SCT '61
Osbornes, Tollesbury Operator Index

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Osborne, Tollesbury 7, 80WMH, was a Park Royal H45/31R bodied AEC Bridgemaster B3RA new to AEC, Southall, in December 1959 and widely demonstrated to operators around the country.
It was acquired by Osborne in December 1960 and withdrawn in 1976. It was then heavily rebuilt, including an exposed rear staircase, operating firstly with Guards Coaches, London W1 and then Vintage Bus Co, London W1 in March 1977. being withdrawn by the latter in December 1984. In November 1989 it was re-registered DFH702A and in 1989 was exported to Belgium, where it was last noted as a store in 2010.

Photo taken by Paul Everett, Sunday 5 October 1969, Tollesbury

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