KHD 568 - a Bedford SB5/Plaxton

OFY 626 (SB/Du) on the Dublin and Belfast Express Passenger Service from Lime Street station, Liverpool

SYG 154

2199 TF threads along Tuffley Avenue, Gloucester from the direction of the Wagon Works ground where county cricket used to be staged

313 NCT passes Wally Melton's hairdressers' in Cheltenham Road, Gloucester, heading out of the city.

509 DVT, a Bedford SB/Duple Vega, pictured outside the entrance to the PMT engineering department

959 AOM

959 AOM and FDK 97D

DWH 72C, a Bedford SB13/Duple, after acquisition by Zip North Racing

GEJ 296F

GJT 1, TOT 402 and UCV 696

MAX 334C seen in Hastings

TPR 205L is a Bedford SB5 with Plaxton C41F bodywork. It is seen in Thetford.

Baker, Weston-Super-Mare NHT 761L

Bakers, Weston-super-Mare 794 XTC is a far cry from their doubledeck express coaches that operate today along the M4 into London. It was a strange craft, sporting a replacement Burlingham body after its original Plaxton unit was removed. This SB5 was also re-registered

Blue Cars, Brixham COD 153C - seen in Holsworthy en route to Port Isaac - is an SB1/Duple

Charter Coaches, Ebbw Vale KRN 344H with Dean Forest, Lydbrook. It was a Bedford VAS5 with plaxton Embassy C29F bodywork.

Contractor S Croad of Portsmouth used thisBedford SB with ?Plaxton? bodywork as a mobile office on the construction of the Golden Valley by pass between Gloucester and Cheltenham

Coombs, Weston-Super-Mare 300 MYA

Cottrell, Mitcheldean 6598 DF was a Bedford SB/Duple

Dobson, Bedale 608 CAJ was a Bedford SB5/Plaxton Panorama V

Embankment, Plymouth CDR 506C - an SB13/Plaxton

Embankment, Plymouth UJY 594

Fox, Hayes ADY 622B was an SB5 with Duple Firefly coachwork. It was pictured in Regent Street, Gloucester on Good Friday 1965.

Goldsmith, Sicklemere BCG 222J and RRT 884W

Goldsmith, Sicklemere BCG 222J appears to have been pushed back into service at very short notice when it had been in the bodyshop. It was a late Bedford SB5 with chipped Plaxton Panorama C41F bodywork.

Hargreaves UOR 609H

Hoare, Ivybridge TOG 290, a Bedford SBG with Burlingham C41F bodywork, pictured in Plymouth Bretonside

KHD 568 was pictured traversing The Cross in Gloucester on May Day 1965. It was a Bedford SB5 with Plaxton bodywork.

Lodge's MJB 481, a Bedford SBG with Duple Vega bodywork. beyond it is Maidstone & District CO 252

Longleat House 637 ACE on safari duties was an SB5/Duple appropriately liveried after acquisition from Chandler North Bradley. It was new to Progressive, Cambridge.

Richards, Moylgrove WJO 923K was a Bedford SB3 with Willowbrook B42F bodywork, pictured in the centre of Fishguard

Rules BCF 813C (Bedford SB5/Plaxton Embassy) and CVA 414V (Bedford YMT with Plaxton body) in Thetford bus station.

S. Croad of Portsmouth provided this Bedford SB as a workmen's rest room during the building of the golden Valley Bypass between Gloucester and cheltenham

Sidelines, Forncett St Peter Lyn Ann (WLO 685) is a Duple Vega-bodied Bedford SBO

Smith, Tysoe XMD 424C was pictured in Plymouth. It was a Bedford SB1 with Buirlingham Seagull bodywork.

Terraneau, North Devon PFR 747 stands in Taunton bus station. It is a Bedford SB3 with Harrington Crusader I bodywork which began life with Abbots, Blackpool. I understand it has been acquired for preservation, and look forward to seeing it back on the road in due time.