Black Prince Newport Scania JBO 84W

Black Prince of Leeds was one of those much loved Independents run by enthusiasts. However not all their vehicles were immaculate but still interesting nonetheless like this rather ugly Marshall bodied former Newport Scania still in what to me was it's old 'dinky toys green and cream' livery. I think the girl has just collected her holiday snaps.

Midland Red S23 5930 at Rugby

Travellers on the West Coast Main Line can glimpse inside the Stagecoach garage at Rugby as the train goes through the station. But things have changed a lot since Midland Red days and following a break of about ten years I was glad I picked up my camera again to get some of the last remaining BMMO's like S23 5930 in 1980. It was withdrawn in March the following year.

Coachlinks Leyland Tiger in Leicester A112 TRP

Enough time has lapsed for me to look at this Plaxton Paramount bodied Leyland Tiger with a certain amount of nostalgia. Even those Stagecoach Stripes have become acceptable and I do miss the old registration system which told this this former United Counties coach in Leicester came from Northampton.

KAL 684 West Bridgeford U.D.C

I think if one had to choose the most interesting and varied city for buses in the Sixties Nottingham would be near the top of the list. If one had to find an area where it didn't excel it was perhaps in that it was only served by two Municipals. Having said that they were both interesting for whereas the city itself was very innovative the small brown and cream fleet at West Bridgeford was for many years very conservative and when this Park-Royal bodied AEC Regent 111 was seen here in about 1968 was already twenty years old and had a 'rathergrand' pre-war feel about it.

Porto 97

Two Lancia trolleybuses in Porto in 1984.

D&G No.113 SN11 FFM on the Tixall Road in Stafford

Making a change from it's normal haunt on the One Service whose orange branding it wears was this D&G Enviro seen on the Tixall Road in Stafford on it's way to Uttoxeter. It was thought that we would lose the 841 going passed here when this route stops going through Great Heywood but it will now rejoin the Weston Road at Hydrant Way and then go via Hopton and Weston.

Vikings in York

I thought the Vikings were a long gone episode in Scandinavian fokelore but it seems a few stayed  on in York to run an open-top sightseeing service as can be seen in this busy view with a former United Couties Bristol VR.