Vintage buses, Morpeth

The Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering attracted these vintage buses on Saturday. The red United bus often fetaures in period British TV shows such as Heartbeat.
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They still run in service up our way!.......just kidding!...wonderful shots David,they bring back alot of memories!....were there any "Venture buses?".....

I remember the Venture buses Ken, the HQ was in Consett where I grew up. A guy at Sunniside had one restored a few years ago.
david

I used to get the venture bus down to Prudhoe for the cubs on a friday night!, 3 halfpence each way, or we would sometimes run and spend our threepenny bit at Geordie Atkinsons fish shop on a bag of chips!....those were the days..............

Buses like those, and older, are still in service . . . in Malta.

Lovely pics.

Ah the good old Malta-bus

Nice pics David, though that second shot would never be seen on Heartbeat, the radiator grille is dirty
It would be nice to go back to the sixties where everyone washed and polished their cars everyday and on a more serious note when the bobby on the beat commanded a little respect!

When I was a little kid Ken, I was always sick on the Venture bus from Consett to Newcastle, usually by the time we got to Scotswood Road.
david