Waiting for customers, Beach Bus Station, Weston ? 1978
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The photograph on this page of Waiting for customers, Beach Bus Station, Weston ? 1978 by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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Waiting for customers, Beach Bus Station, Weston ? 1978
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 Aug 1978
The sandwich board tells all you need to know. Note the fares – 50p adult, 35p child. Today (2021) these would be likely to be 10 times as much. This is a bus with a long and colourful history. It started life with Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co in 1941 before moving to the Brighton, Hove & District company where it was converted to open-top for sea front service. In 1965 it was bought by Thomas Bros of Port Talbot, then passed back to Bristol Omnibus in 1969, operating tours in Weston-super-Mare for many years. It went into preservation in 1979, then again reverted to Bristol Omnibus in 1985, operating with it and its successors https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6746920 until 2003, since when it has been in the hands of the Bristol Vintage Bus Group. 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 The Beach Bus Station served both as the town's bus and coach station and company's local garage. It opened in 1936 in a building designed by the company’s staff architect, HA Penney; its prominent seafront locations indicating the importance of the new services. It was demolished in January 1988 and its site is now occupied by Carlton Mansions.
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