issue 197 (June – July 2025)
Before National Bus Company subsidiaries' coaches went all-white, down in the South West, NBC operators opted for a common, mainly white scheme, with each operator distinguished by a different broad band of colour around the vehicles. Martin Curtis examines this short-lived phenomenon before all-white consumed them to history. Then we have Mike Fenton’s next look at a classic coachbuilder, this time Wadham. Having focussed on Mann Egerton a couple of issues ago, in this issue we show its products with London Transport.
In our regular delve into The Bus Archive, we look at some old adverts that appeared to help sell buses. And more information has come to light about the trio of experimental Derby single deckers covered in a previous Bus Archive feature.
We also look at Leyland Titans on the Isle of Man and revisit the vehicle exchange between NBC and the Scottish Bus Group. Our featured bridge in this issue is a railway bridge near Wigan with a 1950s Royal Tiger passing beneath, and Thomas W W Knowles shares a few thoughts about nostalgia.
in this issue
- just before it all went all white – West of England NBC coach liveries
- Mann Egerton in the capital – bus bodies for London Transport
- a coach on a hill in Lancashire – pictures in a magazine
- a look at Wadham – Mike Fenton on another classic coachbuilder
- enticing you to buy – bus adverts from The Bus Archive
- under a bridge in Wigan – with a Leyland Royal Tiger bus
- front-engined, rear-entrance – one BET company continued having them
- those Derby single deckers – we have more about them
- thoughts on nostalgia – Thomas W W Knowles gives us his
- that great exchange – more observations from Richard Delahoy
- Leyland Titans – on the Isle of Man