Friday, 24 February 2017
MCW Metropolitan on 53 in Whitehall
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Site Counter
Subscribe To
Posts
Comments
Popular Posts
-
It looks like my old blog won't function properly any more so thanks for that Blogger. I would like to thank you all for visiting me an... -
I have to say despite the rows of horizontal scratches caused when the film all those years ago was wound through my old Voitlander Camera I... -
Perhaps the best known coach operator in wales was Hills of Tredegar with between fifty and sixty vehicles. As well as mostly Leyland coache... -
When Reading bought some Bristol RELL's in 1968 they wanted the bodywork to bear some resemblance to their earlier Burlingham bodied ... -
Greatrex grew up during the War and was the main Stafford coaching concern till it's demise in the Eighties when it passed to the Austin... -
London's evening rush-hour in Victoria with commuters rushing for the Tube and Trains whilst a Grey Green Plaxton 3500 Volvo B10M goes t... -
Not being quite so expensive and especially for those who enjoy a drink Copenhagen was a good choice for a Scandinavian break. For the Br... -
Lausanne is probably the most multi-national city in what was a very conservative Switzerland. But Europe has changed a great deal since ... -
It's sad to hear that what I used to call East Lancashire Coachbuilders have called in the receivers for they were one of a number of sm... -
Hot dry weather greeted those who attended the local POTS bus rally held today at the Wedgwood Visitors Centre at Barlaston. As for myself I...
2 comments:
It is very likely that the other Metropolitan in shot was also on the 53. The 53 was the only route serving Whitehall which was scheduled for Metropolitans. It is possible that the other Metropolitan was one of Peckham's allocation wandering onto route 12 - it generally happened on Sundays, but only happened rarely (possibly never) during the week. The bus in the foreground, MD132, had a short life, entered service in January 1977, withdrawn from service in September 1982 and scrapped the following year.
No it wasn't a Sunday so it was even more unusal. In the Sixties I used to be at Art College in Maidstone and I used catch the 53 at about 10.pm towards Lewisham and thumb it back from there. One could do things like that in those days and feel quite safe in South London and today of course no one would pick you up not even trade plate guys. I usually had a sweet sounding untampered RM 400 or 500 series top deck all to myself, I think NX got them from HL when they got RML's for the 207.
Post a Comment