The Tamworth Garage 90th Anniversary Open Day & Running Day is featured in this film which was also a celebration of 100 years of Midland Red Buses operating and 105 years of motor buses in the town.
Many of the vintage buses ran trips through the local town centre including 4 which attended from the Transport Museum Wythall which included a 1940 BMMO SOS SON GHA 337 making a very rare appearance. The trips ran to Newton Regis, Hockley and Drayton Bassett to name a few.
The film starts with some of the buses arriving then many of them are seen departing on trips in Tamworth and along a very busy Corporation Street with the regular service buses. We also see inside Aldergate Garage where various buses were also on display along with stalls selling bus related merchandise.
There was plenty of interest throughout the day which was really most enjoyable and seeing the D9 brought back fond memories for me travelling on these in the 1970's. This really was a brilliant day which was very well attended in the summer sunshine. Even the current Arriva buses joined in the fun by displaying 90th birthday celebrations on their destination blinds.
Thank you to all the organisers and staff at Arriva for their hard work in bringing us this event and on the day.
Special thanks to all the bus owners who brought their vehicles for us all to enjoy.
The buses featured were:-
BMMO D9 BHA 399C (1965)
BMMO S16 6545 HA (1964)
BMMO SOS SON GHA 337 (1940)
BMMO Midland Red S22 MHA 901F (1968)
Scania L113 CRL N168 PUT (Arriva)
BMMO S22 PHA 5905G (1968)
BMMO S23 RHA 919G (1968)
Midland Red Leyland National BVP 808V (1980)
Midland Red North Leyland Olympian EEH 902Y (1983)
Midland Red Leyland Leopard JHA 234L (1973)
Midland Red Leyland Leopard JHA 227L (1973)
Rochdale 235 AEC Regent iii HDK 835 (1951)
Crosville AFM 103G Bristol RELH6G (1968)
JJD 411D. AEC Routemaster RML2411 (1966)
Midland Red South M202 LHP Volvo B10M/Alexander PS DP48F
On Static Display at Depot:-
BMMO D7 Tow Truck 767 BHA (1957)
Leyland Titan PD2 SHA 431 (1953)
Browns Blue KLB 596 AEC Regent (1950)
EX PMT Leyland Atlantean 766 EVT (1959)
Leyland Tiger-Duple ex Trent A10 CNU
West Midlands Leyland Lynx G286 EOG (1990)
Whites PRA 109R Leyland Leopard (1976) (Outside depot)
Barrow Borough Transport (1988) E571 MAC Talbot Express Pullman
and others in depot.
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