A bit of Bournemouth in rural Staffordshire.
Being out and about last Saturday providing a bus for a friend's wedding, gave me the opportunity for an impromtu photo stop on my way home from Lichfield,
Weymann bodied Leyland Leopard CRU 103C was new to Bournemouth Corporation in 1965 and has recently undergone some restoration work in the form or re-trimmed seats and re-rubbering of almost all glazed areas.
103 was the third of a trio of these dual purpose saloons which Bournemouth operated. There intended purpose was tours and private hire, but curiously they were specified with slow diffs and an almost total lack of luggage accommodation. A minor irritation was the fact that the entrance doors jiggled up and down and rattled incessantly, a feature which hasn't improved in preservation! All that said, they were quite handsome machines.
The photo was taken in the village of Longdon Green on the sort of 'oxbow lake' of old main road left when the re-modelled A51 by-passed the place.
A bit of Bournemouth in rural Staffordshire.
Being out and about last Saturday providing a bus for a friend's wedding, gave me the opportunity for an impromtu photo stop on my way home from Lichfield,
Weymann bodied Leyland Leopard CRU 103C was new to Bournemouth Corporation in 1965 and has recently undergone some restoration work in the form or re-trimmed seats and re-rubbering of almost all glazed areas.
103 was the third of a trio of these dual purpose saloons which Bournemouth operated. There intended purpose was tours and private hire, but curiously they were specified with slow diffs and an almost total lack of luggage accommodation. A minor irritation was the fact that the entrance doors jiggled up and down and rattled incessantly, a feature which hasn't improved in preservation! All that said, they were quite handsome machines.
The photo was taken in the village of Longdon Green on the sort of 'oxbow lake' of old main road left when the re-modelled A51 by-passed the place.