DET720D unknown operator
A replica of a 1920s London General Omnibus Company LGOC B-type bus B1349 in Newquay Cornwall May 1997. Originally new to Riley of Rotherham in 1966 as a Bedford VAM14 Duple bodied C45F coach. it was rebuilt in open-top form it became O18/16RO, with a rear open staircase by a Mr.Farrar, proprietor of the Retallack Garage at Winnard’s Perch on the Wadebridge road out of Newquay. He built three of these altogether. The first DFB 704D, was last heard of at the Nottingham Bus Mueum, Hucknall; the second 946 WAE, is with Ensigns; and this one DET 720D, is now at the Beamish Museum in County Durham.
DET720D unknown operator
A replica of a 1920s London General Omnibus Company LGOC B-type bus B1349 in Newquay Cornwall May 1997. Originally new to Riley of Rotherham in 1966 as a Bedford VAM14 Duple bodied C45F coach. it was rebuilt in open-top form it became O18/16RO, with a rear open staircase by a Mr.Farrar, proprietor of the Retallack Garage at Winnard’s Perch on the Wadebridge road out of Newquay. He built three of these altogether. The first DFB 704D, was last heard of at the Nottingham Bus Mueum, Hucknall; the second 946 WAE, is with Ensigns; and this one DET 720D, is now at the Beamish Museum in County Durham.