‘Scene’ at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. ‘The Lincolnshire Connection’ on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A recent day out took friend Peter Rose and myself into pastures new when the transport delights of ‘Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum’ were explored

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we gathered on the day. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

One of the elements of going to somewhere like a museum where you have an idea what you are going to see is that it is always interesting to see what else just turns up.

 

NJV 995 ‘Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport’ No. 133, Lady Jane.

AEC Bridgemaster / Park Royal /1

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

I was amazed to see this turn up, I had no idea that it had survived.

 

New in 1960 and rebuilt to open top in 1974.

 

 

 

 

NJV 995 ‘Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport’ No. 133, Lady Jane.

AEC Bridgemaster / Park Royal /2

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

CX04 CVF ‘CLEETHORPES TRANSPORT’ No. 33.

Transbus Dart / Plaxton Mini Pointer 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

New to ‘Jones’ Bontnewydd, Wales.

 

 

 

 

JV 9901 ‘Grimsby Corporation Transport’ No. 81.

AEC Regent 3 / Roe /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1947.

 

 

 

 

JV 9901 ‘Grimsby Corporation Transport’ No. 81.

AEC Regent 3 / Roe /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

JV 9901 ‘Grimsby Corporation Transport’ No. 81.

AEC Regent 3 / Roe /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

VBT 191 ‘W. H. Fowler’, Holbeach Drove, Lincolnshire.

AEC Reliance / Yeates Europa /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Yeates were always known for the amount of chrome trim they could get onto a coach.

 

It must have added considerably to the all up weight.

 

This, by their normal standards, was quite restrained.

 

‘Fowlers’ is a company that, when I last looked, is still with us.

 

New in 1958.

 

 

 

 

VBT 191 ‘W. H. Fowler’, Holbeach Drove, Lincolnshire.

AEC Reliance / Yeates Europa /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ at Transpire’s Peak Park Bus Gathering 2022 /4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For some years now, this event has been held at the ‘Peak Rail’ site at Rowsley in Derbyshire.

 

There was plenty of room for the 35 or so buses the event attracted together with the added bonus of the trains provided by ‘Peak Rail’.

 

This year being steam only.

 

A return to the traditional June date was welcome because last year the event was held in August due to the problems caused by the Covid 19 pandemic.

 

NH18 GGH ‘Caledonian Travel’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 2018 to ‘National Holidays’ which at the time were associated with the ‘Shearings’ group who were early casualties of the Covid 19 Pandemic going out of business in early 2020.

 

 

 

 

CYD 724C ‘Hutchings & Cornelius’. 

AEC Reliance / Harrington Crusader

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Together with its stablemate, the Grenadier, Harrington’s produced some of the most stylish coaches of the 1960s.

 

 

 

 

S659 JSE ‘Go Green Peak Explorer’.

Volvo B10M / Jonkheere Modulo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1998 to ‘Stagecoach Bluebird’ as No. 659.

 

 

 

 

BXI 2599 ‘ULSTERBUS’ No. 2599.

Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

BXI 2565 ‘Citybus (NI)’ No. 2565.

Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

CHA 460K ‘Midland Red’ No. 6460.

Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Panorama Elite

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

JMA 413L ‘North Western Road Car Co’. No. 413.

Bristol RELH6L / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘JOHNSON BROS. 3’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year. (Covid permitting).

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

 

The third visit of the second day was to ‘Johnsons’ depot at Hodthorpe which is near Worksop, Notts.

 

The company maintains a ‘Heritage’ fleet that, as befits its considerable age, is kept under cover.

 

TOB 377 ‘Flight Tours’ ‘1st. CLASS TRAVEL, Aston, Birmingham.

AEC Reliance / Burlingham Seagull /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

According to the plate in the windscreen, the team coach for ‘Aston Villa FC’.

 

One of the all time classic coachwork designs.

 

Purchased from ‘Millington’, Horsforth. Leeds.

 

New in 1956.

 

 

 

 

TOB 377 ‘Flight Tours’ ‘1st. CLASS TRAVEL, Aston, Birmingham.

AEC Reliance / Burlingham Seagull /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

8340 U ‘Wallace Arnold’, Leeds.

Leyland Tiger Cub / Burlingham Seagull

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

One of the all time classic coachwork designs.

 

Purchased from ‘Millington’, Horsforth. Leeds.

 

New in 1958.

 

 

 

 

VUB 396H ‘Wallace Arnold’.

Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Panorama Elite

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

5188 RU ‘JOHNSON BROS TOURS’.

Bedford VAL 14 / Plaxton

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Excselsior’, Bournemouth in 1963.

 

 

 

 

LHE 601W ‘JOHNSON BROS TOURS’.

Volvo B58 / Plaxton Supreme

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1981.

 

 

 

 

8332 U ‘Wallace Arnold’, Leeds.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Consort 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Purchased from ‘Millington’, Horsforth. Leeds. 

 

New in 1958.

