Love vintage buses. AEC as well as Leyland, Bristol and many oters made superb stylish classic designs. For me the RF was just so perfect, an absolute beautiful design in shape and style.
lovely. that Leyland Titan with upstairsgangway to the side of the seating reminded me of East Lancashire as a Child, Blackburn or Accrington Corporation had that strange layout. if passenger near window wanted to get off it was all move ha ha
Just a bit of info. If this CA was purchased in the 60's the dealers name would still have been E.J Baker, it didn't become Baker West until the early 70's when the whole group was bought by a company called Dorada Holdings. The original E.J. Baker group was headquartered in Dorking, and had branches across Surrey, Kent and Sussex, plus one in Slough, and one in Aldershot. Upon purchase, the company was renamed geographically, as Baker West and Baker East. I suspect that your CA was bought from Baker West in Bordon, which specialised in coaches and buses, although, this branch wasn't opened until about 1973. I think this is the case, because the Farnham branch was primarily a commercial vehicle bodyshop, and wasn't really concerned with vehicle sales. I worked for The Aldershot branch from the early 70's and do remember dealing with King Alfred Motor Services, Aldershot doing the mechanical work, and Farnham the bodywork. This was all transferred to the specialist coach and bus branch in Bordon when it opened.
@jackcole3146 - Hi Jack, many thanks for your information and sorry for replying late, as RUclips doesn't always notify me in real time when a comment left to a video. I have forwarded the information you provided to the Friends of King Alfred Buses, they find it very interesting, Would you mind to send an email to info@kingalfredbuses.org.uk so they can make a contact with you for further information? Please address to James Freeman - thank you!
Love vintage buses. AEC as well as Leyland, Bristol and many oters made superb stylish classic designs. For me the RF was just so perfect, an absolute beautiful design in shape and style.
Also nice to see the Low-Bridge Decker
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lovely. that Leyland Titan with upstairsgangway to the side of the seating reminded me of East Lancashire as a Child, Blackburn or Accrington Corporation had that strange layout. if passenger near window wanted to get off it was all move ha ha
Lovely reminds me of aldershot much better green bus than the red we have today 😀
Just a bit of info. If this CA was purchased in the 60's the dealers name would still have been E.J Baker, it didn't become Baker West until the early 70's when the whole group was bought by a company called Dorada Holdings. The original E.J. Baker group was headquartered in Dorking, and had branches across Surrey, Kent and Sussex, plus one in Slough, and one in Aldershot. Upon purchase, the company was renamed geographically, as Baker West and Baker East.
I suspect that your CA was bought from Baker West in Bordon, which specialised in coaches and buses, although, this branch wasn't opened until about 1973. I think this is the case, because the Farnham branch was primarily a commercial vehicle bodyshop, and wasn't really concerned with vehicle sales.
I worked for The Aldershot branch from the early 70's and do remember dealing with King Alfred Motor Services, Aldershot doing the mechanical work, and Farnham the bodywork. This was all transferred to the specialist coach and bus branch in Bordon when it opened.
@jackcole3146 - Hi Jack, many thanks for your information and sorry for replying late, as RUclips doesn't always notify me in real time when a comment left to a video.
I have forwarded the information you provided to the Friends of King Alfred Buses, they find it very interesting, Would you mind to send an email to info@kingalfredbuses.org.uk so they can make a contact with you for further information? Please address to James Freeman - thank you!