Leicester Heritage Bus Running Day 2019
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- Vintage buses in action in Leicester are featured at the Leicester Bus Running Day which was held at the First Leicester Depot.
As well as a fine display of buses at the depot there were frequent trips to Leicester City Centre with opportunities to visit attractions such as the King Richard III Visitor Centre, Abbey Pumping Centre, The Space Centre or do some shopping. There were also a number of sales stalls at the depot. The constant rain did its best to try and spoil it and made filming a challenge but I hope you enjoy the action. The film starts with some of the buses arriving at the Abbey Lane Depot then departing on tours through the city or to the Space Centre. Buses are then seen in the city at Southgates, Charles Street and Vaughan Way before a return to the depot to see some of the later departures and arrivals back. The film finishes with a few buses leaving the event.
Thanks to all the organisers and volunteers for their hard work in bringing us this event and to First Leicester. It was great to see the buses travelling through the city they once served all be it with less traffic on the roads.
They looked superb, a real testament to those who have restored and continue to maintain them. If you weren't there you missed another superb event so you'll just have to enjoy it on film instead. The highlights were probably the return to Leicester of Ex-Brighton & Hove Scania N112DRB no.701 and the return of a Midland Red D9 to the streets of Leicester for the first time since 1979 bringing back great memories for me and for many others.
Please check out the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust Website at www.ltht.org.uk/ for more information about future events or join and help with the restoration of a vintage bus.
Buses featured in order of appearance:-
217 AJF Leicester City AEC Bridgemaster (1961)
WLT 655 Confidence AEC Routemaster/Park Royal (1961)
M393 VWX Harrogate & District Volvo B10B Alexander Strider
C100 UBC Leicester City Bus Dennis Dominator (1986)
E701 EFG Brighton & Hove Scania N112 DRB (1988)
CBC 921 AEC Leicester City Transport AEC Renown (1939)
966 RVO Barton Transport Bedford VAL14 Yeates Europa (1963)
FUT 240V Leicester City Transport Dennis Dominator (1982)
RHA 919G Midland Red BMMO S23 (1968)
ARY 225K Leicester City Transport Metro Scania (1972)
680 GTM London Brick Company AEC Mercury 2 Lorry (1962)
BAH 809X (TBC 1X) Leicester City Transport Leyland Leopard (1981)
FJF 40D Leicester City Transport AEC Renown (1966)
TBC 50X Leicester City Transport Dennis Dominator (1982)
EHA 424D Midland Red BMMO D9 (1966)
GJF 301N Leicester City Transport Metropolitan (1975)
KLB 596 Browns Blue AEC Regent (1950)
JVV 267G Northampton Transport Daimler CV6G (1968)
AFM 103G Ex-Crosville Bristol RELH6G (1968)
357 MHU Bristol Omnibus Company Bristol MW5G/ECW (1961)
N168 PUT Midland Fox/Arriva Scania L113 (1996)
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I was there and am on your footage I was on the D9 coming in see me at bottom. 🙈
Near last bit 🙂
Excellent .
Thank you, so pleased you enjoyed it.
Excellent. Thanks so much for sharing. I live in France, so wasn't able to make it to this event although I did manage to get to the Quorn in event in April. The shots in the rain are really atmospheric.
Thank you for your kind comments they are really appreciated. If you can make it next year there is another one at Quorn on 25th April 2020.
@@GrahamSleath I hope to go to that one, normally we try to visit Leicester every April, just to keep in contact with my old hometown.
I attended being a local. It was a good day out on some classic vehicles.
YES IT SEEMS NOT EVEN LOCALS ARE TOLD. THE ONLY ONES IN TH KNOW ARE USUALL THOSE IN OR CONNECTED WITH THE BUS BUSINESS. WHENI HAVE FOUND OUT FROM THOSE IN THE BUS BUSINESS, I HAVE FOUND LOCAL, LOCALS KNEW NOTHING ABOUT DUE TO THE USUA LACK OF PUBLICITY ALL RIFE ALL OVER THE UK.
If you enjoyed this make a date in your diary Saturday 25th April 2020 when the next Bus & Train Spectacular will take place at Quorn & Woodhouse Station. Check out the LTHT Website nearer the time for more details. Also Saturday 28th December 2019 at the Stoneygate Tram Depot the Midland Red D9 featured in this film is due to be there to mark 40 years since the withdrawal of these vehicles from Leicester in 1979 if you can make it.
WHEN WAS THIS, I WAS TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS DUE TO THE USUAL ENDEMIC LACK OF PUBLICITY TRHAT IS RIFE NOWADAYS ALL OVER THE UK. SO WHEN IS THIS ON AGAIN PLEASE. UPPER CASE AS HAVE DOUBLE BLURRED VISION DUE TO OVER ACTIVE THIAROIDS PROBLEMS.
IT WAS 27TH JULY AND THE NEXT ONE IS ON 25TH APRIL 2020. DETAILS OF MANY EVENTS CAN BE FOUND ON CLASSIC BUSES EVENTS DIARY HERE www.classicbuses.co.uk/events.html OR JOIN THE LEICESTER TRANSPORT HERITAGE TRUST WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL EVENTS.