(27 May 2014, 6:16 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Hmm, the plot thickens.
I'm 99.9% sure they went black before Dec 07, as I had no reason to be over that way beyond then for quite a while - it was maybe 2/3 months at the very least. By that point, they vehicles would have been in the first black livery.
Anything on the fleet archive about the Chester batch transferring over? That may help narrow dates down.
Sorry to have opened up a can of worms here!
Nothing at all on the Fleet Archive. I find that, until 2010 or so, it wasn't particularly detailed and was quite vague.
There wasn't as many photographers as there are nowadays too (probably due to the higher expense before digital photography became popular), which makes it even harder to track down the history for each vehicle.
I think the PSV Circle has a history for each vehicle, but I didn't quite understand the document when I was given a preview of it. It was all full of information in a small black font if I remember correctly.
Hopefully, by bringing it up on here, some of the older enthusiasts/photographers will be able to answer our questions.