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Below are some of my photos of real buses taken in the early 1960s.

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Location Picture Comments
Reading Corporation's Mill Lane Bus Garage Parked across the road is Reading Corporation number 69. A 1947 Mulliner B29F bodied Bedford OB
Reading Corporation's Mill Lane Bus Garage Reading Corporation number 76. A 1948 Park Royal Lowbridge bodied AEC Regent II.
Smith's Coaches Garage, Reading A pre-war AEC Regent in the livery of Chivers the construction company.
Plymouth Plymouth's 144 a Metro Cammell bodied Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean. A similar bus to that modelled by EFE for its model number 16505.
Plymouth Plymouth 337 an all Leyland Lowbridge PD2.
Plymouth Plymouth 58 named "Sir Francis Drake". A 1956 Leyland PD2/12 whose open topping was the result of accident early in its life.
Plymouth A Western National ECW bodied Bristol SC4LK
Swanage Promenade 1962 A Southern National ECW bodied Bristol SUL4A looking for passengers
Ascot Races 1963 Bunch of RTs parked in the Greenline/London Transport paddock
Ascot Races 1963 Greenline Relief RT
Ascot Races 1963 An anonymous Eastern Coach Works bodied Bristol LWL
Ascot Races 1963 A mixed bunch of coaches showing a forward control Leyland Comet and a pair of brand new Duple Bella Vega bodied AEC Reliances
Ascot Races 1963 A Duple Vega Major bodied Bedford VAL14
Ascot Races 1963 A mixed bunch of RFs and an RFW in the Greenline/London Transport paddock
Ascot Races 1963 A Plaxton Panorama bodied Bedford VAL14
Ascot Races 1963 The prototype Dennis Lancet LUF in the livery of Blue Bus of Slough
Ascot Races 1963 A Yeates bodied Bedford VAL14
West Ham Bus Garage 1963 An early series PRV bodied AEC Routemaster number RM43
West Ham Bus Garage 1963 Green RTL1301 operating on Driver Training duties during its final days with London Transport
Upton Park Bus Garage 1963 Pre-war RT127 also consigned to Driver Training duties.
Barking Bus Garage 1963 RT2474 de-licenced and awaiting disposal
circa 1963 A Park Royal bodies AEC Bridgemaster in the livery of East Kent
circa 1963 An all Leyland Lowbridge Leyland PD2 similar to EFE number 16003
circa 1963 A Northern Counties bodied Southdown Leyland Titan PD2/12
Bolton Bolton number 185 an attractive East Lancs bodied Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1

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