Bristol Vintage Bus Group - 6th vintage bus rally & running day
9th August 2009
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Based at the Brislington Park and Ride, the BVBG rally and running day was held in fantastic weather and provided opportunities to see and travel on a selection of old buses.
1949 vintage RTW 29, KGK 329 seen at Flowers Hill depot in Brislington
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Flowers Hill depot, Brislington, with 1945 Bristol K type FTT 704, the ECW low height body was fitted in 1955.  This has been in preservation longer than it was in service!
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International VRs (well, nearly!); North Wales retiree BMA 520W meets 69788 ex Channel Islands?
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no welcome aboard here - retired bus awaits it's fate in a bus scrapyard
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ex Motherwell Mercedes 709D slowly rots in the Abus yard at Bristol, August 2009
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luckily, this unidentified Bristol VR carried a donor card, it's engine probably being transplanted to a living example.
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Daniel O'Donnell looks apprehensive sitting in a Bristol bus scrapyard.
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B895 UAS, ex Highland Omnibus Alexander bodied Leyland Olympain soaks up the sun in it's retirement.
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B895 UAS cab, August 2009
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UID foreigner residing with Abus of Bristol
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1940 Bristol K5G GHT 154 carries Bristol Tramways colours and an advert making a dubious claim about Typhoo tea.
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Bus luggage racks seen outside a Bristol bus garage
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A leafy scene just yards away from Bristol Temple Meads station.
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Bristol VR lineup at the Brislington running day August 9 2009.  Nearest the camera is XHK 221X, repainted by Abus into BCV centenary livery in March 2008.
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Another Abus vehicle featured at Brislington Park and Ride, OAE 954M, one of the very few active Bristol RE's left in service.
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VAE 499T in attractive City of Gloucester livery soaks up the summer sun at Brislington Park and Ride, on display during the 6th BVBG bus rally.
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The wide open expanses of Brislington Park and Ride allows plenty of room between exhibits, although on a wet and windy day is not so pleasant!
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Plaxton Paramount bodied Leyland Tiger FRU 675Y does little to add colour to the new bus station at Bath, visiting the city on 9th August 2009, running from a bus rally in Brislington.
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Seeing double at the Brislington bus rally, August 2009.  Nearest the camera is OFV 621X, a 1982 vintage Leyland National 2.
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preserved Stockwood Faresaver liveried Abus VR EWS 739W at Bristol Park and Ride, August 2009.
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recently preserved MK1 Big Orange Metrobus SND 120X put in an appearance at the Brislington bus rally, 9th August 2009.
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1950 built Bristol L5G halfcab KFM 7667 and JFM 575 gleam in the summer sun bestowed on the Brislington bus rally in August 2009
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ex Shamrock Travel Veolia AIG 6554 looking slightly out of place at a vintage bus rally!
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HWO 323, one of 15 Leyland PS1 built by Lydney Coaches in 1950.
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