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Minor trouble at duck pond
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philthehill
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
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).
Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Bet theres a HOP jigsaw of this out there
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1964 Morris 1000 Traveller
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POMMReg
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Drunk disposable bbq driving

Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!
Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
They seem to be holding up the getaway bus from The Italian Job
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POMMReg
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
That was a Bedford VAL, this is a Vega?
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!
Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Did you get the reg number and chassis details of the Bedford Chris ? 
- Bill_qaz
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Can't beat a man who knows his charabanc by model.
AEC man myself
AEC man myself
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POMMReg
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Varied bodies on bus/coaches, okay ECW & Duple but nuffink else.
Yes to pre BL AEC
Further investigations uncovered it was an inside job!!
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Did you mean MCW, METRO Camel Weyman from memory
Also Plaxton
Leyland had a bus devision also
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59Elva
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
Are you guys speaking in English or some kind of secret code?
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- geoberni
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
The archetypal London Bus, for example, were by AEC.
Basil the 1955 series II


- Bill_qaz
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Re: Minor trouble at duck pond
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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