Malcolm M Fraser
SDO-12'1-PT4711-0647-T
Sunderland District Bristol boneshaker bus 12 : Sunderland District Tramways were in their last throes and had just been renamed Sunderland District Transport when this official photo of bus 12-PT4711 was taken for Ransomes Coachbuilders in February 1925. My old friend the late Bill Davidson remembered riding on these early Bristol buses which, he said, had no resilient mountings for the engine so when they were idling at a stop the vibration was dreadful. This one was sold off after only three years then served Manchester Corporation for three more, after which it ended up as a lorry
February 1925 : official photo, colour by Malcolm Fraser
SDO-12'1-PT4711-0647-T
Sunderland District Bristol boneshaker bus 12 : Sunderland District Tramways were in their last throes and had just been renamed Sunderland District Transport when this official photo of bus 12-PT4711 was taken for Ransomes Coachbuilders in February 1925. My old friend the late Bill Davidson remembered riding on these early Bristol buses which, he said, had no resilient mountings for the engine so when they were idling at a stop the vibration was dreadful. This one was sold off after only three years then served Manchester Corporation for three more, after which it ended up as a lorry
February 1925 : official photo, colour by Malcolm Fraser