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| Archive/Photo of the Month & First Hampshire and Dorset latest news |
Last updated: 17 September 2018 |
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Luxury at
Hoeford! This month’s choice is one of a batch of five second-hand coaches to increase the available fleet soon after the new Seddon Pennine VIs came into service in 1968. The arrival of a new manager, H. H. G. Woollford saw a change in the ordering of new stock with the purchase of second hand vehicles to expand the fleet.  OTT
33 became no. 58 in the fleet when it arrived at Hoeford in 1969. It
was a Bristol LS6G coach with C39F ECW body which started life with
Western National in 1953. The four other similar vehicles purchased
were nos. 28/9 and 30 (MAX 131/2/4) which were delivered new to Red
& White in 1954 and no. 67 (OTT 74) a fellow Western National coach,
new in 1953 as well. This was at the threshold period of the
National Bus Company. When NBC stock arrived it met the standard
policies and some of the unconventional buses were destined for the
scrapyard. These five coaches only operated with Provincial for a
few years – OTT 33 and 74 were withdrawn in 1971, while the other
three survived for one more year just as the first Leyland Nationals
were appearing on the streets.Photo: John Sherwin’s collection |
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