MIKE'S BUS PAGES

AFTERLIVES

 

This page is intended to showcase old buses, from London and elsewhere after they have been sold by their original owners and go on to have afterlives performing non stage-carriage work. Several images previously posted to other pages are being drawn onto this new one

 

 

 

Many will recognise the location here as Reading in the trolleybus era. This passing ex-LT RT3 (RT1180?) was sold seemingly before 1960 and is here on staff bus duties for A.W.R.E. I recall that the livery was grey & blue. But who knows what A.W.R.E. stands for? Answer: ATOMIC WEAPONS RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT!!

 

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Here, back in 1983 a redundant unidentified Leyland National serves out its time as a mobile branch of the former Midland Bank. Hands up anyone who does not immediately recognise its location!

It is of course Goathland which, for the long running classic TV series Heartbeat, doubles as Aidensfield. The row of shops (and the sheep!) often seen in the series can be recognised in the background and foreground

 

 

 

Another ex-Londoner . This RTL, seen at Mill Hill in the early seventies was in use by Roydonian Coaches, probably on schools and contract work

 

 

 

 

.......and these two old Huddersfield trolleybuses were seen ending their lives 'conveniently' at a Biggin Hill Air Show. I think there were actually four of them owned and operated by Epsom & Ewell Council. One, I'm not sure which, did get saved for preservation initially and was kept at Sandtoft until quite recently. Sadly the site is quite exposed and during strong winds a few years ago the ageing bodywork collapsed and could not be saved so now only the chassis exists