Small bus for a tight job.
Harvey's 'Blue & Cream' service of Mousehole, Nr Penzance became famous throughout the enthusiast fraternity for the long standing operation of an Albion Nimbus. In a similar vein to difficulties faced by city centre operators requiring a small 'large' bus, Harvey's had a need for such because of the roads in the quaint Cornish fishing village to which they operated, and indeed in which they were based. In the days prior to the large van-derived mini, such buses were in short (!) supply. One bus which did enable the Nimbus to enter retirement was Bristol's LHS model which could be custom built to quite small dimensions. One of the final deliveries was this 1981 narrow Wadham Stringer 'Vanguard' KRL 444W seen crawling up hill through a busy Penzance town centre. The owners of the Ex London Transport DMS Fleetline following, Western National, would soon take over the company and it's operations.
Small bus for a tight job.
Harvey's 'Blue & Cream' service of Mousehole, Nr Penzance became famous throughout the enthusiast fraternity for the long standing operation of an Albion Nimbus. In a similar vein to difficulties faced by city centre operators requiring a small 'large' bus, Harvey's had a need for such because of the roads in the quaint Cornish fishing village to which they operated, and indeed in which they were based. In the days prior to the large van-derived mini, such buses were in short (!) supply. One bus which did enable the Nimbus to enter retirement was Bristol's LHS model which could be custom built to quite small dimensions. One of the final deliveries was this 1981 narrow Wadham Stringer 'Vanguard' KRL 444W seen crawling up hill through a busy Penzance town centre. The owners of the Ex London Transport DMS Fleetline following, Western National, would soon take over the company and it's operations.