... this fine English built Cheshire registered Foden steam wagon giving yeoman service as a London bendibus during the General Strike of 1926 ...
I must also point out to you all that I am totally English:georgecrossflag: and only European according Sir's geog lessons and to that end shall offer this fine English built Cheshire registered Foden steam wagon giving yeoman service as a London bendibus during the General Strike of 1926. Note the conductor in Skippers Pilchards oilskins presumeably to protect him from fallout from the chimney, there being no canopy over the passenger area.
Well, David, I never new that Wythall had a Foden bus, so thanks for that (even if it is oil-engined!). My picture below isfftopic: too, but I couldn't resist it, as it is such a rare one. (And it's a Birmingham bus, so "two out of three ain't bad"!)
... the closest that an SGSB ("Second Generation Steam Bus") came to Birmingham ...
OK we are off topic but just to say that only 7 Foden-NC buses were built between 1975-78. ROC300R acquired by West Midlands PTE is apparently one of two still surviving in 2008 owned by Aintree Coaches of Liverpool.
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To add a morsel to post 559. Have just found that i have a copy of the picture which states the "bendibus" is carrying city workers past the Bank of England. They must have been a particular target of the strikers
I think there is a lot of steam busery on the early Midland Red thread - perhaps we ought to ask for it to be moved across (or inc on the index :shifty: )
Its a book of pictures with short captions called "The picture story of fifty years 1900-1950" Before you ask , there are none of Birmingham or steam buses. I was just checking, which is how I saw the picture concerned.Thanks for that extra detail, Mike. Do you just have the picture, or is it part of a longer article?
The caption reads "Skoda Sentinel steam omnibus, Act No.: 209500 / 83, finished seventh October 1925."The Wikipedia Sentinel Waggon Works page is a pretty good place to start (though there's no mention of steam buses). I had to steam to the Czech Republic for pictures (here and here) of a ŠKODA-Sentinel steam bus of 1925.