another story
I had an eventfull time at Strathyre in Birmingham and learnt a lot in the time i was there as being my first proper coach job.And many things happened, including with this coach in the picture. We bought G45HDW second hand from Yeates at the begining of 1993 as a standard coach, thtas where the story begins. Me and the owner of the firm old man john took G45 up to Mnachester to be kitted out as an accesible executive as coaches buil tlike that very few and far between, no the conversion company were based in mosside in Mnachester and we had to take the coach to the coversion firm on an industrial estate in mosside, when we turned off the main road into the estate we were met by police with a road block ( this was a week after the riots ) to be asked what we were doing ( i was driving the company astra estate ). after explaining we were given a police escort to the unit, after we had droped it off we were given a escort out . we were saked when we picking the coach up "in about 6 weeks we explained " to witch we were told when you know the date ring MAnchester police up and we will meet you..Now that happened in the march, in the following SEPTEMBER i think it was i did my second trip in this coach over the water, but this trip was special and required 4 drivers. I don't know if any one remembers in 1993 the rescue mission that the uk undertook to croatia to send food , welfare equipment and medical staff to the then war torn country, The goverment required trucks and coaches to take the personnel and truckts to take food etc to croatia. weel we went in this coach in a CONVOY OF I THINK 50 vehicles ( trucks and coaches ) Me , Colin , tony ( at the wheel ) and ian one of the bosses, took this coach and the week long trip to croatia, it was an intresting journey meeting witch did pass without major incident. The coach was new to Bebbs , G45HDW was a Dennis Javelin / Caetano Algarve C48FTL, it isseen in the yard on 19/09/93. It later passed to North Wales firm out and about.
another story
I had an eventfull time at Strathyre in Birmingham and learnt a lot in the time i was there as being my first proper coach job.And many things happened, including with this coach in the picture. We bought G45HDW second hand from Yeates at the begining of 1993 as a standard coach, thtas where the story begins. Me and the owner of the firm old man john took G45 up to Mnachester to be kitted out as an accesible executive as coaches buil tlike that very few and far between, no the conversion company were based in mosside in Mnachester and we had to take the coach to the coversion firm on an industrial estate in mosside, when we turned off the main road into the estate we were met by police with a road block ( this was a week after the riots ) to be asked what we were doing ( i was driving the company astra estate ). after explaining we were given a police escort to the unit, after we had droped it off we were given a escort out . we were saked when we picking the coach up "in about 6 weeks we explained " to witch we were told when you know the date ring MAnchester police up and we will meet you..Now that happened in the march, in the following SEPTEMBER i think it was i did my second trip in this coach over the water, but this trip was special and required 4 drivers. I don't know if any one remembers in 1993 the rescue mission that the uk undertook to croatia to send food , welfare equipment and medical staff to the then war torn country, The goverment required trucks and coaches to take the personnel and truckts to take food etc to croatia. weel we went in this coach in a CONVOY OF I THINK 50 vehicles ( trucks and coaches ) Me , Colin , tony ( at the wheel ) and ian one of the bosses, took this coach and the week long trip to croatia, it was an intresting journey meeting witch did pass without major incident. The coach was new to Bebbs , G45HDW was a Dennis Javelin / Caetano Algarve C48FTL, it isseen in the yard on 19/09/93. It later passed to North Wales firm out and about.