issue 199 (October – November 2025)

How do you plan a bus station? Rent an aerodrome, of course, during the holidays; Tony Young explains how SELNEC did it. Also in this issue, Dave Astill examines the whys and wherefores of Nottingham’s Lilac Leopards. And Mike Hodges tells us a bit more about Maidstone & District’s early post-war rebodies.

We set off discovering buses in the beautiful, wild scenery of the Outer Hebrides and learn about contraband whisky and Bonnie Prince Charlie along the way. And we’re in Fishguard on a day celebrating the locals repelling a French invasion – but we’re looking at the buses, of course. We also visit East Yorkshire, seeing non-Beverley Bar double deckers, and Sussex, on a run out retracing some of the Heathfield Pool routes. How about a return visit to Lake Thun? We have more Swiss trolleybuses to show you, and we also look at a trolleybus that went from Brighton to Maidstone and kept the same fleetnumber.

Andrew Braddock goes into the background story of NBC’s Western White livery, Barrie Old recalls the coachbuilding career of his dad, and Mike Fenton introduces us to KW, another classic coach builder no longer with us.

in this issue

• how do you plan a bus station? – rent an aerodrome, of course
• western white – how it came about
• KW Bodies Ltd – another classic coachbuilder
• a coachbuilding career – Barrie Old remembers his dad
• more lakeside trolleybuses – on the shores of Lake Thun again
• same number, different towns – Brighton trolleybus 52, also 52 in Maidstone
• exploring the Outer Hebrides – rural bus operation in stunning scenery
• when Nottingham went lilac – Dave Astill looks in The Bus Archive
• rebody oddities – with M&D's post-war rebody programme
• East Yorkshire Daimlers – without the Beverley Bar profile
• Battle lines – tribute run of the Heathfield Pool
• Fishguard buses & coaches – and a thwarted French invasion