July 2010

CBPS news update for July 2010

Firstly, welcome to all enthusiasts to our new site which we think is a great improvement on our first effort and has much more to offer everyone. Read more

Bristol LH 716 (MUO 328F) | Sun, 27/06/2010 | BusDriverLee

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27 Jun 2010

Picture taken by Lee Shephard of 716 arriving at the Cornish Coastal Run 2010

1003 at Cornish Coastal Run 2010 | Sun, 27/06/2010 | BusDriverLee

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27 Jun 2010

Picture taken by Lee Shephard of 1003 at the start of the Cornish Coastal Run on Sunday 27 June 2010.

Trio of Group Vehicles | Fri, 18/06/2010 | BusDriverLee

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18 Jun 2010

Picture taken by Lee Shephard at one of the storage farms with the vehicles being prepared for a weekend outing.

National Association of Road Transport Museums (NARTMs)

The National Association of Road Transport Museums (NARTM) is the representative body for organisations or individuals with collections of historic buses and coaches, goods vehicles and other large road vehicles who wish to make their collections accessible to the public.  NARTM represents the large majority of UK road transport collections and now has some 90 members with more than 3000 historic vehicles in their collections.

Bristol VR AFJ 749T

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09 Dec 2006

Departing from the bus station at Penzance is AFJ 749T heading for Helston 

Rally Plymouth Hoe | All day

Sunday, 25 July 2010 - 9:30am - 4:30pm

Coming up soon - come and see us!

The Western National Preservation GroupWestern National Preservation Group's annual rally will be held on Plymouth Hoe, Sunday 25th July 2010.

This year will only be a one day event despite it being a quarter of a century since Western national Omnibus Company opened up their Laira Depot for an open day.  There will be a chance to see buses from other preservation groups and some willb e offering free rides around the Hoe sea front and others as static display.

CBPS news update for May & June 2010

One of the last things I reported was that our Bristol VRBristol VR was Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as a competitor to the Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 1003(VDV 141S) was being prepared for an MOT. Read more