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Eastern National received its first Bristol Lodekka, 2400 (XVX19) in 1954. The bus was preserved back in the seventies and is seen at an early Hillingdon Showbus.
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The first Lodekka was seen a couple of years later in Datchet on the Road Run from Uxbridge to Windsor and back which used to form part of Showbus when staged at Hillingdon.
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Eastern National 2891 (WNO979F) was one of the company's large fleet of FLF Lodekkas, seen here resting outside the London Road depot-cum-bus station. It had been plying the 251, the famous route from Southend that terminated at Wood Green, in the depot there, which served as the garage of fictitious Luxton & District, from the TV series 'On the Buses', starring Reg Varney.
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Seen at Millennium Showbus alongside a Tilling Green Bristol MW5G of Bristol Omnibus, 2514 (536JHU), is 2849 (NTW942C), a popular preserved Eastern National Lodekka FLF6G. |
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At the 2002 Golden Jubilee SHOWBUS 2849 was looking fantastic. |
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