THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
United Counties | Pre Stagecoach liveries
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 Willowbrook bodied Leopard 238, seen previously in Milton Keynes Bus Station, was given this special livery for the X15 express service between MK and Reading via Aylesbury and High Wycombe. It is seen Reading bound in Market Square, Aylesbury, about to enter the bus station. The service also involved Wycombe Bus and Reading Buses. |
 Leopard 238 was not the only coach given the livery and a similar bus is seen here, probably in Milton Keynes. The differing lower bumper treatments suggests it is not 238. |
 For a small rural depot, Aylesbury had a diverse collection of vehicles, most fleet types being represented. Many stayed at the depot most of their working lives bearing the garage's pale blue fleet number plates edged either side by a red stripe. This early VR was one such fleet member, but seen alongside another depot regular, an old Northern Counties bodied Daimler Fleetline of Oxford South Midland, parked in its usual corner spot. The bus was outstationed for a school contract and a Walton Court town service which ran between school times and on Saturdays. |
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 In pre-NBC days we have from left to right: an unidentified Bristol LS, 1962 Bristol Lodekka FLF6B 624 (YNV624), 1957 Bristol LD6B 520 (NBD919) and 1969 Bristol VRTSL6G 752 (RRP752G), all ECW bodied. |
An unusual visitor to Aylesbury was former Luton Corporation East Lancs bodied Albion Lowlander 167 (167EMJ). The bus itself was unusual in a former Tilling fleet and did not stay long, even though it had got repainted into green and cream. The bus passed to Godfrey Abbot in Manchester and served there until 1978. Luton Corporation was acquired in 1970 whose recent deliveries and subsequent orders had been for Bristol RE singledeckers which obviously fitted in well with United Counties fleet and they had a long life there.
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