Yes they were individually designed and coach built onto a separate chassis. Then hand painted in very creative complementary colours - Now they're merely designed to look like biscuit tins.
In the late '50's I lived & went to school in Yeovil,Somerset.The school moved out to East Coker which needed bus travel. The company ran a number of different buses & coaches,among them were a pair of Bedford coaches with super full-size seats. Just like the ones in this vid. They were wonderfully comfortable. At 74 I've never forgotten them.
Talk to me about buses sometime. PACCAR for whatever reason (Gillig + DAF/Volvo) cannot build coaches in the United States. They could not buy Arrival and turn Fry's Renton into a microplant next to Renton stall-build. This is also why NovaBus is leaving the US market.
My Dad worked at Brush Loughborough as an apprentice and after his national service he worked for nudd brothers and lockyer in Kegworth, later working for Duple in Loughborough after they brought out nudd brothers, it then changed hands and became Willowbrook coachworks where I too started my aprentiship in 1979
Back in the days when coaches, like cars, had a unique individlity and looked amazing ..... Now everything just looks the blooming same irrespective of who builds it
We used to travel on a Bedford coach from Meifod to Oswestry in the 1950s and mid 60s run by Gittins. It was superbly appointed. To get home you had to wait until the coach was full. Old ladies used the coach to sell things at the Oswestry Market.
Those are beautiful. I so wish people cared about style and uniqueness these days. I despise flat rectangular boxes with both sides plastered with an ad for the local injury attorney.
Coaches; Not something I would normally look at but I enjoyed this and the history of Coaching Past, something different and Glad someone did this.✔✔😃😃
Summerbees in Southampton had two dorsal fin coaches and some “ordinary “. In the fifties.On trips to the seaside the dorsal ones were what we wanted to go on although it made no difference when sat inside.
I was born in New Zealand in 1949, and when I started High School in 1962 we had 2 school busses, the normal one was a half-cab Daimler with a 5 cylinder Gardner Diesel, and an OB Bedford with a Bedford petrol engine as backup when the Daimler was being serviced. I loved that Daimler, I thought it was wonderful! When I was in the NZ Army in 1971 we had a 1953 OL Bedford Tanker which I got to drive sometimes. Very low mileage as it hardly ever left the base. We also had a new Ford tanker, and on an exercise once we took both tankers on a 5 hour trip to Whakatane. The old Bedford made it no problem (A bit slow though), but the Ford broke down half way there! Blooming rubbish Fords.
Sorry to be a nit-pick, but British Electric Traction coaches did not pass into public ownership alongside those of the Tilling Group. The railways (nationalised in 1948) had substantial shareholdings in both groups, but in neither case did this amount to a controlling interest. Tilling sold out voluntarily to the BTC in 1949, but BET remained under private control until 1967.
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Those art deco designs are simply stunning.
Yes they were individually designed and coach built onto a separate chassis. Then hand painted in very creative complementary colours - Now they're merely designed to look like biscuit tins.
I was born in the late 50s and was lucky growing up the the 60s were many of these Coaches were still being used.
Leyland Cheetah interior is absolutely spectacular!
Yes, I love the colour and pattern on that one. I wonder if the upholstery material is hard to obtain.
I would imagine it's old stock. It would be prohibitively expensive to have some woven especially with that number of seats to reupolster!
In the late '50's I lived & went to school in Yeovil,Somerset.The school moved out to East Coker which needed bus travel. The company ran a number of different buses & coaches,among them were a pair of Bedford coaches with super full-size seats. Just like the ones in this vid. They were wonderfully comfortable. At 74 I've never forgotten them.
It's a shame we can't have attractive design these days.
Talk to me about buses sometime. PACCAR for whatever reason (Gillig + DAF/Volvo) cannot build coaches in the United States. They could not buy Arrival and turn Fry's Renton into a microplant next to Renton stall-build. This is also why NovaBus is leaving the US market.
My Dad worked at Brush Loughborough as an apprentice and after his national service he worked for nudd brothers and lockyer in Kegworth, later working for Duple in Loughborough after they brought out nudd brothers, it then changed hands and became Willowbrook coachworks where I too started my aprentiship in 1979
Back in the days when coaches, like cars, had a unique individlity and looked amazing ..... Now everything just looks the blooming same irrespective of who builds it
We used to travel on a Bedford coach from Meifod to Oswestry in the 1950s and mid 60s run by Gittins.
It was superbly appointed.
To get home you had to wait until the coach was full.
Old ladies used the coach to sell things at the Oswestry Market.
these are masterpieces of 1930s industrial design!
Those are beautiful. I so wish people cared about style and uniqueness these days. I despise flat rectangular boxes with both sides plastered with an ad for the local injury attorney.
All the appearance of being squeezed from a tube.
I Remember late 50s early 60s we didn't own a Car and went Touring in many Different Coaches, and they were so popular
Harrington around 1960 produced an iconic car an aerodynamic fastback body conversion for the Sunbeam Àlpine sports car the Harrington Le Mans Àlpine
The Bedford OB is my favourite old coach. The interiors on some of them were amazing.
The OB Bedford was very good and very reliable, but my favourite by far was the half-cab Daimler with a Gardner 5 cylinder Diesel engine.
Beautiful old buses. So art worthy. Nothing is nowadays
nice video nice coaches...better days to the sad world we live in today.
Those windscreens that open up, plenty flies in your face in summer 😁🤣🤣
Coaches; Not something I would normally look at but I enjoyed this and the history of Coaching Past, something different and Glad someone did this.✔✔😃😃
Summerbees in Southampton had two dorsal fin coaches and some “ordinary “. In the fifties.On trips to the seaside the dorsal ones were what we wanted to go on although it made no difference when sat inside.
I love the old buses the have style and class look like the where built to last
I was born in New Zealand in 1949, and when I started High School in 1962 we had 2 school busses, the normal one was a half-cab Daimler with a 5 cylinder Gardner Diesel, and an OB Bedford with a Bedford petrol engine as backup when the Daimler was being serviced. I loved that Daimler, I thought it was wonderful! When I was in the NZ Army in 1971 we had a 1953 OL Bedford Tanker which I got to drive sometimes. Very low mileage as it hardly ever left the base. We also had a new Ford tanker, and on an exercise once we took both tankers on a 5 hour trip to Whakatane. The old Bedford made it no problem (A bit slow though), but the Ford broke down half way there! Blooming rubbish Fords.
Love the Bedford still
Sorry to be a nit-pick, but British Electric Traction coaches did not pass into public ownership alongside those of the Tilling Group. The railways (nationalised in 1948) had substantial shareholdings in both groups, but in neither case did this amount to a controlling interest. Tilling sold out voluntarily to the BTC in 1949, but BET remained under private control until 1967.
spent the day with kdd on Sunday at South Cerney transport rally. Caroline
In Melbourne, I would occasionaly see a very small Harrington van. It would remind me of black and white 1950s movies.
The half-cab. Great
An Archie Bacchus coach if ever there was one .
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THEY ARE ALL SHIPPING CONTAINERS ON WHEELLSS
Totally fascinating . The coaches now are so bland and without much personality .
And all foreign made.