Memories
Memories
(20 Apr 2020, 5:18 pm)Charles41 My school bus was operated by Calvary Coaches of Washington. They had dual door Leyland Atlanteans which came from Edinburgh. I used to love talking to the passenger assistants during my journey. Calvary Coaches used to operate a vintage Bedford OB which looked amazing. They also had Leyland Nationals.Remember Calvary ran the commercial operated 380 from Concord to Tynemouth via Newcastle in order to run the Kings College scholars runs. One time I finally managed to time it for the bus due to leave Concord in the afternoon and try the route into Newcastle as had been dying to use it for years. Waiting at Concord for about 40 minutes watched the bus pull out of the garage opposite.. Was one of the single plaxton examples.....and was gutted as the driver omitted Concord and went straight towards Galleries. Fuming I caught the next bus to Galleries hoping we may have caught up to no avail. Waited for works 961 at Galleries back to Shields and vowed to never go back out for Calvary again. Only time I did get on one coach was on private hire not long before owner retired.
Charles
(20 Apr 2020, 5:18 pm)Charles41 My school bus was operated by Calvary Coaches of Washington. They had dual door Leyland Atlanteans which came from Edinburgh. I used to love talking to the passenger assistants during my journey. Calvary Coaches used to operate a vintage Bedford OB which looked amazing. They also had Leyland Nationals.Remember Calvary ran the commercial operated 380 from Concord to Tynemouth via Newcastle in order to run the Kings College scholars runs. One time I finally managed to time it for the bus due to leave Concord in the afternoon and try the route into Newcastle as had been dying to use it for years. Waiting at Concord for about 40 minutes watched the bus pull out of the garage opposite.. Was one of the single plaxton examples.....and was gutted as the driver omitted Concord and went straight towards Galleries. Fuming I caught the next bus to Galleries hoping we may have caught up to no avail. Waited for works 961 at Galleries back to Shields and vowed to never go back out for Calvary again. Only time I did get on one coach was on private hire not long before owner retired.
Charles
