Minor trouble at duck pond

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So peachy. Love it.
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Hitting the fruit and veg display used to be a regular occurrence at the the grocery shop at the bottom of Bell Lane, Blockley, Glos (Father Brown territory).

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Bet theres a HOP jigsaw of this out there
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Drunk disposable bbq driving🥱🤣
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They seem to be holding up the getaway bus from The Italian Job
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Wes wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 10:23 am They seem to be holding up the getaway bus from The Italian Job
That was a Bedford VAL, this is a Vega?
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Did you get the reg number and chassis details of the Bedford Chris ? :D

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Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself :roll:
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Bill_qaz wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 4:35 pm Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself :roll:
Varied bodies on bus/coaches, okay ECW & Duple but nuffink else.

Yes to pre BL AEC
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POMMReg wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 6:39 pm
Bill_qaz wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 4:35 pm Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself :roll:
Varied bodies on bus/coaches, okay ECW & Duple but nuffink else.

Yes to pre BL AEC
Did you mean MCW, METRO Camel Weyman from memory
Also Plaxton
Leyland had a bus devision also
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Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?🤔
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59Elva wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:02 pm Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?🤔
🤣 Traditional UK Bus/Coach builders that dominated most of the last century, 1900s until the 1980s in some cases.

The archetypal London Bus, for example, were by AEC.
Basil the 1955 series II

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59Elva wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2026 7:02 pm Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?🤔
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Built in May 1899 by the Lancashire Steam Motor Company (which later became Leyland Motors), the very first Leyland passenger bus was a steam-powered vehicle with 18 seats and a top speed of 8 mph, delivered to the Dundee & District Tramways Company.
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