issue 201 (February – March 2026)
Having become surplus to requirements in Nottingham, a batch of 14 Lilac Leopards was taken over by Maidstone Borough Council from 1976; in this issue, Richard Lewis looks at their years spent in Kent. Also featured are readers' memories of West Yorkshire operator, Hanson in the late 1960s, and we visit bus stations around the country by way of an unusual set of postcards.
The glory days of Newcastle's Worswick Street bus station are depicted in photographs found in The Bus Archive, and Martin Curtis recalls the arrival of the first Metro-Scanias in London early in 1970.
In our Classic Coachbuilders series, Mike Fenton examines the output of Windover, and David Toy tells us how he brought his engineering expertise to bear when specifying new buses suitable for Brighton's hilly terrain. We also take a look at timetables tailor-made around industries in the Midlands, the numbering of Maidstone & District's Bristol VRTs, and a few buses numbered 201 for our issue 201.
in this issue
- life after lilac – Nottingham's Leopards go south
- what comes after 200? – 201, of course!
- buses at Worswick Street – from The Bus Archive
- numbering Bristol's VRTs – at Maidstone & District
- send us a postcard – of the bus station…why not?
- remembering Windover – another classic coachbuilder
- remembering Hansons – especially those rebodied Regents
- chasing after Metro-Scanias – Martin Curtis did
- only runs when – works services in timetables
- Atlantean hill climbing – in Brighton
- Scottish Y-types go west – to Dorset, Somerset and Devon