Don Everall's yard, Wolverhampton ? 1967
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Don Everall's yard, Wolverhampton ? 1967
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 5 Mar 1967
The company was one of the UK's largest dealers in second hand buses and coaches, and this was their main depot at Bilston Street. Of particular interest are the two double-deck buses behind the trailer in the foreground. They are two of the 5 buses built to carry cyclists when the Dartford Tunnel opened in October 1963. They were built by Strachans on Ford Thames Trader lorry chassis and had racks for normal cycles on the lower deck, with space for tandems in the rear; seats for cyclists were provided on the upper deck. Originally 4 buses were needed to run a 6-minute headway service, but demand failed to live up to expectations and by April 1964 just one bus was being run. The bus service ceased in 1965, being replaced with Land Rovers with trailers. The buses were unsuitable for any other use, and must be some of the shortest lived vehicles in the history of British bus operations.
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