Halifax Joint Committee
Before turning solely to heritage private hire work, Tony Blackman's Halifax Joint Committee added a splash of colour to bus operation in West Yorkshire. Those colours harked back to the days of the old municipal operation in the town and were refreshing to see re-used on modern buses. They were certainly a change from the 'base white with stickers' cop-out type of livery in vogue.
Parked at the firm's Albert Road garage here is one of a handful of single deckers, a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart. K414 MGN according to BLoTW, had been new to R&I Tours of London, who if I recall correctly, were one of very few independents in the traditional sense, operating into the capital in the 1990s. A nice little additional touch was the fitting of bespoke AEC style nut rings to the front wheels. Sadly the firm closed not long after I took this picture and now, even the heritage operation is defunct.
Halifax Joint Committee
Before turning solely to heritage private hire work, Tony Blackman's Halifax Joint Committee added a splash of colour to bus operation in West Yorkshire. Those colours harked back to the days of the old municipal operation in the town and were refreshing to see re-used on modern buses. They were certainly a change from the 'base white with stickers' cop-out type of livery in vogue.
Parked at the firm's Albert Road garage here is one of a handful of single deckers, a Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart. K414 MGN according to BLoTW, had been new to R&I Tours of London, who if I recall correctly, were one of very few independents in the traditional sense, operating into the capital in the 1990s. A nice little additional touch was the fitting of bespoke AEC style nut rings to the front wheels. Sadly the firm closed not long after I took this picture and now, even the heritage operation is defunct.