 

‘Scene’ on Wetmore Road, Burton on Trent (BoT) ‘Trent / Barton’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Wetmore Road, for those who don’t know, is where the fleet of ‘midland classic of Burton’ (mc) is garaged.

 

Over the weekend of 28/29th August 2021 ‘mc’ held a ‘Heritage Weekend’ to celebrate two anniversaries.

 

On the Saturday to celebrate 15 years of ‘mc’ operating in Burton.

 

On the Sunday to celebrate the 95th. anniversary of John Stevenson setting up in business to run buses between Burton and Uttoxeter via Tutbury.

 

A route that ‘mc’ still operates today.

 

As well as buses in ‘ ‘midland classic of Burton’ and ‘Stevensons’ livery.

 

There was a selection of both current and preserved vehicles in attendance.

 

Many were operating journeys on ‘mc’s service No. 401 which is the current route number for the original service dating back to 1926.

 

 

There was a time when ‘Trent Motor Traction’  and ‘Barton Transport’ were mortal enemies competing vigorously for traffic along the A52 between Derby and Nottingham and elsewhere in the East Midlands.

 

All that came to an end in 1989 when ‘Barton’ were taken over by the ‘Wellglade’ group.

 

They already owned ‘Trent’ and chose to operate the formerly separate companies as ‘trentbarton’ which they continue to do today.

 

Most takeovers or mergers result in the junior partner disappearing while the senior partner continues as before.

 

In this case however the name ‘trentbarton’ has survived for 33 years so far and would seem to be set fair for the future.

 

L102 LRA ‘TRENT Buses’ No. 102.

Volvo B10B / Northern Counties Countybus /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I rode on these buses many times and found them most uncomfortable having poor legroom.

 

The survivors were eventually cascaded to fellow ‘Wellglade’ group member ‘notts&derby’ with whom they saw out their days on contract work mainly around Derby.

 

 

 

 

L102 LRA ‘TRENT Buses’ No. 102.

Volvo B10B / Northern Counties Countybus /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

MRR 811K ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1229.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite Express /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

MRR 811K ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1229.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite Express /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre. More Visiting Single Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Located at Ruddington, which lies five miles to the South of Nottingham.

 

It is also home to the ‘Great Central Railway-Nottingham’.

 

A large site which houses an extensive collection of vintage buses as well as standard gauge and miniature railway vehicles and artefacts.

 

Originally a station on the ‘Great Central Railway’  extension line that linked Sheffield with London via Nottingham and Leicester.

 

1322 WA ‘Sheffield United Tours’ (SUT) No. 322.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1961.

 

At that time, I lived about 15 minutes walk away from SUT’s Charlotte Road depot and I can remember these being delivered.

 

I thought they were beautiful at the time.

 

I still do.

 

 

 

 

PDJ 269L ‘St Helens Corporation No. 269.

AEC Swift / Marshall

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

DNU 20C ‘Midland General Omnibus Company’. No. 296.

Bristol MW6G / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

A10 CNU ‘TRENT’ No. 10 ‘NATIONAL HOLIDAYS’

Leyland Tiger / Duple Laser

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

R89 GNW ‘White Bus Services’.

DAF SB220 / Optare Delta

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New registered 98-D-61842 to ‘Flyerbus’, Dublin.

 

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’ Part 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For Part 1 see blog posted 19/01/2022. 

 

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ in 2021 was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

‘Sharpes of Nottingham’ are a well known operator in the East Midlands.  

 

Apart from their current service fleet which is always immaculately presented they also maintain some of its previous vehicles in a ‘heritage’ fleet.

 

VWA 290L ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite lll /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

VWA 290L ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite lll /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

STM 238W ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B58-61 / Plaxton Supreme lV

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Sworder’, Walkern, Hertfordshire.

 

 

 

 

D51 LWW ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B58-61 / Van Hool Alizee

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘Brown’ Helperby, North Yorkshire

 

I love the roof mounted air horns.

 

‘Scene’ at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre ‘Barton Transport’ Coaches on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Located at Ruddington, which lies five miles to the South of Nottingham.

 

It is also home to the ‘Great Central Railway-Nottingham’.

 

A large site which houses an extensive collection of vintage buses as well as standard gauge and miniature railway vehicles and artefacts.

 

Originally a station on the ‘Great Central Railway’  extension line that linked Sheffield with London via Nottingham and Leicester.

 

E648 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 648. DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

The last vehicle purchased by ‘Barton’ prior to the take over by ‘Trent’.

 

Dating from 1988 and now over 30 years old, the body styling would not look out of place in any modern fleet.

 

 

 

 

E645 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 645. DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

MRR 811K ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1229. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Elite Express

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

RRR 517R ‘Barton Transport’ No. 517. Bedford YMT / Plaxton Supreme Express

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

DAL 771J ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1146. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Express

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Note the FOR SALE sign.

 

Any offers?

 

‘Scene’ at the age of 100. ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ /1, see blog posted 01/04/2021.  

