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PENZANCE RUNNING DAY - 21 April 2019

The Cornwall Bus Preservation Society in association with the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust invited you to come to sunny, warm West Cornwall for our event on Sunday 21 April 2019. This was our 12^th vintage bus running day in Penzance following the original Final VR Running Day on 9 December 2006.

The Running Day was based at Penzance Bus Station (adjacent to the main railway station) with vintage bus services running from 10.00 until 17.30. Routes around West Cornwall included Penzance to Camborne, St Ives, St Just, Hayle, Marazion/Perranuthnoe, Goldsithney, Praa Sands, Paul/Sheffield and out to Sennen Cove and Land’s End (and the airport) with small vehicles going into Mousehole, a highlight for many.

There were feeder bus services to and from Camborne, Newquay, St Ives and Goldsithney.

Despite competition from Easter gatherings and from the beaches on what was the hottest day of the year, a record number of 6,800 passenger journeys were provided on 32 vehicles over 124 services

PENZANCE – 19 April 2020 – DIARY DATE

2020 is the centenary year of the formation of the National Omnibus & Transport Company which, in West Cornwall, became the fondly remembered ‘Western National’ so several additional special attractions are being planned alongside the VR Revival and Vintage Bus Running Day on Sunday 19^th April.


Bristol LHS 1254 (VOD124k) rests alongside Mousehole harbour having successfully been piloted round the narrow turns into the village. © Thomas Drake		St Ives - despite limited access to the Malakoff in 2019, the setting still makes for a spectacular photograph featuring Bristol SUL 420. (C) David Sheppard Jr		As always, the day revived memories with a variety of vehicles taking part to the delight of enthusiasts, photographers and the wider public. (C) Helen Billington

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Excursion for Entrants and Volunteers

On Easter Monday five vehicles took many of the 100 plus volunteers who contributed to the running day success on a tour from Penzance to Land’s End via Newlyn to Paul and Sheffield, which involved climbing the long 1 in 6 Chywoone Hill out of Newlyn, then on to Penzance via St Buryan and Porthcurno. After a short stop they took the road down to Sennen Cove with another steep climb out, past Land’s End Airport to St Just and then on to St Ives. The final stage was to Marazion and back to Penzance

The former 300 service route around West Cornwall took volunteers up Chywoone Hill out of Newlyn on Easter Monday - Bristol VRs UWV 614S and C412 HJN took the 1 in 6 gradient in their stride. (C) Helen Billington

Programmes

To accompany this event a fully illustrated colour programme was produced with a cover based on the Western National timetable for the area in Summer 1989. In addition to timetables and details of the vehicles attending, the programme includes an illustrated history of the liveries carried by buses forming the West Cornwall scene over the past 100 years and more.

Programmes were extremely popular but a very few remain. The article has lasting value and copies can be purchased while stocks remain

BY POST for £4.00 including p&p by either:

- Sending a cheque payable to ‘TV&GWOT’ to Ledger Farm, Forest Green Road, Fifield, Maidenhead SL6 2NR, or

- Paying by Paypal (including any postal / delivery instructions in the notes)

Vehicles attending:

Reg No	Fleet No	Chassis / Body	Body Code	Operator	Year
EMW284	279	Bristol L6B / Beadle	C32R	Wilts & Dorset	1947
LTA772	1613	Bristol LWL5G / Eastern Coach Works	B39R	WN	1951
924AHY	2934	Bristol MW5G / Eastern Coach Works	B45F	Bristol Omnibus	1958
675COD	603	Bristol SUS4A / Eastern Coach Works	B30F	WN	1960
270KTA	420	Bristol SUL4A / Eastern Coach Works	C33F later DP33F	WN	1962
OTA632G	1460	Bristol RELH6G / Eastern Coach Works	C45F	SN	1969
VOD124K	1254	Bristol LHS6L / Marshall	B33F	WN	1972
BDV318L	1318	Bristol LH6L / Marshall	C39F	WN	1973
PWS492S	2098	Leyland Leopard / Plaxton	C45F	Bristol Omnibus / Badgerline	1978
AFJ727T	3307	Bristol LH6L / Plaxton	DP41F	WN	1979
FDV787V	1557	Bristol LHS6L / Eastern Coach Works	B35F	WN	1979
FDV790V	1560	Bristol LHS6L / Eastern Coach Works	B35F	WN	1979
D601GHY	2503	Volvo B10M / Van Hool	C45F	Badgerline	1987
L401VCV	401	Dennis Dart / Plaxton	B40F	WN	1994
L628VCV	628	Mercedes Benz 709 / Plaxton	B23F	WN	1994
S529RWP	52529	Mercedes Benz O814D / Plaxton	B27F	First Midland Red	1998
S580GRA	-	Mercedes Benz O814D / Frank Guy	B29F	Group Travel	1999

LYF104	RTL1163	Leyland 7RT / Park Royal RT8	H30/26R	London Transport	1951
VDV760	1943	Bristol LD6G / Eastern Coach Works	H37/23RD	WN	1958
468FTT	1969	Bristol FLF6G / Eastern Coach Works	H38/30F	WN	1960
824KDV	2019	Bristol FLF6G / Eastern Coach Works	H38/30F	WN	1963
PTT98R	1098	Bristol VRT/SL3/654 / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1977
VDV121S	1121	Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1978
UWV614S		Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	CO43/31F	Southdown	1978
AFJ706T	1141	Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1978
AFJ764T	1157	Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1979
LFJ844W	1200	Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1980
LFJ847W	1203	Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1980
LFJ873W	1226	Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works	H43/31F	WN	1981
TTT171X	171	Leyland Atlantean AN68 / East Lancs	H43/31F	Plymouth City Transport	1981
C412HJN	4012	Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works	CH42/30F	Eastern National	1986
K803ORL	803	Volvo Olympian / Northern Counties	CH39/30F	WN	1993
L637SEU	34137	Volvo YN2RC16Z4 / Northern Counties	H47/29F	Badgerline	1993
OIG1794	32027	Volvo B7TL / Alexander	H49/29F	London General	2000

Information about previous events and programme articles can be found here.

TV&GWOT’s Blog also has an account of the 2016 Penzance event.

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