Bryn Melyn Bridgnorth Town Service

This Dennis Alexander Enviro was hard at work on Bridgenorth Town Service.

Arriva Leyland Lynx E268 WUB

The bus industry has become rather dull for the big groups seem to run very similar buses these days but when this picture was taken about fifteen years ago the variety was quite good especially was vehicles got moved around as here in Stafford where as a standard local Drawline East Lancs bodied Dart there is a Plaxton bodied Tiger from Devon and a Lynx which came from West Riding.

Final Haunts of the Bristol FS

In about 1981-2 Wrexham Bus Station was a good place to catch some of the last Bristol FS Lodekkas some of which looked in very good condition like DFG 220.

Greater Manchester South:Leyland Olympian ANA9Y

By now part of the divided GM fleet readied for Privatisation was a southern Northern Counties bodied Leyland Olympian 3009 passing through it's home town of Stockport on it's way to Manchester.

Hurrah for the Double-Decker: First A07 DXX in Stafford

For a number of years the good old double-decker was pretty much extinct in Stafford but both First and Arriva have cascaded a few Wright bodied Volvos to their local depots that do the trunk runs into the town

The Things we Pick-Up at Model Fairs

As opposed to normal retail outlets half of the joy of going to charity shops or model fairs is not just often great bargains but the surprising things we might find. I just about remember seeing a photo of this model but I hadn't seen it in my travels before. Sadly this Atlas Corgi range has it's shortcomings but apart from the East Yorkshire dual-purpose blue being rather too dark it doesn't look too bad apart from the front destination box being on the small side. Normally I tend to shun anything that doesn't look quite right but there's something about quirky Corgis that give them a bit of charm and it wasn't at all bad for six-quid. Besides when I was a youngster living close to Victoria Coach Station I remember the real things when they were new and they did look attractive.

Y729TOH: TWM Dennis Trident

Because some buses have been around so many years an acceptance becomes fondness and then when their number start to dwindle they become favourites. National Express Travel West Midlands has a reputation for running elderly buses but in good condition like this Y-Reg Alexander 400 bodied  Dennis Trident so typical of the fleet but despite it's smart appearance it must be almost sixteen years old which is twice the age of the oldest Stagecoach buses. Upstairs they seem a bit spartan a bit like a modern version of the shaky bodied MCW Orion of my youth but they do make some enjoyable sounds that still remind me a bit of the much more tuneful and much missed Metrobus also to be found in numbers at Wolverhampton.