From the Science Museum’s own collection
Helping to ferry open day visitors around the extensive Science Museum outstation site at Wroughton airfield is the Southern National 1701 (OTT55). A Bristol LS5G with Eastern Coachworks bodywork new in 1953, it is one of several road vehicles in the Museum’s own collection, representing one of the earlier underfloor-engined buses. The Bristol LS was a sturdy vehicle that served with the state-owned British bus fleets. Southern National obtained some 24 years of service with 1701, well into National Bus Company days. It has been a camera-shy vehicle in more recent years. The Science Museum has not hosted Wroughton open days for a while, and the most recent Flickr postings for OTT55 date from 2009.
September 1987
Rollei 35 camera
Kodachrome ASA64 film.
From the Science Museum’s own collection
Helping to ferry open day visitors around the extensive Science Museum outstation site at Wroughton airfield is the Southern National 1701 (OTT55). A Bristol LS5G with Eastern Coachworks bodywork new in 1953, it is one of several road vehicles in the Museum’s own collection, representing one of the earlier underfloor-engined buses. The Bristol LS was a sturdy vehicle that served with the state-owned British bus fleets. Southern National obtained some 24 years of service with 1701, well into National Bus Company days. It has been a camera-shy vehicle in more recent years. The Science Museum has not hosted Wroughton open days for a while, and the most recent Flickr postings for OTT55 date from 2009.
September 1987
Rollei 35 camera
Kodachrome ASA64 film.