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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #60 on: 15 March 2010, 18:06:55 »
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We could even organise a Miggy meet. Its quite central for quite a few OOF members :y
All under control Kev - see my post mate. :y
Where, in meetings? :-/

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Is this a Leyland Tiger cub that you guy's were talking about? 8-)
See' now I'm getting to be a bus anorak :'(
More pics of Welsh Buses on this link
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #61 on: 15 March 2010, 18:40:24 »
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We could even organise a Miggy meet. Its quite central for quite a few OOF members :y
All under control Kev - see my post mate. :y
Where, in meetings? :-/

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Is this a Leyland Tiger cub that you guy's were talking about? 8-)
See' now I'm getting to be a bus anorak :'(
More pics of Welsh Buses on this link
http://www.showbus.com/gallery/wales/index.html
OOOPS, you guy's were talking about Leyland Swifts. ::)
http://mike323.photos.me.uk/
Hundreds of different welsh buses on this site :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #62 on: 15 March 2010, 19:04:59 »
http://mike323.photos.me.uk/p58492437.html
I used to drive this coach on Merthyr Cardiff every day.
Now that brings back memories.
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #63 on: 15 March 2010, 19:13:08 »
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I used to drive this coach on Merthyr Cardiff every day.
Now that brings back memories.
D.
How long ago was that then? ::)

Well, I'm also glad I found  something local for you guy's. :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #64 on: 15 March 2010, 19:18:26 »
You're a real girly then Di............!!
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« Reply #65 on: 15 March 2010, 19:24:50 »
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You're a real girly then Di............!!
Down boy.............behave! ;) ;) ;)
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #66 on: 15 March 2010, 20:39:31 »
 ;D all this talk of busses and no one has said" I HATE YOU BUTLER" !
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #67 on: 15 March 2010, 21:00:37 »
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We could even organise a Miggy meet. Its quite central for quite a few OOF members :y
All under control Kev - see my post mate. :y
Where, in meetings? :-/

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Is this a Leyland Tiger cub that you guy's were talking about? 8-)
See' now I'm getting to be a bus anorak :'(
More pics of Welsh Buses on this link
http://www.showbus.com/gallery/wales/index.html
That's the jobbie Kev!

This particular bus was one of three with semi-automatic transmissions that were originally an export order for Trinidad that fell through.
The trio was snapped-up by our subsidiary company, Jones Omnibus Services of Aberbeeg, and has the ubiquitous Weymann 'Hermes' 44-seat body.

The parent Western Welsh Omnibus Company, (where I served my apprenticeship, and stayed on for 18 years), had the largest fleet of Tiger Cubs in the world. No less than 180 outwardly-similar Weymann-bodied Cubs were delivered in several batches from 1953 onwards. The final batch of Tiger Cubs arrived in 1968, at which point nearly 300 of this model had entered service.
All the Western Welsh ones had the Albion constant-mesh gearbox though.
I could take a Tiger Cub apart with my eyes shut! :y
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« Reply #68 on: 15 March 2010, 21:01:05 »
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;D all this talk of busses and no one has said" I HATE YOU BUTLER" !


None of us are old enough to remember that..........what was the programme? ::) ::) :D :D :D ;) ;)
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #69 on: 15 March 2010, 21:08:35 »
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http://mike323.photos.me.uk/p58492437.html
I used to drive this coach on Merthyr Cardiff every day.
Now that brings back memories.
D.
Ah ....... The Leyland 'Royal Tiger Doyen' integral (ie. chassisless construction).
Not Leyland Bus' most successful offering, though with well-proven and familiar running gear.
Horizontally-mounted Leyland TL11H engine at the rear, driving through the renowned ZF S6-80 'box.
I think that this particular coach was a former demonstrator.
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« Reply #70 on: 15 March 2010, 21:20:58 »
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;D all this talk of busses and no one has said" I HATE YOU BUTLER" !


None of us are old enough to remember that..........what was the programme? ::) ::) :D :D :D ;) ;)

I am :y

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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #71 on: 15 March 2010, 21:33:27 »
PM sent Kev. :y
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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #72 on: 15 March 2010, 22:54:54 »
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Had the privilege of working on one of that type of Buses when I was an apprentise  ;) although they do remind me of On the Buses ;D

I still have every episode, including the B/W ones, and the three movies, brilliant.
A bit of useless info, the actress who played the mother, Doris Hare, (not Ceclily Courtlidge, who only played 'mam in the 1st series) went to school with my grandmother, St Gwladys School Bargoed.
'On the buses' was filmed using Eastern National's Wood Green depot.

The earlier series (with red-liveried buses) featured Bristol KSW5Gs with lowbridge ECW open-platform bodies.
Later episodes (green-liveried buses) featured late-model Bristol Lodekka FLF6LXs, whose usual domain was ENOC's flagship London-Southend service.
Splendid vehicles with semi-automatic transmissions.
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Had the privilege of working on one of that type of Buses when I was an apprentise  ;) although they do remind me of On the Buses ;D

I still have every episode, including the B/W ones, and the three movies, brilliant.
A bit of useless info, the actress who played the mother, Doris Hare, (not Ceclily Courtlidge, who only played 'mam in the 1st series) went to school with my grandmother, St Gwladys School Bargoed.
'On the buses' was filmed using Eastern National's Wood Green depot.

The earlier series (with red-liveried buses) featured Bristol KSW5Gs with lowbridge ECW open-platform bodies.
Later episodes (green-liveried buses) featured late-model Bristol Lodekka FLF6LXs, whose usual domain was ENOC's flagship London-Southend service.
Splendid vehicles with semi-automatic transmissions.
 :y

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Re: Bus nostalgia
« Reply #74 on: 15 March 2010, 23:13:31 »
I have spent over an hour looking at all the bus photo's on the link given...... :-[ :-[ :-[ but I enjoyed looking...... :y
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