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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    To answer TheGrandWazoo just now, this picture, taken at Belfast, has just been sent by my friend, the well-known Paul Savage.
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    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    A few days late, I'm afraid, because I've been on a break in Torquay, but on Thursday last, the 10th, mid-morning, I saw a First S.W. Olympia-liveried East Lancs-Dennis Trident under suspended tow, heading north on the M5 just north of Cullompton.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    It was the intention to have a glazed staircase on these red buses, but the advertising agent complained that there was insufficient space for their contractors' T-shaped adverts, so the stairs were completed with solid side panelling. Revenue over aesthetics!
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Purple-front 32093 is another to be back in service. Met it on Shirehampton Road on the 4 this morning, though Tracker shows it to be on the 3 now.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    My camera!
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    69253 is back in service, too, and now at HE. Working on the 76 today.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Tracker is showing 31143 and 32225 are on the 4 this morning, Bob, and 30877 is on the 3 - just time to get over here!
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Well! Very interesting! Many thanks, GW. I wonder if folks had just assumed they'd be native Bristol Gems when told their reg dates.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    There's a lot of speculation about what is to move where to replace what, but this I don't get - last September, we received 54, 55 and 07-reg'd Geminis from Scotland, while now it's proposed to send native 05, 55 and 56-reg'd Gems to Cornwall. Surely, even if the SN55s have been repainted, it'd...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Regarding long lives, of 32004 etc., Cheltenham District KSW 8562 (UHY 375) was withdrawn on 1st October 1975, which was the 20th anniversary of entering service, and it became the first bus of a descendant of Bristol Tramways to achieve 20 years of service (without rebuild or rebodying). Its...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I notice that some of you have stated that you like the new blue livery that has been applied to 36821 for the Bristol-Bath corridor. Fair comment and I fully accept that. In my own opinion, however, I think the livery is dreadful. I consider the three shades of blue clash with each...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I rode 37586 on X39 to Bath this morning and it was still on later. Still has full First WESSEX identities, with paper legal-lettering panel in side window for F.WoE, while internal ads are still for Dorset businesses.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    I snapped new Scania-E400 City's 39411/2 on delivery through The Centre at 20-to-3 this afternoon. The red is quite dark, not at all dissimilar to the Bristol UNIBUS red. The small fleetnumber on the lower front is in blue figures, which is useless on the dark-red. They do not have glazed...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Seen heading along Brunel Way from the Cumberland Basin flyover this morning, and making a beautiful sight in the bright morning sun as it headed out on the X3 to Portishead ... President 32222! Of course, the tracker hasn't shown it at work since before Christmas. Even worse, it hasn't recorded...
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    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    Can any of you with recollections of the mid-1990s remember why Cawlett obtained their two 19-seat Merc 609Ds, 901/2 (M901/2 LTT), please? I recall that, almost as soon as First had acquired Cawlett, the pair was whisked off to Cornwall! I caught up with one at St Austell. Thanks.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Can any of you with recollections of the mid-1990s remember why Cawlett obtained their two 19-seat Merc 609Ds, 901/2 (M901/2 LTT), please? I recall that, almost as soon as First had acquired Cawlett, the pair was whisked off to Cornwall! I caught up with one at St Austell. Thanks.
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Thought you'd like another report from Broadmead on a busy pre-Christmas Friday afternoon! South Glos Lynx yellow-and-blue 37003 was working on the 6 (well, it does go to Kingswood!), while on the 9 to Temple Meads was 67632 (later, 67643 was on 37 to Bath). Lots being brought out from LH from...
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    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    I'm very late at thanking several contributors to this Forum back in September for letting me know where the best spot was to get photos of the stream of buses entering Truro College. Your advice was excellent - many thanks. My wife and I came down from Bristol by train on October 3rd, for three...
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    First West of England (Bristol, Bath & The West)

    Useful info, AB93 - many thanks.

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