I remember at some point back in the 80s a huge bendy bus with hospital beds on board came to our school , it had blue lights on top, I don’t remember why or much more about it , I know I didn’t dream it , does anybody else recall something similar , I thought about it today for some reason .
you mean the jumbulance
Yes I remember that they had beds along the windows so that the patients who were bed ridden could see out. this would go all over Europe and I’m sure when it was here it always had a police ■■■■■■ made up from voluntary M/C police outriders …
they now use green converted coaches but found the photo of the blue one
http://www.across.org.uk/across/standard-jumbulance/ Still going strong thankfully.
That was it , I wasn’t going mad after all , I can show the wife that pic & say I told you so , shes younger than me & doesn’t quiet remember the 80s
I remember passing It on the M5 around Tiverton. cant remember if I was on the artic or 7.5t er at the time
my uncle used to drive it as a volunteer, he used to make regular trips from uk to religious venue of Lourdes in France
I think across is a registered charity
The original Across Trust were based in Surrey and got upto about 15 Jumbulances of various sizes before they ran out of money and folded. After a gap a new Across charity was formed based in Argyll.
The fleet now is smaller and whilst still very specialised van Hoo bodies, the chassis’s are more normal than was once the case, more Volvo B12 than the V8 policy that they used run. Mercedes in the standard vehicles and 17 litre Fiats in the artics.
They are classed as ambulances and are therefore fitted with blues and twos. I am told that on very rare occasions have been used when they have an emergency on board, but normally only to an exit or services to meet a normal ambulance and transfer the patient.
Are they still running bendys on the newer stuff?
I can remember these, I was in the scouts in Germany during the 70’s they came over to Rheindahlen or Bruggen ( cant remember which) but was probably connected with the forces somehow. Think there was 2 of them came over and we got to ride on them.