Bewdley Bus Gala

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Reece S
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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by Reece S » 20:28 Thursday 15th September 2016

Modern Buses 1 of 2 sets including VX54MTF in its new Urban 2 livery.
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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by Reece S » 20:41 Thursday 15th September 2016

Modern Buses 2 of 2 set including WBPG 620 sorry about the random order been and late uploading had a lot of overtime at work. :roll:
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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by AdamH » 08:51 Friday 16th September 2016

Looks like a good selection of buses there and lots of Midland Red too.

Thanks for posting.

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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by MattW » 13:23 Friday 16th September 2016

Excellent pictures mate thank you :)

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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by TimBrown » 14:26 Friday 16th September 2016

MattW wrote:
13:23 Friday 16th September 2016
Excellent pictures mate thank you :)
I'll second that, an excellent record for those who, like me, couldn't make it this year. I particularly like that half-cab Foden coach and the 1950's Plaxton coach in blue and grey just in the shot of Johnsons new Enviro 200. Any idea what chassis it uses?

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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by Reece S » 21:30 Friday 16th September 2016

Thanks everyone glad you all enjoyed the photos :D

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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by Matt560Breese » 21:58 Friday 16th September 2016

It too was a Foden

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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by TimBrown » 09:03 Saturday 17th September 2016

Matt560Breese wrote:
21:58 Friday 16th September 2016
It too was a Foden
Thanks for clarifying the make of the coach. Foden buses and coaches were rare even when in production just after World War II.

Everton of Droitwich had two for a time running in attractive cream and red livery;

JAB 692 a 1949 PVSC6 chassis with front mounted Gardner 6LW engine and half-cab C33F Metalcraft body.
KUY 536 a 1952 PVRF6 chassis with rear mounted Foden two-stroke engine and C41C Metalcraft body.

Everton also owned HUY 488 a rare 1949/50 Maudslay Marathon III with full fronted Metalcraft C33F body. I believe it had an AEC 7.7 litre engine.

A little later this company ran three or four Duple bodied Commer Avenger coaches with Rootes TS3 two-stroke engines. Later deliveries included AEC Reliances with Duple and Plaxton bodies. They also operated three Gardner 6LW powered Guy Arab half-cab coaches, acquired with takeover of Ward of Bromsgrove (if memory serves me right!).

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Re: Bewdley Bus Gala

Post by DD12 » 20:07 Sunday 18th September 2016

"Gorgeous" nostalgic info above from Tim !
I was about 5 years too young to enjoy the best of Everton's coaches, but I was lucky enough to have had a walking holiday in the lake district when I was a very young member of a church youth club.
One evening, a few of us were on board the Everton's coach, inventing + telling ghost stories and the like, when the coach chassis + components started to emit eirie , ghostly sounds, and the bodywork started creaking, so we
RAN LIKE HELL !! :D

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