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S083The City Clopper outside the City Hall in July 1983.
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S081South Yorkshire 1717 approaching Manor Top in July 1983. This section of road is now occupied by the tram tracks.
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S080Leicester Atlantean 110 on loan to South Yorkshire to cover vehicle shortage. The bus in front is a Hull Atlantean.
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S073South Yorkshire 412, a Van Hool bodied Volvo Ailsa, in July 1979. I always felt that this chassis/engine combination would have been more suitable for trucks rather than buses. I thought they were noisy and jerky.
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S059Not a local bus at all but one of the famous Silver Star Atlanteans at Crich tramway museum before the road to the car park was surfaced.
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S057Silver Service RJX 252 an Albion Nimbus.
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S055Silver Service 149 UMP, a Harrington bodied AEC Reliance, in Matlock in 1970.
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S053Silver Service number 4, a Willowbrook bodied AEC Regal, in Matlock in 1968.
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S052 Silver Service number 4 in Matlock bus station with a North Western RE in the background.
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S045An example of the distinctive Sheffield United Tours coaches. It is number 390, a Plaxton bodied AEC Reliance, and was photographed somewhere in Holland in September 1970.
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S056In the early 1970s a few (6?) Midland General Bistol MWs were transferred to Trent. This 1973 view shows Trent’s number 166 in Matlock alongside Silver Service’s 8629 DT a Roe bodied AEC Reliance.
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S058 In the late 1970s Silver Service acquired a number Lodekkas for school contracts. This picture was taken at Darley Dale garage in August 1978. (The red Fiat 128 spoiling the picture was ours).