The annual ‘Buses Festival’ in 2021 was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.
OKP 980 ‘Maidstone & District’ No. CO252.
Leyland TD4 / Beadle
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
In the years following the end of World War Two, new buses were difficult to come by.
One way was to use pre-war chassis or running units under new bodies. This ‘new’ integral coach appearing in 1952.
At the time this practice was regarded as a temporary measure until ‘things got back to normal’. (I knew I had heard that phrase before!!)
Purchased by ‘Thornes’. In 1960 and eventually restored.
Now 70 years old.
Not bad for a ‘temporary measure’.
OAE 954M ‘BRISTOL COUNTRY BUS’ No MH 1332.
Bristol RELL6L / Eastern Coach Works
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Bristol Omnibus Company’.
NLE 539 ‘London Transport’ No. RF539.
AEC Regal IV / Metro-Cammell
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1952.
HTA 844N ‘WESTERN NATIONAL No. 2813.
Leyland National
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YVL 837S ‘LINCOLNSHIRE ROAD CAR CO. LTD. No. 1063.
Bristol LH6L / Eastern Coach Works
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
