Classic Bus Magazine Feb/Mar 2025 (195) Edizione posteriore

With a new book out on the subject, Gavin Booth takes a look at Edinburgh’s buses and trams over the years, while Mike Fenton gives us the low-down on Norfolk coachbuilder Mann Egerton. A previous piece by Mike on Wilks & Meade has brought forth more information from Paul Carter on the double deckers it built for Premier, and our delve into The Bus Archive this time looks at municipal pride, with municipal buses passing municipal town halls in Lancashire that were built with verve, confidence and gusto!

Talking of municipal pride, we have a feature on the days when Preston decided to switch from buying double deckers to buying single deck Leyland Panthers; still on a local theme, we also see some Bournemouth trolleybuses in less-than-happy circumstances. We visit Surrey Street bus station in Norwich in 1970, cross a bascule bridge in North Wales with a Lodekka, and get seasonally chilly in the snow in Tilehurst in Berkshire. And we’re back on the Earls Court forecourt, and inside, at the 1968 Commercial Motor Show, but in colour this time…

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