South Midlands Heritage Bus & Coach Road Run - 23/05/21

This event was a run for buses and coaches organised by Dave Bickley, starting at Hams Hall and taking in Coleshill, Solihull, south Birmingham, Henley-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Bedworth and Fillongley before returning to Hams Hall. This video shows the vehicles arriving and departing from their break in Stratford-on-Avon. The run was held on 23rd May 2021.
Buses taking part included:
F53 XOF - West Midlands 3053 MCW Metrobus
VAL 466G - Smiths Coaches 1972 Bedford VAL90/Plaxton Panorama
JDO 241W - Fowlers Bedford/Supreme IV Express
AFM 103G - Crosville CRG103 1968 Bristol RELH6G/ECW
KAD 359V - Black & White National Express 1980 Leyland Leopard/Plaxton
WKJ 787 - Island Queen 1955 Commer TS3/Beadle Rochester
SDA 832S - West Midlands 6832 MCW Metrobus
PDH 808 - Walsall 808 1953 Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/Park Royal
D113 GHY - First Badgerline Volvo B10M-56/Alexander P-Type
BVP 808V - Midland Red Chaserider 808 Leyland National 2
SOA 674 S - Leyland Leopard/Plaxton Supreme
UHA 225H - Midland Red 6225 1967 Daimler Fleetline/Alexander
R468 XDA - National Express 1468 Volvo B10L Liberator
W645 FUM - National Holidays 966 Volvo B10M/Plaxton Premiere
P306 VWR - Shearings Volvo B10M/Vanhool
G851 RNC - Volvo B10M/Vanhool Alizee
HVH 472G - Huddersfield 472 Daimler CVG6LX/East Lancs
M202 LHP - Stagecoach/Midland Red 202 Volvo B10M-55/Alexander
GJW 43N - Midland Express 343 Leyland Leopard/Marshall
M131 UWY - Volvo B10M-62/Plaxton
RHA919G - Midland Red 5919 1968 BMMO S23
GJF 301N - Leicester 301 1975 Scania Metropolitan/MCW
KLB 596 - Brown's Blue 1950 AEC Regent 3RT/Saunders
EEH 902Y - Midland Red North 1902 1983 Leyland Olympian/ECW

[@kevanhubbard9673]

In 1987 I was at college in Birmingham and I did the X20 from Birmingham to Stratford then run by Midland Red(South) which had, sadly,been recently privatised .Did their X50 bus to Oxford too the year after to go for an interview.