When Stroud's buses were green
(and even red)
10th Stroud Bus Running Day
2010 Running Day Report
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 Flanked by Brian Ede's beautifully restored former Western National SU and ex-Cyrmu Cenedlaethol Leyland National 2 is one of the recent Alexander Dennis Enviro 400s used on Stagecoach's Gold 94 between Cheltenham and Gloucester. SUs would regularly appear at Cheltenham, from Stroud, on the very indirect 563 (Stroud-Cheltenham). Red Leyland Nationals were once a popular sight on Cheltenham District's town services. The late 1980s saw the Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company refurbish a number of Leyland National 2 for continued work. Back then in the early days of deregulation & privatisation, this was as much as CGOC could then afford. Compare this to today's Gold... Relevance to Stroud: 0/5 for E400; 5/5 for the SU; and 4/5 for the LN2  A second former Welsh vehicle was this RESL once of Red & White, showing the original ECW RE bus body. In the foreground is Sholto Thomas's open top Bristol FLF, even more popular than usual, owing to the fine weather and heat Relevance to Stroud: 5/5  A wide angle shows these four separate ECW body styles off well, all owned by the Stroud RE Group or in the case of the third, by an associate. On the left is a dual door flat-fronted RELL6L with T-shaped destination blinds; next is an early ECW coach bodied RELH6G no. 1457 in Royal Blue livery but lettered for Southern National for private hire/excursion work; third is a Bristol LH6L; and finally a Bus Grant bodied RELH6L dual purpose no. 2062 Relevance to Stroud: 7/5 (sic)  This was the first time that either of this pair of vehicles have appeared at Stroud. Note the similarities in the ECW coach body design on, left, 2815, a rare Bristol LWL and 4267, a Bristol L. Note also the Greyhound motif on 2815. The rear overhang on both caused some problems in existing the site and, indeed, one grounded Relevance to Stroud: 4/5  The Stroud RE Group ensured traffic speeds were kept to an acceptable minimum in the College campus by employing this man to walk in front of buses with his red "flag". Even so, it didn't stop a Royal Mail lorry racing through the site, horn blasting, and down the Stratford Park link road at vastly unacceptable speeds... Relevance to Stroud: 4/5  This Daccaro 12 was spotted parked in Stratford Park close to the running day exit |
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