When Stroud's buses were green
(and even red)
9th Stroud Bus Running Day 2009
2009 Running Day Report
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More will follow
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We continue our retrospective of the 9th Stroud Running Day in words and images
 A Bristol K and a Bristol L reunited as they once were in Stroud of the 1950s. The K was the standard double deck purchase of the Bristol company and the L, the standard single deck. It seems odd that the KSW variant found itself in service (in Bristol) alongside the Leyland National Relevance to Stroud: 5/5  54 vehicles at this year's event stretched parking at Stroud Campus to the limit. This busy seen sees a former Telford-based Leyland National manoeuvreing through the static bus parking area, with two MWs, an OB, VR, two Leopards, a Tiger, Reliance and K visible Relevance to Stroud: 3/5  A typical bus entrance of the 1960s, in this case a Bristol FLF from 1966, showing a somewhat utilitarian finish Relevance to Stroud: 5/5  Bristol RESL6L 516 waits at Bussage on the famously steep 426 to and from France Lynch. Note the shelter Relevance to Stroud: 5/5  A short distance away is the garage of B E W Beavis oft trading as Alpine Tours. 12m coaches can comfortably negotaiate the lanes to and from the Bussage garage |
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