Fluidr / Lost-Albion's "Red Rover/Keiths Coaches" set sorted randomly

Roving through Cholesbury

N 13 B 4.8K C 1 E Jan 6, 1987 F Jan 11, 2016

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Red Rover Optare City Pacer 164 was running between Chesham and Tring when photographed at Cholesbury on 6 January 1987. The service is now operated by Red Eagle and runs, I believe, on Wednesdays-only. The post-Worboys fingerpost has since been replaced by a replica ringtop.

Scanned from a negative taken by Graham Wise, now in my collection.

Olympus OM-1/35-70mm
Ilford XP-1

Tags: Red Rover Optare D164KDN Cholesbury Buckinghamshire 1987

Aylesbury

N 30 B 4.1K C 6 E Oct 1, 1980 F Mar 28, 2021

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Kingsbury Square bus stops with Red Rover Leyland Leopard 114 working a local service in October 1980.

Pentax SP1000/55mm
Ilford FP4

Tags: Red Rover NBW11P Aylesbury Pentax 1980

Red Rover 163

N 9 B 5.8K C 3 E Feb 1, 1988 F Mar 15, 2011

G United Kingdom > England > Bedfordshire > Dunstable >

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The last buses for Red Rover, Aylesbury, were four Optare City Pacer 25-seaters, delivered in 1986/7. All passed to Luton & District on take-over in January 1988, but were soon disposed of.

Red Rover 163 subsequently became LDT 56, seen here on a Sunday 61 from Luton to Aylesbury, passing through Dunstable in February 1988. It still carries it's old Red Rover number.

Pentax MX/50mm
Kodachrome 64

Tags: Red Rover Aylesbury Luton & District LDT Optare City Pacer D163 KDN Minibus Dunstable Bedfordshire Kodachrome Pentax

Independent days...

N 25 B 20.3K C 1 E May 1, 1973 F Feb 2, 2015

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Former Devon General AEC Regent V ROD 765 in action with Red Rover in Aylesbury in May 1973; this bus was later preserved and is now back in Devon General livery.

Scanned from a 35mm size negative taken by Alec Swain, now in my collection.

Tags: Devon General Red Rover AEC Regent V ROD765 Aylesbury Alec Seain 1973

Aylesbury local

N 17 B 9.6K C 3 E Mar 1, 2021 F Sep 23, 2010

G United Kingdom > England > Buckinghamshire > Aylesbury >

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Red Rover 146, one of their ex-Nottingham Leyland Nationals, pictured in Buckingham Street on a local service in August 1981.

Red Rover is, of course, no more, swallowed up by Luton & District in January 1988. 146 was still in the fleet, but was not operated by LDT. It is still listed by the DVLA, although has not been on the road since 5/88. The Two Brewers, along with a whole chunk of that side of the street, has since been redeveloped.

Pentax SP1000/50mm
Kodachrome 64

Tags: Aylesbury Buckinghamshire Red Rover LDT Leyland National GAU727L Nottingham Secondhand Two Brewers Pub Kodachrome Pentax