I remember being surprised by Nottingham's exposed rad Regent Vs when I went to Polytechnic there in 1975. The only ones with the front I was expecting were ex West Bridgford UDC and oddly enough some of the (older) exposed rad examples outlived them.
regards Chris On Dec 3, 7:42 pm, David Beilby <[email protected]> wrote: > Rhondda's Regent Vs surprised me too by having exposed radiators as I > remember when I encountered one on my first trip to the valley. There > was nothing in BBF18 that indicated they were so. > > But exposed-radiator Regent Vs were not that rare, although it may be > a matter of perspective. Leeds as you say had some (in fact over 160) > as did Doncaster and Huddersfield. City of Oxford liked them and even > little Bedwas managed one (with a Longwell Green body). > > On the other hand, Sheffield had tin-front Regent IIIs (and not the > Birmingham front)! > > Regards, > > David Beilby > > On 3 Dec 2010, at 18:02, richard field wrote: > > > > > It takes a lot of convincing that this is an exposed radiator Regent > > V and not a Regent III. I'm not sure how many exposed radiator > > Regent V's were built but there couldn't have been that many. I > > think Leeds City Transport operated some. > > > Richard Field. > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 4:44 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Second Aberdare area pic. Phillips, Penrhiwceiber STG 869 1956 AEC > > Regent V / Weymann ex Rhondda 298. > > Museum Avenue, Cardiff 10/06/72. > > > (C) Mike Street (B02361) > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en > > . > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > . > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en > > .- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en.
