The highlight of the Cornwall Bus Preservation Society's year are the Penzance Running Days when historic buses run in and around Penzance and West Cornwall; usually April
A step back in time with Western National at sunny Sennen Cove. Colin Billington's Bristol FLFFlat floor, Long, Front entrance bus of low floor “Lodekka” type, giving passengers one step entrance and flat floor long before present generation of accessible buses (468 FTT) waits at the bus stop while Martin Stevens Bristol LD (VDV 760) pulls in behind on the Penzance Running DayEach year in April CBPG holds an Annual Running Day with free bus trips around West Cornwall - check our Events for more information. (picture by Angela O'Connor)
An impressive line up of most of the vehicles taking part in the Penzance Running DayEach year in April CBPG holds an Annual Running Day with free bus trips around West Cornwall - check our Events for more information and they are all Bristol's. (picture by Angela O'Connor)
What a magnificent sight as Colin Billington brings his former Western National Bristol FLFFlat floor, Long, Front entrance bus of low floor “Lodekka” type, giving passengers one step entrance and flat floor long before present generation of accessible buses (468 FTT) up the steep climb from Sennen Cove on a very sunny Penzance Running DayEach year in April CBPG holds an Annual Running Day with free bus trips around West Cornwall - check our Events for more information. This day marked the first return to Cornwall for this bus since being retired in the 1980's. When new, it started work in 1960 based at Camborne depotUnion Street - First Devon & Cornwall Cornwall operations office - engineering workshops. (picture by Angela O'Connor)
Mel Williams proudly driving our Bristol LHBristol Commercial Vehicles Light Horizontal engined single-decker bus chassis LH at 30' (9.1m); nearly 2,000 were built between 1967 and 1982 (MUO 328FBristol LH 6L with 45 seat ECW bodywork was one of 10 new medium sized buses delivered to Western National in the summer of 1968 MUO 328F | Bristol LH | Fleet No. 716 | CBPG) out of Marizion on his way to Perranuthnoe during the Penzance Running DayEach year in April CBPG holds an Annual Running Day with free bus trips around West Cornwall - check our Events for more information. (picture by Angela O'Connor)
Waiting for duty on Sunday 18 April 2010 at Penzance Bus Station is our LeylandLeyland Bus was a British bus manufacturer. It emerged from the Rover Group (formerly British Leyland) as a management buyout of the bus business. It was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988 and the name finally disappeared in 1993OlympianLeyland Olympian was a 2-axle and 3-axle double-decker bus chassis manufactured by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993. It was the last Leyland bus model in production34754Former Western National 'Bristol' Leyland Olympian, A754 VAF in Barbie 2 livery and displaying fleet number 34754; This represents a very important 'save' for the CBPG as is last vehicle from initial batch of 8 first introduced in Plymouth in November 1983 to come out of service in Cornwall A754 VAF | Leyland Olympian | Fleet No. 34754 (ex 1807/1754) | CBPG(A754 VAFFormer Western National 'Bristol' Leyland Olympian, A754 VAF in Barbie 2 livery and displaying fleet number 34754; This represents a very important 'save' for the CBPG as is last vehicle from initial batch of 8 first introduced in Plymouth in November 1983 to come out of service in Cornwall A754 VAF | Leyland Olympian | Fleet No. 34754 (ex 1807/1754) | CBPG) and Bristol VRBristol VR Bristol's rear-engined bus chassis, designed as competitor to Leyland Atlantean and Daimler Fleetline. 1056(OTA 290G). Both vehicles performed well and proved to be very popular.
Our rally HQ consisted of our MercedesVarioMercedes-Benz Vario (model designation W670) is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz52529529 became 52529 in national numbering system, fitted with 27 seats and soon received her current livery; S529 RWP | Mercedes Vario | Fleet No. 52529 | CBPG(S529 RWP) on the Running DayEach year in April CBPG holds an Annual Running Day with free bus trips around West Cornwall - check our Events for more information. She was also our reserve bus in case any vehicle encountered problems during the day.
Looking after old buses is an expensive and time consuming business - we desperately need your help to look after the old ladies in our fleet. Even £1 is enough to buy some oil - or some thread
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