Bus nostalgia

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

[STMO999]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more

Oh I do hope so.

[Peachy]

Good on yer Di ........ 

No, that isn't a replica of Lizzie's old coach ......
However, that one has fond memories for me though.
I used to go to school on that very coach, and it was one of four identical Leyland Tiger Cubs from the erstwhile Llynfi Motor Services (of Maesteg), concern. All four were new to Whittles of Highley, Shropshire, and had Burlingham 'Seagull' 41-seat bodies, and were registered OUJ 207/8 and PUJ 781/3.


Mrs Sethsmate also used to travel on it to go dancing at Cardiff's Top Rank every Saturday night.
She was a 'miss' with 'curves in all the right places' in those days!


Great times indeed ........
 

My brother was a DJ there. I was banned from the place by my brother as was I banned by same person in DOLLARS in Merthyr, small world eh.

[Seth]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

No worries Lizzie .........

Both were popular contemporary 'heavyweight' 30ft coaches of the late 1950s.
'MUD' was a Duple-bodied AEC Reliance, whilst PUJ 781 was a real 'all-Lancashire' offering.

H V Burlingham of Blackpool was acquired by Duple soon after, and was initially renamed as 'Duple Northern'.
The body on 'MUD' would have been built at Duple's Hendon works though. 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

No worries Lizzie .........

Both were popular contemporary 'heavyweight' 30ft coaches of the late 1950s.
'MUD' was a Duple-bodied AEC Reliance, whilst PUJ 781 was a real 'all-Lancashire' offering.

H V Burlingham of Blackpool was acquired by Duple soon after, and was initially renamed as 'Duple Northern'.
The body on 'MUD' would have been built at Duple's Hendon works though. 

As usual you are the bus expert Byron!!

However, I sincerely hope you meant to say IS not WAS

I am still hoping someone will be able to confirm where she is, even if it is on the continent!!

[splott]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

No worries Lizzie .........

Both were popular contemporary 'heavyweight' 30ft coaches of the late 1950s.
'MUD' was a Duple-bodied AEC Reliance, whilst PUJ 781 was a real 'all-Lancashire' offering.

H V Burlingham of Blackpool was acquired by Duple soon after, and was initially renamed as 'Duple Northern'.
The body on 'MUD' would have been built at Duple's Hendon works though. 

As usual you are the bus expert Byron!!

However, I sincerely hope you meant to say IS not WAS

I am still hoping someone will be able to confirm where she is, even if it is on the continent!!

I've tried everything I know to try and find your coach.
Is there anyway you can find out where it was sold onto by the person that bought off you? :-/

[splott]

Just digressing from Lizzie's coach.......................... here is a nice picture of a nice steam engine
A 1904 Burrell Showman Road Locomotive
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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

No worries Lizzie .........

Both were popular contemporary 'heavyweight' 30ft coaches of the late 1950s.
'MUD' was a Duple-bodied AEC Reliance, whilst PUJ 781 was a real 'all-Lancashire' offering.

H V Burlingham of Blackpool was acquired by Duple soon after, and was initially renamed as 'Duple Northern'.
The body on 'MUD' would have been built at Duple's Hendon works though. 

As usual you are the bus expert Byron!!

However, I sincerely hope you meant to say IS not WAS

I am still hoping someone will be able to confirm where she is, even if it is on the continent!!

I've tried everything I know to try and find your coach.
Is there anyway you can find out where it was sold onto by the person that bought off you? :-/

No I cannot Splott as my ex and I moved away from the railway society that jointly owned the coach.  Now I cannot track down that society, The Fowler 3F Society, which I suspect went out of 'business' years ago!!

It was 30 years ago after all!!

[Seth]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

No worries Lizzie .........

Both were popular contemporary 'heavyweight' 30ft coaches of the late 1950s.
'MUD' was a Duple-bodied AEC Reliance, whilst PUJ 781 was a real 'all-Lancashire' offering.

H V Burlingham of Blackpool was acquired by Duple soon after, and was initially renamed as 'Duple Northern'.
The body on 'MUD' would have been built at Duple's Hendon works though. 

As usual you are the bus expert Byron!!

