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As an HGV Class 1 driver, I wasn’t qualified to drive buses with fare-paying passengers but I did drive the odd bus, including a Bedford coach on driver assessment; a London RTL double-decker round an airfield(!); an ex-Southdown PD3 ‘Queen Mary’ the owner of which I taught to drive it; and the Leyland PD2/27A double-decker with Northern Counties bodywork pictured below. I bought this bus straight out of service from Stevensons of Uttoxeter. It began life with Burnley & Pendle. I converted it into a motor-home and lived in it from 1990 to 1992. During that time I travelled with it between work, including trips to Brittany and Belgium. It was a delight to drive!Cheers, Robert
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Out of intrest Robert any particular reason why you stopped living in it ? I like the idea of being able to
travel about in it.
Yes, I bought it when house prices and rents were sky-high and sold it when the bubble burst and suddenly I could easily get a morgage for a decent terraced house. Also, I was teaching during that period and wintering in the bus was pretty spartan! Summer was idyllic of course! Robert