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Valliant Cronshaw HRO656C was a Ford 676E with a Harrington Legionnaire II C52F body which had been new in May 1965, to Cronshaw, London N.W.9. and which is seen in Aer Lingus contract livery at Heathrow Airport while operating the contract service from Brompton Air Terminal to London Airport.
E. C. (Holdings), Ltd., which had acquired the Valliant business in 1965 then acquired the Cronshaw business in 1966 and, in August 1966, renamed Valliant Direct Coaches Limited to Valliant Cronshaw Limited, Harrow, to combine the two businesses, together with the Cronshaw subsidiary, Venture. HRO656C passed to Whytes Airport Services, Ashford, Middlesex in May 1969, together with the Aer Lingus contract.

Photo taken by the late John Boylett, courtesy of John Kaye, Saturday 12 April 1969, London Heathrow Airport

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