THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
South Midland Motor Services
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 Back to a different era. This AEC Regal, 50 (MWL742), has Duple coachwork. The colours may look Tilling, but in fact are based on the ownership of Red & White of South Wales, whose operations in Oxford - as South Midland - were transferred to Thames Valley in the early fifties when the Red & White empire sold out to the government and put into Tilling control. |
South Midland 805 (PRX931), seen in Newbury Bus Station, was one of fifteen similar ECW bodied Bristol MW6G coaches delivered between 1958 and 1961, whilst the fleet was in Thames Valley ownership. Some were 38 seaters, but most were more comfortably turned out as 34 seaters for the well established tour programme.
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What was 807 (PRX933) is an MW coach converted for Thames Valley bus operation and seen here in High Wycombe, alongside an LS bus.
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South Midland 864 (518ABL) was one of a batch of Duple bodied Bedford SB8 coaches for general coaching duties. They were used primarily on private hire and excursion work, rather than express duties.
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 Sister vehicle, former 865 (519ABL) is seen some years later in the service of the Swanmore Travel Club in Hampshire. |
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