However, I sincerely hope you meant to say IS not WAS

I am still hoping someone will be able to confirm where she is, even if it is on the continent!!

Absolutely Lizzie - am putting this down to a 'grammatical error' on my part!

[splott]

Is the middle bus in pic a replica of Lizzie's MUD?

http://www.oxford-chiltern-bus-page.co.uk/upload%20080609/M%20Beckett/Cheltenham%202009%20Whittle%20PUJ781%20with%20WW%20WKG284%20240509%20M%20Beckett.jpg

There are a number of key cosmetic differences:




but I am sure one of the real bus experts will tell us more


EDIT:  I have been beaten to it by Byron!! 8-) 8-)

No worries Lizzie .........

Both were popular contemporary 'heavyweight' 30ft coaches of the late 1950s.
'MUD' was a Duple-bodied AEC Reliance, whilst PUJ 781 was a real 'all-Lancashire' offering.

H V Burlingham of Blackpool was acquired by Duple soon after, and was initially renamed as 'Duple Northern'.
The body on 'MUD' would have been built at Duple's Hendon works though. 

As usual you are the bus expert Byron!!

However, I sincerely hope you meant to say IS not WAS

I am still hoping someone will be able to confirm where she is, even if it is on the continent!!

I've tried everything I know to try and find your coach.
Is there anyway you can find out where it was sold onto by the person that bought off you? :-/

No I cannot Splott as my ex and I moved away from the railway society that jointly owned the coach.  Now I cannot track down that society, The Fowler 3F Society, which I suspect went out of 'business' years ago!!

It was 30 years ago after all!!

Well I thought it a stupid question at the time, but with kids and that. I thought you just might not have gone down that road or had time to.

[splott]

Lizzie does this little train mean anything to you............................................. I think it might
Last worked in Birkenhead and then was moved to Barry Isd. to be scrapped.
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[Peachy]

That is JINTY.
In 1978 she was bought by the Fowler 3F society and moved to the Mid Hants Railway for overhaul. However in May 1986, she was moved to the Avon Valley Railway.

Finally finding a home at the ELR where much of the restoration costs have been met from the ELRPS funds.

I may be wrong though!!!!! :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Lizzie does this little train mean anything to you............................................. I think it might
Last worked in Birkenhead and then was moved to Barry Isd. to be scrapped.
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Yes, and as Peachy says the Fowler 3F engine was based at the Mid-Hants, and I used to see it in many bits around the yard!

However its number was 47324, not the engine shown in the picture, unless it has changed its identity temporarily as often happens in the preservation movement**.

** The excuse for this is that when you work on these engines you find the many parts are stamped with engine numbers from long gone engines; the result of part swapping over the years in the sheds of the big four and eventually BR!  This means that although the engine's overall identity is as shown when it was originally withdrawn from service, it is 'built' of many other engines parts!:D    

[splott]

That is JINTY.
In 1978 she was bought by the Fowler 3F society and moved to the Mid Hants Railway for overhaul. However in May 1986, she was moved to the Avon Valley Railway.

Finally finding a home at the ELR where much of the restoration costs have been met from the ELRPS funds.

I may be wrong though!!!!! :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

No, spot on
I picked it up on a site about trains in Birkenhead. Which is a coincidence.
The train was moved to AVR in 1986 and as you said then on to ELR.
I thought maybe MUD might have followed it around re the Fowler 3F Soc. disappearing :-/ :-/ 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

That is JINTY.
In 1978 she was bought by the Fowler 3F society and moved to the Mid Hants Railway for overhaul. However in May 1986, she was moved to the Avon Valley Railway.

Finally finding a home at the ELR where much of the restoration costs have been met from the ELRPS funds.

I may be wrong though!!!!! :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

No, spot on
I picked it up on a site about trains in Birkenhead. Which is a coincidence.
The train was moved to AVR in 1986 and as you said then on to ELR.
I thought maybe MUD might have followed it around re the Fowler 3F Soc. disappearing :-/ :-/ 

Yep done some checking and engine number 47388 did not survive into preservation, so this is 47324 masquerading as the former! 8-) 8-)