In the days when the buses in Stockton-on-Tees were rather more interesting than they are now, OK Travel's LBO 80X was one of a number of Leyland Leopard/East Lancs acquired from Inter Valley Link (previously Rhymney Valley).

It is seen in the High Street working a Thornaby Circular on a damp November evening in 1989.

Pentax MX/35-70mm
Fujichrome 100

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North Devon (Red Bus) Bristol VR 1194, one of those that were new to AERE Harwell, crosses the Torridge at Bideford in August 1998. The bus is working on route 1, Westward Ho! to Barnstaple and was photographed from the platform of the old railway station.

Pentax MX/135mm
Fujichrome 100

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As an antidote to the current heatwave, we see Brighton & Hove Scania/East Lancs 616 in North Street, passing the 1888-built clock tower (which Pevsner declared as 'worthless') on 6 January 2010.

Buses had been taken off during the morning as road conditions worsened, but were brought back from late-afternoon.

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Dennis Dart M68 CYJ was new to Brighton Transport, passing to Brighton & Hove on take-over and ending up with Renown, Bexhill in October 2006. The bus is seen passing the Church of the Ascension, Telham (1876) on local Battle service 95 in September 2009.

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Amongst the vehicles in the fleet of The Big Lemon are three ex-Bournemouth Dennis Dart/East Lancs saloons, used on their term-time service between Old Steine and Brighton University. 451 (M451 LLJ) takes up the service on 25 February 2010. The buses run on 100% locally sourced cooking oil. Is it coincidence that Harry Ramsden's Fish Restaurant is over the road from the Old Steine terminus??

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