Exchanged and converted
Fifty years and 17 days have gone by since I took this photograph of Bristol Omnibus Company 2471, MHW982, at Bristol's Marlborough Street bus and coach station. This Bristol L5G was new in 1950 as dual door 33-seat C2755 of the Bristol Joint Services (\city) fleet, but in common with a number of the city dual doorway Ls was exchaged for a single door 35-seat bus (in the case of C2755 in April 1953) so that the front power operated door could be used in connection with converting the bus to be one man operated. On joining the country fleet it was also renumbered. The one man conversion can be seen by the slanting cab side window, behind which was a cut away bulkhead and a manual Setright ticket machine. The bus was to last another two years before being withdrawn.
Exchanged and converted
Fifty years and 17 days have gone by since I took this photograph of Bristol Omnibus Company 2471, MHW982, at Bristol's Marlborough Street bus and coach station. This Bristol L5G was new in 1950 as dual door 33-seat C2755 of the Bristol Joint Services (\city) fleet, but in common with a number of the city dual doorway Ls was exchaged for a single door 35-seat bus (in the case of C2755 in April 1953) so that the front power operated door could be used in connection with converting the bus to be one man operated. On joining the country fleet it was also renumbered. The one man conversion can be seen by the slanting cab side window, behind which was a cut away bulkhead and a manual Setright ticket machine. The bus was to last another two years before being withdrawn.