Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Cheltenham coaching event

Ken Jones has sent in a selection of pictures of vehicles that attended the coaching event at Cheltenham on the site of the former Black & White coach station, 5 more pictures are on line at www.bvbg.org.uk/Cheltenham%202011.htm and some more should be uploaded to the site by the end of the week.
1957 Leyland Tiger Cub with Burlington "Seagull" body

One of 3 Bedford OBs present

Line up of 5 different liveried Bristol RE including AFM10G which has only just been painted into correct Crossville Livery having masqueraded as a Bristol Greyhound for the past few years www.bristol-re.co.uk/afm103g.asp The furthest one in the shot being a dual purpose vehicle.

Line up of coaches including Midland Reds and a Stratford Blue Leopard L2 with Marshall Body. Midland Red C1 and C5 also attended the event

EDV 502D is a Bristol MW6G coach from 1966. Like many other coaches it ran trips during the day. It poses for a photographic stop near Bishops Cleeve