I don't get about so much these days but a little trip up to North Wales for a bus/rail day at Llangollen with Wag and Mick on JHA227L took us passed Oswesty where in about 1982 I took this shot of Parish's Plaxton bodied Bedford SUX614S. At the time I looked down on poor old Bedfords and Fords but fortunately I was keen on wasting a bit of film so I could quickly go up in the darkroom and get them developed and a few of these more mundane examples got recorded which turned out to be fortunate.
I used to travel to school on Parish's Coaches from 1966 to 1973 and SUX614R was bought new a bit later. I think it was one of their first new purchases. Roy Evans was their senior driver so always got their best coach. Roger Parish was the owner, younger brother Ivor also drove for them. They were based in Morda just outside Oswestry and their colours were orange with black trim. I still remember most of the registrations and drivers' names from that era.
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