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Baz
Coventry
1 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 5:35pm  

I have this photo of what I think is a closed back Midland Red bus. I remember they had a few double deckers around Coventry, but were they closed back and ran in the centre of the city. Could this be one? Were they a different model to Coventry Transport as I never remember Cov Corp Trans having any of them? Thumbs up
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
2 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 5:40pm  

Hi Baz, Hi all Wave There's a thing from the past. Notice the destination blind with 'SERVICE EXTRA' Big grin Also the Midland Red motorway or touring coach in front. Wave
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Midland Red

3 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 5:45pm  

Thanks Baz for the image - looks like a very busy Corporation Street, with a Midland Red C5 coach in front of the bus
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Baz
Coventry
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4 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 5:55pm  

Thanks all for the quick response. Do any know where the 590 bus route went to. This is Corporation St heading towards what is now the Co-op I think. Big grin
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Midland Red

5 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 5:58pm  

Up north (!) Crosville ran them as "DUPLICATE" rather than "SERVICE EXTRA" Thumbs up
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6 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 6:00pm  

On 17th Jun 2012 5:55pm, Baz said: Thanks all for the quick response. Do any know where the 590 bus route went to. This is Corporation St heading towards what is now the Co-op I think. Big grin
Originally to Warwick via Kenilworth, then it was extended to Stratford-on-Avon
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Baz
Coventry
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7 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 6:20pm  

On 17th Jun 2012 5:40pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Also the Midland Red motorway or touring coach in front. Wave
Here is a wider view of it all. I've taken a photo of a photo. The coach heading towards Pool Meadow is to Manchester. Must have been a Football Special, but don't think it was Cov they were playing. Big grin
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dutchman
Spon End
8 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 6:39pm  

On 17th Jun 2012 6:00pm, Midland Red said:
On 17th Jun 2012 5:55pm, Baz said: Do any know where the 590 bus route went to.
Originally to Warwick via Kenilworth, then it was extended to Stratford-on-Avon
I used the service occasionally between 1965 and 1970. They were all front entrance by then except I think for the odd "Stratford Blue" on relief duties.
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dutchman
Spon End
9 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 6:41pm  

On 17th Jun 2012 5:55pm, Baz said: This is Corporation St heading towards what is now the Co-op I think. Big grin
The Co-op is on the right. Smile
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Baz
Coventry
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10 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 6:46pm  

My big mistake. The plaque on the corner of the Co-op is just in front of the coach. I stand corrected. Thumbs up Thumbs up
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Baz
Coventry
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11 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 7:08pm  

My one time memory of the Stratford bus was a single decker with the emergency exit in the middle at the back. It went around Kenilworth, Warwick, then out to Barford, Wasperton, and Wellesbourne before getting to Stratford. I remember seeing buses like the ones out of "On the Buses" with the front door behind the engine at Stratford. Thumbs up Does any one have any pics of the single decker Midland Reds ?
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morgana
the secret garden
12 of 19  Sun 17th Jun 2012 11:59pm  

I use to catch the Midland Red on Wheelwright Lane to Bedworth, just down from the railway lines, opposite the Hub pub in the seventies from Cov to Bedworth via Ash Green, that used to run a double decker also single decker.
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Baz
Coventry
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13 of 19  Mon 8th Apr 2013 6:40am  

Not sure where this was taken. May have been in Leicester, but still a Midland Red bus, from the 50's I think.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
14 of 19  Mon 8th Apr 2013 10:24am  

Hi Baz, Wave Yes it is Leicester near to St. Margaret's. Midland Red, or BMMO (B'ham Midland Motor Omnibus Co), their correct title, had forged links with other operators & had started services linking towns further away. This included London, Nottingham, Melton & Cambridge. At about the same time they introduced better seating for their package tours. This would be 1962ish. Wave ps. This was the start of what we have nowadays as National Express Coaches. Other big names included Black & White & one of their associate companies Royal Blue, were doing the same in the West Country. Wave
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15 of 19  Sun 26th Dec 2021 3:51pm  

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