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An interesting Stroud coach firm
B.E.W. Beavis
More memories of Beavis continue on the Blog...
This month's Buses magazine features one of B.E.W. Beavis's unusual vehicles, EAD 500L, a 1973 45 seat Seddon Pennine 5 with Van Hool Vistadome bodywork. This was unique as the only Pennine 5 supplied to a UK operator. It came with a Perkins V8 engine which, like all Pennines, was at the rear.
 From Buses Magazine, July 2009, p51 where you can see this in full colour |
 A relatively rarity is this 1995 EOS 55 seater |
B.E.W. Beavis himself is still alive. To a teenager in the early 1970s, he seemed quite old even then, whereas his late wife, with a shock of red hair, seemed incredibly young. Brian's nephew Chris, who was one year ahead of me at Marling, plays an active role within the business as transport manager. The partnership is now officially licensed as Beavis and Baxter.
 A Mercedes Benz/Neoplan Euroliner dwarfs a Toyota/Caetano |