North Western Motor Services keeps heritage vehicles on the road across the country, and perhaps soon around the world, as STEVE BANNER discovers
Pick up any issue of this magazine and leaf through it, and it becomes clear in no time that there is huge interest in historic buses and coaches. The pages are littered with photos of them, often accompanied by knowledgeable articles setting out the history of particular makes and models. Restoration projects are regularly covered. The article on Dewsbury Bus Museum's rejuvenated Guy Wulfrunian which appeared in the January issue is a case in point. It was one I read with great interest as I remember travelling regularly on a Wulfrunian operated by Wolverhampton Corporation Transport back in the 1960s.
Nor are old buses and coaches solely to be found in museums. A number of modern fleets both large and small keep one or two to run on heritage routes, as a novel way of transporting wedding parties, or because the family that owns the fleet remembers them in their heyday. In some cases these old stagers are hired out to film companies for use in period dramas. No matter how old they are, or who is responsible for their welfare, all these vehicles hav…
