https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/ Recent content in Snippets on Vintage Buses Hugo en Sat, 09 May 2026 00:02:58 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/wrights-gemini/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:02:58 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/wrights-gemini/ This quite modern Wrights Gemini double-decker with the Volvo B7TL underframe is currently being lovingly preserved at the Aldridge Transport Museum, Walsall. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/wooden-car/ Fri, 08 May 2026 23:36:26 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/wooden-car/ Now here is an oddity - a wooden car. With parts taken from an Austin Maxi, an Austin Allegro and other bits. This eccentric vehicle has six wheels. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/ribble/ Fri, 08 May 2026 22:22:01 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/ribble/ Fron its humble start in 1919, Ribble Motor Services was more than just a bus company, it was an integral part of everyday life across Lancashire. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/mcgills-buses/ Thu, 07 May 2026 21:42:01 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/mcgills-buses/ McGill’s Bus Services is based in Greenock Scotland and it is the largest independent bus operator in the UK. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/leopard-tow-truck/ Thu, 07 May 2026 20:58:11 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/leopard-tow-truck/ The Leyland Leopard was a mid-engined single-decker bus manufactured between 1959 and 1982. This example extended its life by becoming a tow truck. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/no-engine/ Tue, 05 May 2026 21:47:11 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/no-engine/ It is late September in 1959 and a small boy age seven is staring in disbelief at the front of a large red double-decker bus.‘Where is the engine?’ https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/mayne/ Tue, 05 May 2026 19:10:55 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/mayne/ Founded in 1920 by Arthur Mayne, A Mayne & Son began as a small Manchester garage and haulage business before turning its focus to passenger transport https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/deregulation/ Tue, 05 May 2026 18:59:26 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/deregulation/ British prime minister Margaret Thatcher took control of regulating the buses from the local councils to allow private bus companies to run their own routes https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/glasgow-buses/ Tue, 05 May 2026 11:17:20 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/glasgow-buses/ For more than a century, Glasgow’s buses have been part of the city’s heartbeat, from ‘Corpy’ days, to the multi-coloured buses serving the city today. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus_mobile_libraries/ Mon, 04 May 2026 23:03:47 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus_mobile_libraries/ ‘When older buses are withdrawn from public service, they are either sold, scrapped, preserved, or one or two were repurposed as mobile libraries. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus_stop/ Mon, 04 May 2026 19:16:05 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus_stop/ Standing at a bus stop in the UK can be a chilly and wet experience, especially in Scotland. It certainly helps if bus shelter is provided. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/auchenshuggle-express/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:30:21 +0000 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/auchenshuggle-express/ A little boy had just been given a new toy gun. Chaos erupts on the Number 9 tramcar to Auchenshuggle as he and his mother head home. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus-campaigns/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:18:11 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/bus-campaigns/ Bus campaigns, usually led by non-profit non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), are increasingly shaping how public transport evolves. https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/say_thanks/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:00:08 +0100 https://vintagebuses.org/posts/snippets/say_thanks/ Some funny stories regarding bus drivers and their eccentric passengers - do you always thank the driver when get off the bus?