I must have been standing very close to you at Sowerby Bridge as I
have an almost-identical shot of the South Yorkshire Albion!
The Welshness of JC 5313 passed me by - I spent some time with Geoff
Lumb, the owner, but this bus has special significance for me as it
was used for our wedding over twenty years ago.
Finally, although there were no Crosville vehicles in Halifax last
Sunday, surprisingly for a period in the late eighties Crosville buses
worked a stage carriage service into Halifax! See a picture at:
http://saddleworthbuses.fotopic.net/p35421673.html
and then go to the index of the collection and read more about how
that strange situation came to be. There are also a surprising number
of ex-Crosville vehicles there.
Regards,
David Beilby
On 1 Nov 2010, at 22:40, PAUL HAMLEY wrote:
Seen yesterday at the Piece Hall in Halifax, the only Welsh interest
was the well known Llandudno Guy JC5313. This is unusual as there
are usually a few vehicles with welsh origin, especially Crosville,
that are preserved "oop north".
The Guy did not go out on service to the Jubille Tea rooms at Soweby
Bridge, a "Tea rooms" in name only as an amazing selection of real
ales were on sale, including one called "Daimler Fleetline" .
But there were some superb vehicles in service, and usually needing
four vehicles for each departure.
I know its not Welsh, but one of them seen at the Tea rooms is the
superb ex-South Yorkshire Albion GWT630. Having travelled up the
hills on this bus, it really does give excellent sounds, and is in
superb condition.
To go with the Tea room trips, there were also Halloween themed
ghost tours of the area, and vehicles used for this included a fully
laden ex-Southdown Queen Mary open topper (267) - they must have
been freezing.
Paul
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