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Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

Another memory I have is seeing the first buses that experimented with hydraulic doors by after-fitting them onto the rear platforms - I think on to the number 48s (or might it have been a 49?) that, together with the number 50s, passed through King's Heath on their way to Warstock, Maypole etc
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There was only one fitted with doors, John, 2847, although a couple of demonstration buses were tried with them on the 14 route. They were in different liveries, though. It was tried on a few routes, but ended up at Perry Barr garage, mostly on the Outer Circle 11.

2847 had several bad smashes during its life, one of which resulted in its rebuilding with doors as seen below. It still exists, in private hands, and may soon be seen on the road again.
 
2847

That's the baby! And a great photo to boot!

Lloyd, you've just played Tardus and shot me back nearly 50 years in a second. I was standing at the bus stop opposite Albert Road, King's Heath when 2847 pulled up!

Absolutely wonderful
Thankyou, thankyou

John
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Thanks JohnT but I just hold the Camera, the camera does all the work, Glad I was able to make it on the day Dave
 
As a matter of interest, what's your camera and lens Dave M? I'm really impressed with the light your lens sucks through it (given that you were indoors - I don't think you were using flash were you?), as well as the quality definition it gives you.

I use cameras and binoculars with Carl Zeiss lenses to get this sort of quality.
 
JohnT said:
2847

That's the baby! And a great photo to boot!

Lloyd, you've just played Tardus and shot me back nearly 50 years in a second. I was standing at the bus stop opposite Albert Road, King's Heath when 2847 pulled up!

Absolutely wonderful
Thankyou, thankyou

John
:grin2:
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Do you remember it had a hideous yellow ceiling as well? Prototype for the first rear engined buses, to 'disguise' the nicotine staining.
Midland Red used pink on upper deck ceilings for the same reason at about the same time.
 
Hi JOHNT if you track back you can find several photo,s taken at the resent 70th birthday of Yardley wood bus garage,
there was quite a lot posted it is even on flicker and i believe you tube.
regards dereklcg.
 
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Ah, now I understand Dave

Very good choice of camera. The Nikon has an excellent reputation for shooting good pics in low light conditions, this because it has the Vibration Control facility that keeps things steady while your 'shutter' stays open relatively longer to do what I could see it was doing - let the light in.

I might have been tempted myself when I finally (but very belatedly) went digital, but I'm a fan of good wide angle abilities in a lens - and Carl Zeiss, as I mentioned - so I went for this lovely beasty, which gives me a top quality 24 - 120mm zoom:

https://www.art-photograph-gallery.com/sony-dsc-r1-reviews.html

Sony only made a few and I just managed to get one before supplies dried up and new, more conventional models replaced it. I love it. Even so, I have kept my non-digital, but beloved Contax G2 Rangefinder camera, which has four lenses, including a very special 21mm wide angle one.
 
Better late than never,have only just seen the threads o Yardley
Wood garage I was there when it opened, an 8year boy who lived
in Cleeve Road.My elder brother Joe worked there during the war
having been invalided out of the army.During the airraids the busses were all parked outside on the road. Bernard67 Arnold
 
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