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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #450 on: 07 April 2010, 17:37:12 »
Being a 6x4 model, it's probably a Reiver.

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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #451 on: 07 April 2010, 17:43:10 »
Right, it's now time for me to set a question for the experts.
Here goes - and no cheating please:

What was Albion's motto?

Anyone need a clue ............. ?
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #452 on: 07 April 2010, 18:00:06 »
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Right, it's now time for me to set a question for the experts.
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What was Albion's motto?

Anyone need a clue ............. ?
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" Sure as the sunrise "  :y





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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #453 on: 07 April 2010, 20:50:57 »
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Right, it's now time for me to set a question for the experts.
Here goes - and no cheating please:

What was Albion's motto?

Anyone need a clue ............. ?
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" Sure as the sunrise "  :y





Are you absolutely sure about this?
Albion's 'Nimbus' chassis refers to a raincloud ........
So are you still sure?
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #454 on: 07 April 2010, 21:08:08 »
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Are they both "albion"???

think the bus is a '59.........?



Yep both Albions circa 1959, the haulage company went over to Foden soon after ( I think ) :y :y
 



The company is Hoveringham and they went over to these................................................. :y

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Used to see a lot of those trucks when I was a Kid, they had a depot or quarry in Kiverton, I think the place was called, near Harthill, Worksop way...takes me back.... ::) ::)
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #455 on: 07 April 2010, 21:12:51 »
A 'Mickey Mouse' Foden 8-legger!
I'm sure that this one's put in an appearance at the Great Dorset Steam Fair.
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #456 on: 08 April 2010, 11:28:37 »
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Are they both "albion"???

think the bus is a '59.........?



Yep both Albions circa 1959, the haulage company went over to Foden soon after ( I think ) :y :y
 



The company is Hoveringham and they went over to these................................................. :y

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I haev a toy of one of those
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #457 on: 08 April 2010, 11:38:33 »
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Are they both "albion"???

think the bus is a '59.........?



Yep both Albions circa 1959, the haulage company went over to Foden soon after ( I think ) :y :y
 



The company is Hoveringham and they went over to these................................................. :y

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I haev a toy of one of those


I think all lads had one! Made by Corgi and or Matchbox :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #458 on: 08 April 2010, 19:32:26 »
Come on you BAs............................................... :y
Name this one...................................................
Don't go into 'quote' or you will get the answer
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A clue, if you owned or do own a Triumph TR , this is the manufacturer of the truck and the prototype and the car the TR was copied off. Same engine too :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #459 on: 08 April 2010, 20:18:23 »

Hoveringham is a small village in Nottinghamshire
"Gravel extraction was started in this area in 1939, by the Hoveringham Gravel company, which was taken over in 1982 by Tarmac. The Hoveringham Gravel Company used to have a Mammoth as their logo on their lorries as a celebration of the finding of mammoth remains in their workings.
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #460 on: 08 April 2010, 20:41:49 »
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Hoveringham is a small village in Nottinghamshire
"Gravel extraction was started in this area in 1939, by the Hoveringham Gravel company, which was taken over in 1982 by Tarmac. The Hoveringham Gravel Company used to have a Mammoth as their logo on their lorries as a celebration of the finding of mammoth remains in their workings.
Spot on Peaches :y

Here is a nice old bus for you............................. :y

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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #461 on: 08 April 2010, 20:49:31 »
Here is a nice one from Sethsmate.......................... :y

Looks like a Leyland to me, what type, haven't a clue
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #462 on: 08 April 2010, 21:01:43 »
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Here is a nice one from Sethsmate.......................... :y

Looks like a Leyland to me, what type, haven't a clue
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It's a Leyland Titan PD2A model with forward entrance Weymann highbridge body in NBC corporate livery at Bridgend depot.

WW took 21 of these in 1963, fleetnumbers 900-920, and registered 900 DBO etc.
They were nicknamed 'horseboxes' and came in the years between the Atlantean deliveries. They had the 9.8-litre Leyland 0.600 engine and 4-speed synchromesh gearbox. Very reliable, they'd storm the steepest of hills, and could achieve a fair gallop too!

The glass-fibre front end was generally referred to as the 'St Helens front'.
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #463 on: 08 April 2010, 21:08:34 »
A few Bus related images from Amberley working museum where I spent a very pleasant Good Friday. No idea if the buses are of interest :-[ but a little bus depot set up there with ticket office and a few engines being fettled. :y








A couple more from the days before the main stealer.



..and a moggie looking after the Bellis & Morcom steam driven generating set.


They have very nice radio, electrical and telecomms exhibitions along with a load of traditional crafts being practiced, printing presses in operation, a proper old workshop driven by line shafting.. the list goes on. Well worth a visit if you're in the area. :y

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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #464 on: 08 April 2010, 21:12:59 »
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Is this the facilities in Loughborough?

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