Despite weather that was more bracing and less hospitable than might have been hoped, the launch was strongly child focused and attracted a good crowd of potential customers along with their parents. To keep them entertained there was lots to do with a spin the wheel attraction enabling children to win a goody bag in […]
Kent Showground is an ideal location for such an event because, apart from plentiful parking and buildings to house the trade stands, the site’s perimeter road provides the opportunity to run free bus services without having to venture on to local roads with all the potential for congestion that can create. A roster of 24 […]
Early years Colin’s father was ‘a bit of a lad’ by all accounts. Born Frederick William Stock in Nottingham, he died Richard George Rowland and had a number of other names in between, among them A.G.White and Dicky White. The moniker sometimes depended upon who his mother was living with at the time. ‘She was […]
Impact Group of London has taken delivery of five EVM converted Mercedes-Benz Sprinters. Based on the Sprinter 513 CDi with Common Rail Direct Injection Euro5 engines matched to five speed manual gearboxes, they are each fitted with the OEM entry door and sliding side door with electric step, 16 EVM Comfort class seats, in dash […]
Earnside UK & Continental Travel of Perthshire has taken delivery of a 12.9m Irizar i6 Integral. The 53-seater is powered by a MX300 Euro5 400bhp DAF engine and has seatback tables and a reversing camera. Director, David Rutherford, said, ‘It was the best replacement for the vehicle model we were buying, and all in all, […]
Robinsons Holidays of Great Harwood, Blackburn, has added two Volvo B11Rs with Jonckheere bodywork to its fleet. Powered by Volvo D11C six cylinder diesel engines, each vehicle has 53 passenger seats, two TV monitors, a centre water boiler, a CD/DVD player, a centre demountable toilet and a sound system. Robinsons Holidays Director, David Lord, said, […]
MD of First UK Bus, Giles Fearnley, is to speak at the AGM of the Dengie Hundred Bus Users Group (DHBUG) on 14 May 2014. Giles will update the group on progress with the 31X service since his previous visit in February 2013, explaining how new measures to improve engineering maintenance and driver training have […]
London Transport Museum is launching a new exhibition, entitled ‘Goodbye Piccadilly – from Home Front to Western Front’, at a Friday Late event on 16 May from 18.45 to 22.00. The showcase focuses on the social change accelerated by the outbreak of the First World War. The evening includes a bar, music, talks, tours, make-and-take […]