Chase Bus Service in Walsall

It was miraculous so of course it was too good to last but in the West Midlands a number of small operators managed to keep a bit of the old bus world alive whilst the rest moved on running defunct types. Not so tiny was West Midlands with it's many Metrobuses soldiering away, Warstone's 'Green Bus' with Leyland Leopards and more,  North.Birmingham with smart Leyland Atlanteans from Plymouth and Greater Manchester and of course Chase with it's indestructible Nationals. This National Mark1 at Bradford Place in Walsall AYR 309T started life as London Transport LS 309 in 1979 and was pictured in the mid-Nineties.