 

April 2021 sees the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of what has become ‘Hulleys of Baslow’, the well known Derbyshire based independent bus operator.

 

To celebrate the occasion, a gathering of some of ‘Hulleys’ past and present fleet is being planned to take place in Chatsworth Park, Derbyshire on Sunday the 25th. of April 2021.

 

Founded by Henry Hulley, the ownership of the company has changed hands more than once but the name of its founder has survived all the changes.

 

I have known the company for over 60 years and during that time the buses initially painted (in my time at least) in shades of red and red and grey have been a fixture in Rutland Square in Bakewell.

 

These days, the livery has changed to cream and dark blue. 

 

A combination that ‘Hulleys’ inherited from ‘South Notts’ when buses were bought from that fleet and the livery adopted.

 

Although Hulleys ‘main line’ is probably its service number 170 from Bakewell to Chesterfield via Baslow.

 

The company operates widely across North Derbyshire, to Sheffield and in the past year to Manchester.

 

The earliest images I have are in black and white and were acquired over the years from a variety of sources which today are unknown. 

 

So the best I can claim is that they are part of my collection.

 

I have included them for completeness sake and thank the unknown photographers who at that time had the foresight to capture the images for posterity.

 

Buses (and coaches) are listed in order of their first date of registration when new.

 

LHN 574 ‘Hulleys’ No. 27. Guy Arab / Burlingham

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1949 as No. 074 to ‘Darlington Triumph’.

 

 

 

 

LHA 400 ‘Hulleys’. BMMO S9 / Brush

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New as No. 3400 to ‘Midland Red’ in 1949.

 

At the time, it was unusual for ‘Midland Red’ buses to be sold on the second hand market. They usually went straight for scrap.

 

 

 

DHE 353 ‘Hulleys’ No. 25. Leyland Tiger / Brush

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1951 to 'Yorkshire Traction’ as No. 922.

 

Currently under restoration.

 

 

 

 

KBN 90 ‘Hulleys’. AEC Reliance / Burlingham Seagull

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1956 to ‘Knowles’, Bolton.

 

 

 

 

402 BRB ‘Hulleys’. Bedford SBG / Duple

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1957.

 

Pictured in Rutland Square, Bakewell.

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ Down Memory Lane once more in Sheffield part 9 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

This is the last posting of this particular series. 

 

I have enjoyed producing and posting the blogs and I hope that they have kept you entertained at least for a short while.

 

None of us will be sorry to see the end of 2020.

 

So here’s to a better 2021 and STAY SAFE.

 

For part 1 see blog posted 24/12/2020, part 2 blog posted 25/12/2020, part 3 blog posted 26/12/2020, part 4 posted 27/12/2020, part 5 posted 28/12/2020, part 6 posted 29/12/2020, part 7 posted 30/12/2020, part 8 posted 31/12/2020.

 

On the 12th. of May 2013. ‘First South Yorkshire’ (FSY) organised a bus event to mark 100 years since the introduction of the motor bus in Sheffield.

 

It was held at ‘FSYs Olive Grove garage which is adjacent to the ‘Midland Main Line’ about half a mile to the South of Sheffield’s railway station. 

 

A stones throw from the garage is the site of what was Queens Road tram depot where many of Sheffields trams were built and housed.

 

What is now the bus parking area at Olive Grove for many years was home to ‘Sheffield United Tours’ fleet of luxury coaches which eventually passed to ‘National Travel East’.

 

A part of Sheffield then that is steeped in the city’s transport history.

 

In support of ‘FSY’ sterling efforts in putting on the show, a good selection of preserved buses attended.

 

KWE 374D ‘Sheffield United Tours (SUT)’ No. 374. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Standing on the very site it would have occupied when it worked for SUT.

 

The wording below the drivers window reads “ Panorama 1” which is not quite correct.

 

The Panorama 1 did not have the heavy chrome work seen above the lettering. The waistline was a continuation forward and round the front of the waistline towards the rear of the coach.

 

Being a Sheffield resident at the time, I was lucky enough to see one of the ‘proper’ Panorama 1’s on the day it was delivered.

 

I had never seen anything like it. 36 feet of sheer elegance.

 

It was love at first sight!

 

 

 

 

NKU 245X ‘Yorkshire Traction MetroBus’ No. 245. Leyland National 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

NIB 5232 ’South Yorkshire Transport Museum’ ‘RED RIDER. Leyland B15 Titan /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘London Transport’ registered B100 WUV then passing to ‘Selkent’ and ‘Stagecoach Northwest’.

 

This bus has appeared on my blog before.Specifically on the 19th. of April 2019.

 

It formed part of one  of my ‘all four corners’ blogs which has been one of my most successful blogs ever.

 

The four images have registered over 5,000, hits between them.

 

It was there on the day and I make no apologies for including it once more.

 

 

 

 

NIB 5232 ’South Yorkshire Transport Museum’ ‘RED RIDER. Leyland B15 Titan /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’