Jones the Bus, Aberbeeg ? 1974
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Jones the Bus, Aberbeeg ? 1974
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 8 Mar 1975
Climbing the steep Pant Ddu Road out of Aberbeeg en route to Crumlin via Pentwyn and Trinant. Jones' Omnibus Services Ltd - "Jones the bus" - was a local family business based in Aberbeeg, but sold out to the National Bus Company in 1969. It ran a fleet of around 40 buses and coaches with a network of routes which reached as far as Newport. It continued for several years to operate as a separate unit, retaining a distinctive blue livery instead of either of the NBC's standard leaf green or poppy red colours. (The original Jones' blue was a slightly lighter shade.) The bus is a Leyland Leopard with Willowbrook bodywork, new to Jones in 1968 as no.20, but now numbered U34.68 in the rather idiosyncratic local NBC numbering scheme. Even in 1974 the extent of black exhaust would be frowned upon. Modern emissions regulations ensure that this no longer happens. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=137652761
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