949.
MJB 481
A Bedford SBG with Duple Vega bodywork dating from 1956. The ‘G’ in the type code indicated a Gasoline (Petrol) engine.
It was new to ‘Chiltonia Motors’ before moving to ‘West Wight’ of Totland on the Isle of Wight (IOW).
YMJ 555S
A Bedford YNT with Duple Dominant bodywork dating from 1978.
K738 ODL
A Leyland Olympian with Northern Counties bodywork dating from 1993.
This is another vehicle with an ‘IOW’ connection having previously worked for ‘Southern Vectis’ there.
EU14 GXR
A Setra 416 GT-HD. A much more recent acquisition in 2014.
JW10 DGE which is cleverly spaced to read JW 10DGE.
Another of the same that I have included purely for the registration.
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