Manor Park
Guy 'Utility' G 351, dating from 1945, was rather the star of the show on the route 101 running day. Here she pauses briefly in Whitta Road, Manor Park, having worked a short journey terminating there, before returning south to North Woolwich.
A small fleet of these buses was bought by LT after WW2 as a stop gap. They were built to a very basic specification, with bodies from a variety of builders, and lasted only about eight years, route 101 being the last on which the Gs saw service.
G 351, part of the London Bus Museum's collection, is the sole survivor of the class. It is a Guy Arab II with a Gardner 5LW engine and crash gearbox, and has Park Royal bodywork.
I was rostered as conductor in the afternoon, my driver being Leon Daniels, the LBM chairman and ex-MD Surface Transport for TfL (and master of the clutch and crash gearbox).
Route 101 running day organised by the London Bus Museum. www.londonbusmuseum.com/
Manor Park
Guy 'Utility' G 351, dating from 1945, was rather the star of the show on the route 101 running day. Here she pauses briefly in Whitta Road, Manor Park, having worked a short journey terminating there, before returning south to North Woolwich.
A small fleet of these buses was bought by LT after WW2 as a stop gap. They were built to a very basic specification, with bodies from a variety of builders, and lasted only about eight years, route 101 being the last on which the Gs saw service.
G 351, part of the London Bus Museum's collection, is the sole survivor of the class. It is a Guy Arab II with a Gardner 5LW engine and crash gearbox, and has Park Royal bodywork.
I was rostered as conductor in the afternoon, my driver being Leon Daniels, the LBM chairman and ex-MD Surface Transport for TfL (and master of the clutch and crash gearbox).
Route 101 running day organised by the London Bus Museum. www.londonbusmuseum.com/