It's interesting how many operators although feeling the need to make progress still hung on to their best old buses for as long as they could. Whereas London Transport couldn't get rid of it's vast fleet of two and a half thousand Daimler Fleetlines quickly enough former Municipals like Bournemouth (Yellow Buses) and Swindon (Thamesdown) held on to them into their dotage. The same could not said for the Leyland Olympian like the Marshall bodied example seen here even though it was usually also fitted with the rugged frugal Gardner engine that lay behind much of the Fleetline's popularity. Indeed even though these twenty 1980 Yellow Buses examples Nos.180-199 were newer many of the trusty Daimlers outlived them on Bournemouth's streets but few would have realised as believe it or not the town's Atlantean and Fleetline buses had carried this timelessly attractive style of Alexander and MCW bodywork since 1965 and not too many would complain if they still made them today.
It's is wonderfull to discover such a nice colour scheme in the UK!
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In the Seventies fashions changed and out went the traditional smart bus liveries of old. After that it was amything goes more of less and some were a lot better than others like Yellow Buses. However with the major groups swallowing everything up most of the individuality has gone. You will be pleased to hear though that here in Bournemouth although no longer owned by the Councilthey're still yellow.
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