The spluge of Templars Octet discs In 1948 I think was as a result of rebuilding the war damaged Knights Templar ( Middle Temple ) Church - though could have been to raise funds for its rebuilding and the performances made at the nearby church on Fleet Street.
We dont have C3781 as yet but I think that would also be in the "set" of releases
alas such is the problem of YT that visuals from anywhere can be matched with an audio source from anywhere. We have to rely on the accuracy of the uploader to state their sources for proper provanance.
Voted by BUSES readers as the most significant British bus of the past 75 years, the Bristol Lodekka broke new ground when first built in 1949.
The design of its low chassis frame allowed, for the first time, a 13ft 6in high double-decker with centre gangways on both decks - a layout until then only possible on buses a foot taller.
It set a trend that other manufacturers were keen to follow and paved the way 50 years later for the universal use of low-floor, wheelchair-accessible buses.
Britain's Buses Vol.9 takes an in-depth look at the Lodekka, its use in the state-owned bus fleets across England, Wales, and Scotland, and at some of those still around today.
The eighth in this popular series looks at independent bus operators around Britain — past and present — and the great variety of vehicles that they have operated.
In the years when most services were provided either by state-owned companies or corporations and transport executives, these were the fleets that stood apart, often running distinctive vehicles bought new or second-hand from the larger undertakings.
Privatisation in the 1980s created new independents and opportunities for the established ones to grow bigger.
Many have since been absorbed by the new groups that have emerged from the consolidation of the industry in the decades since then. We look at examples of all of them - the ones that have gone but are remembered fondly, the newer ones that have come and gone, and those still in business in 2023.