This bus is still active but has lost its original registration. Seen on the first run in 1969 is Blackburn PS1/Crossley 7 (BCB 340).
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To qoute the programme notes "This bus originally worked for Bristol Omnibus, Brighton Hove and District then Southern Vectis. It started off closed top, then convertible and finally permanently open top." It must have sufferd an identity crisis!
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This shows how crowded things could be on the Royal Hall car park and the move to the Stray in 1973 created a lot more space.
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This Jersey Leyland Titan TD1 was decorated as an early Halifax bus at the time, although the J-suffix registration it carried for some time didn't help the image! It has since been restored to JMT livery, complete with Mary Ann advert.
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This former Western/Southern National Bristol LL was not preserved, but operated by a Harrogate builder and looked very smart. Although many Bristol Ls from these fleets survive, no standard ECW bodied examples do, surprisingly.
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RF10 is one of the very first RFs which were shorter than the remainder and equipped as tour vehicles for the Festival of Britain.
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Lymer's of Tean (Staffordshire) entered this Harrington-bodied AEC Regal III for the first event.
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Manchester 3166 can be seen today at the GMTS museum at Boyle Street. It was bought as a replacement for 3095, the original preservation candidate, which turned out to have a serious chassis defect.
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This open-top Regent V from Oxford appeared as a substitute for the original entry, Regal III 703, in 1969.
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Taking a rest in the bus park above Crossfield Bus Station in Halifax is the LVVS-owned (and liveried) Trent SOS.
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Red and White's Guy Arab IIIs with Duple bodies were elegant and long-lived. Starting life as 42, it became L17.49 and eventually passed to Graham's at Paisley before being purchased for preservation. It has recently re-appeared after a successful restoration.
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This Standerwick TS7 was originally fleet number 79 and was rebodied with this Duple coach body in 1950.
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A very busy car park in 1972!
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The West Bromwich Dennis E en route to Harrogate in 1970.
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Seen on the Stray in Harrogate, West Riding 733 looks particularly smart.
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