Event Dewsbury Bus Museum - Spring Open Day 13/3/16 NOW WITH PICS!

[strangeangel]

Never been but it sounds like my kinda day out, anyone else in W. Yorks/surrounding areas fancy it?

 

 

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SPRING OPEN DAY - Sunday 13th March 2016

This page was updated on 2nd February, and will be updated regularly as the event approaches!

STAR ATTRACTIONS!
* Free shuttle service from Dewsbury Town Centre every 7½ minutes - eight buses per hour!!!
* Free mini-excursions and mystery tours!
* Display of static buses!
* TWENTY-FIVE buses now confirmed to be operating in service!
* Large variety of excellent trade stands, selling books, DVDs, models and memorabilia!
* The famous Bus Museum Cafe!
* Grand tombola with superb instant prizes!
* Unveiling and entry into service of our latest project (don't tell anyone, but it might be a West Riding National 2 - XUA 73X!)

Event runs from 10.30 am until 4.30 pm!

Admission still ONLY £3.00 - and this includes a 24-page full-colour Souvenir Programme with timetables and vehicle allocations!
Accompanied children (up to school year 6) get in FREE!

Order your advance copy of the Programme today! To plan your day it would be very useful to study the timetables and vehicle allocations beforehand! To order an advance copy of the programme, please send a cheque or postal order for £4 (includes p&p) made payable to "West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust" to: DEWSBURY BUS MUSEUM, 47E DALE STREET, OSSETT, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF5 9HE. Don't forget to include your name and address! Your programme will be posted out to you at least a week before the event.

Free feeder services to the event will operate from Leeds City Centre, The White Rose Centre, Wakefield, Keighley, Bradford, Morley and Batley! The routes and times of these services are posted lower down this page - please scroll down.

 

 

 

Flyer here.

 

Website here.

 

 

 

[Cleon-Fonte]

Guy Wulfrunians, National 2s and a Merc 709D. It's like a compendium of Busshite, I'm definitely game.

[djimbob]

I'm up for it, the price is right as well

[strangeangel]

This proved to be a very pleasant way of spending a sunny spring afternoon. I know sod all about buses, but I like seeing all sorts of preserved old machinery, especially when in its natural environment. Three quid got you into the museum, and you could then go out on a variety of excursions. I chose to spend my time riding from Ravensthorpe to Dewsbury and back on a variety of fine old buses (with a very bored Mrs SA). Pictures then:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonus street scene!

 

 

Another bonus:

 

 

And this was my little souvenir, a GMT Bristol VR of the type that carried me to skool back in the day.

 

 

More here if you're interested.

[dollywobbler]

I'm a bloody idiot. I'm driving up to Bradford tomorrow. Planning fail! Should have come up a day early.

[strangeangel]

  On 13/03/2016 at 18:12, dollywobbler said:

I'm a bloody idiot. I'm driving up to Bradford tomorrow. Planning fail! Should have come up a day early.

 

Fear not, they have another one in the Summer! Would defo go again.

[Cleon-Fonte]

I'd been looking forward to this until my father in law spoiled my plans by visiting this weekend. The bastard.

[MarvinsMom]

holy molly! leyland national and a leyland tiger? coach, now that takes me back!!

 

i would have loved to have gone to this, but been a twit i didn't know about it....

 

will deffo make an effort to go to the summer open day.

 

old buses, and lovely weather, what more could a person ask for?

[Felly Magic]

The Supreme Leopard and Iveco breadvan belong to my mate Simon Turner and his other half Jo Ellis

[MarvinsMom]

lucky devils.....

[For Fiats Sake]

Flippin' best day of the year so far in West Yorks and I'm at piggin work!

[RoadworkUK]

Don't think I've see a C-plate National before.

 

That said, I can't remember when I last saw a Lynx, either.

[Felly Magic]

That is the very last National built

[RoadworkUK]

  On 13/03/2016 at 20:03, Felly Magic said:

That is the very last National built

 

Oh, so quite a late one then.

[alf892]

What is EHL 335? Looks bloody fast

 

Want one.

[Felly Magic]

Leyland Tiger coach, and it's not that fast, 40 ish flat out!

[Inspector Morose]

West riding, so probably PS2 Tiger with what looks like a Roe body. Nice.

[strangeangel]

  On 13/03/2016 at 20:30, alf892 said:

What is EHL 335? Looks bloody fast

 

That was Mrs SA's favourite thing of the whole day. I just wanged its reg number into StartPage and found this:

 

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EHL 335 is one of a batch of half cab Roe bodied coaches supplied to West Riding Automobile Company in 1952, and were the last half cab coaches built on Leyland chassis as well as being one of only two batches of half cab Roe bodied coaches ever built. The other batch was built for Lancashire United on Guy Arab chassis. Already out of fashion at the time of construction, they were however used on excursion and express services to the seaside until such vehicles were deemed to be extremely outdated and were then demoted to more mundane duties. After withdrawal, the vehicle was acquired by Brooksbanks of Featherstone who used it for a short while on various colliery contract services. Upon withdrawal EHL stood outside the shed for many years, and some restoration work was undertaken by a local enthusiast, but Brooksbanks resolutely determined not to sell it for continued preservation. Eventually Brian Crowther of Black Prince Coaches persuaded them to sell it with a view to restoring it to its original condition. The pressures of running a full time bus operation meant that this was very slow to happen, and eventually Brian was persuaded to sell the vehicle to David Hudson and Greg Lawson. EHL335 has been fully restored and returned to the road in 2015.

 

Some more history and pics here too.

 

Oh well, I know a bit more about buses than when I got out of bed this morning!

[djimbob]

Bugger, I couldn't have come if I had remembered as I am now deceased of Manflu, and have been bravely fighting this terrible affliction with takeout nosh and shit TV, with an unhealthy dose of painkillerz.

 

Summer one I might resurrect for with any luck