Classic Bus Magazine Dec 24/Jan25 (194) Zurück Ausgabe

West Riding and Guy Motors had great hopes for its Wulfrunian double decker, but it was not to be. Basil Hancock has written a new book on the subject (you can order it through Classic Bus), and we feature the type in this issue. We also have details of a new book about a Manchester independent. Mike Fenton looks at Wilks & Meade in his latest Classic Coachbuilders offering, and more Gurney Nutting coaches make an appearance, too.

David Toy recalls when The Scottish Bus group and the National Bus Company swapped FLFs for VRTs; and talking of the FLF, George Rayner sings its praises from a driver’s perspective. We look at buses and coaches on the Earl’s Court forecourt, and an Alexander Y-type squeezes under an awkward bridge in Scotland.
 
How about a 30ft front-entrance Bristol JO5G? West Yorkshire made one such bus and Keith Jenkinson has the story. In the last Classic Bus we featured Bristol LHs ordered by Wigan but delivered to Manchester; we now look at what happened to them after they left Manchester.
 
Reading Buses CEO, Robert Williams dives into The Bus Archive to discover some Reading classics that served the town years ago, and Martin Curtis recalls Gelligaer’s VRTs. Our previous article on de-wiring London’s trolleybus system caused a flurry of interest, and in this issue we have some follow-up information.

Plus there’s our popular, lively and well-illustrated Forum section with topics ranging far and wide, and a look at some new books.