(30 Jul 2025, 6:56 am)Economic505 wrote That could easily be a ‘national ‘ advert - it is for Coral which is a Bookies across the UK. Many people inc myself placed bets on said Festival.
I know Coral is a bookies that has shops accross the UK because I've worked for them since 2003 (and they merged with Ladbrokes in 2017) and I've been working for the Red side since they closed my Coral shop in late 2021 (though I can still work in Coral shops if required). Sadly the variety of buses that pass my current shop (Welbeck Rd) is mainly wall to wall ADL Enviro 400MMCs which a bit of a down turn compared to the last shop I was in from 2021 to 2023 which was Wallsend, on the plus side, the parking is much easier on Welbeck Road lol.
Anyway for 2024, it wasn't intended to be a National Advert, the advert is specifically applied to buses used on shuttles at the Cheltenham Festival aimed at punters heading to the festival hence why it just said Cheltenham 2024. The advert this year were a bit more mixed (probably after I mentioned that their Cheltenham advert in 2024 remained on some buses for a few extra weeks at no extra cost to the company), some were related to the festival whilst other adverts were aimed at Coral Loyalty Card scheme or the Coral Website, so in theory would have been more advantage being seen elsewhere in the UK. Though in the North East the Coral adverts were removed a bit quicker this year compared to last year, I did see one Coral advert clinging on to the rear of one of Hulls ADL Enviro 400MMC when I visited the city early in July. Mind I did get plenty of photos of the said advert as due to an oversight, the company didn't realised I had booked Cheltenham week off as a holiday, which meant I got a chance to actually see some of bus and coach action on Gold Cup day and still got photos to upload to flickr from it.
Speaking of adverts being in wrong places, I have in the past seen adverts for the Tyne and Wear Metro on Sheffield Supertram and Megabus being advertised on a Go North East bus.
GNE 8288 with Megabus Advert - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...0583771788
Metro Advert at Meadowhall Stop on Sheffield Supertram - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...1213765598