In this issue Dave Young looks at the romantic,legendary, long-distance, overland luxury coach service across the desert between Baghdad and Damascus run by the Nairn brothers.

And, following on from a picture in the last issue, we have the first part of the story of Reliance Service in Yorkshire. We also have the first part of the story of Premiere, the much-loved company based in the university city of Cambridge and famous for some rather stylish double-deck, lowbridge Daimler coaches.

Keith Saunders tells us about Milnes-Daimler buses that first took to the streets over 100 years ago, and several readers have told us more about those impressive-looking Daimler CD650s, including the demonstrator KHP 998 in Sheffield.

Michael Ritchie's classic coach is an ex-Southdown Duple Ambassador bodied Leyland Royal Tiger - he waxes lyrical about it!

We also have some updates to the D9 story, where several readers have sent in corrections and additions to the tale. There's a look at the Midland Red limited stop X63 in Derby by Mike Greenwood, and at the Dennis Pelican that Yellow Bus Services ran in Guildford and what happened to it afterwards, plus more on Yellow's Whitson bodied Daimler Lancets.

So, wallow in unashamed nostalgia and discover a bit more of how we got to where we are today.v