In this issue David Harvey continues the tale of Midland Red’s own-built double-deckers, dealing now with the the front-entrance FEDD type (Front Entrance Double Decker) of the later 1930s, and takes the story up to the prototype of the post-war series, the rear-entrance D1.
Roger Davies remembers some great ordinary people he got to know in the bus industry.We look at a terrific new book from Capital Transport that is a glorious all-colour album of buses in the South Downs area, and it’s not just Southdown.
The late Malcolm Guest had an amazing collection of transport posters - we showcase some of those that were designed to sell bus and coach travel.
Last year Ian Smith went on a nostalgic recreation of the first motorway coach service down the M1 by Midland Red, and reports on the significance of the opening of the M1.
We have a picture by Geoffrey Morant of a former Southdown Park Royal bodied Guy Arab about to cross the River Ouse in Selby, Yorkshire. A bit of detective work by Mike Eyre unravelled an interesting story behind this as, indeed, every picture tells a story!
How about a an old Bedford languishing in a field in Cyprus? there’s a story behind that, too.
Your letters are as interesting and revealing as ever, as are your jigsaws (honestly!). Geoff answers your queries and Chris Drew wonders what if Midland Red dominated the NBC.
Wallow in unashamed nostalgia and discover a bit more of how we got to where we are today.
