THE SHOWBUS WELSH BUS IMAGE GALLERY
National Welsh
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 Former Red & White Bristol ECW Lodekka FS6G L1861 (803BWO), new to them as L.161, looks out of place next t te tring of former Rhondda highbridge Northern Counties bodied AEC Regent V buses in Porth depot. The middle bus of the quintet without a NBC badge on the radiator and a different blind style was probably new to Western Welsh.
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 Red & White Bristol Lodekka FL6G L.2060 (20AAX) ended its day as Training Vehicle T1 with National Welsh. It is thought to be at a rally in Bristol alongside a former Southampton preserved Guy Arab.
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 Lowbridge Weymann bodied Leyland Atlantean LR3362 (364ABO) is seen in Cardiff Bus Station in the mid seventies and was one of several buses around the country in this advertising livery for London & Manchester Assurance. Famously London and Manchester provided London Country AN92 (MPJ192L) to operate the free bus service to the Hillingdon Show in the early days of Showbus.
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 In the south valleys area, Rhymney Valley District Council operations collapsed under competitive pressures. National Welsh mopped up the operations before they collapsed themselves! This former East Lancs bodied Leyland Tiger, B26ADW, is seen in Caerphilly Buslink livery in that town. The operation is thought to have been part of a joint venture with part of Julian Peddle's empire at the time, but the U696 fleet number suggests the bus was still owned by National Welsh. |
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