Bedford
SB VOR160 at Blandford
depot - it was one of the vehicles I came across in my 1971 journeyings
described in 'Passenger with Pearce'.
It was working the Frampton - Dorchester route on the day I rode on it.
A member of the fleet for 19 years from April 1965 to September 1984.
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Bedford Minibus
FJT452D, 11-seater with Martin Walter body, bought new in November 1966
and in the fleet until 1971.
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Volvo / Duple
4506UB at
Dorchester Council Yard, bought from Smiths of Wigan in 1986 and sold
in 1990.
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CBU52C at the
Council Yard in Trinity Street, Dorchester. One of three
Bedford
SB5 / Duple 41-seaters bought new in 1965; the other two were CBU51C
and CBU53C. The vehicle to the right is probably House of Hilton's Bedford OB
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A line up of
four Bere Regis vehicles resting between duties. From the
left
UFX567, one of two AEC 51-seaters new to Bere Regis in 1963 (the other
was UFX568); then follow a trio of Bedford SB: 4761AC, UFR123 and
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Two Bere Regis vehicles picking
up at Dorchester Museum, Bedford SB 4761AC leads an unidentified
coach. In the fleet from 1965 until 1982.
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780TTE, a Ford / Plaxton
41-seater that was new to Travis of Droylsden in 1961. In the fleet
from 1967 until 1982.
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MTK328, a Bedford / Plaxton
41-seater, new to Bere Regis in 1961. Colin
Hallett remembers it boiling up at Sherborne one day in 1981. |
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Bedford SB VHO443 with Burlingham
Seagull body, parked somewhere, somewhen
. . . only in the fleet for three years from 1968 to 1971.
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JP8147,
seen in November 1964. A
1950 AEC Regal with a Beccols Roadmaster body. Bere Regis had several
similar vehicles,
acquired possibly through Lancashire Motor Traders with whom there was
a
close relationship. In the fleet from 1955 to 1965.
(photo by Ken Jubb) |
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