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Operator: Red & White Fleet No: UC758
Chassis: Bristol MW6G Chassis No: 135.125
Body: ECW C39F Body No: 9932

HISTORY

May 58 In service with Red & White Services Limited, Chepstow (UC758) - Based at Cardiff
May 58 Delivered in red with cream window surrounds
Jan 63 Transferred to Cheltenham
Jan 63 Repainted in cream with red band
Oct 64 Delicensed
Jun 65 Relicensed and allocated to Cheltenham
  Converted to OMO
May 66 Transferred to Aberdare
Oct 66 Delicensed
May 67 Relicensed and allocated to Cardiff
Jul 67 Delicensed
May 69 Converted to DP39F (This vehicle did not have the bus type indicators fitted)
May 69 Repainted in cream & red
May 69 Fleet number changed to DS758
May 69 Transferred to Tredegar
May 71 Delicensed
Jul 71 Relicensed and allocated to Newport
Feb 72 Fleet number changed to UD758
Jul 72 Central Repair Workshop at Chepstow for conversion to Mobile Enquiry Office
Oct 72 National Travel Office at Severn Bridge Services
1973 Repainted in NBC Dual Purpose livery
Jan 78 Out of service with Red & White Services Limited, Chepstow (UD758)
Jan 78 In service with Western Welsh Omnibus Company Limited, Cardiff (UD758)
Apr 78 Out of service with Western Welsh Omnibus Company Limited, Cardiff (UD758)
Apr 78 In service with National Welsh Omnibus Company Limited, Cardiff (UD758)- Based at Chepstow
Oct 78 Out of service with National Welsh Omnibus Company Limited, Cardiff (UD758)
Oct 78 Roger Annetts et al, Parkend
<Jan 98 Coombes, Groes-faen
1998 Roger Annetts, Parkend
Aug 03 Valley Rambler (Warrington Bros), Wickham
Jun 04 In service with Valley Rambler (Warrington Bros), Wickham
Sep 05 Out of service with Valley Rambler (Warrington Bros), Wickham
Sep 05 Kevin & Ann Warrington, Swanmore
Dec 06 Mal Hier, Swansea
  In service with New and Classic Travel Limited, Swansea

Status: In Service (Red & White DS758)

    

Owner : Red & White UC758

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Webmaster Collection

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Bargoed

Date : October 1970

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Red & White UD758

Location : Aust Services

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Red & White UD758

Location : Aust Services

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Red & White UC758

Location : Thorpe Park

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Robin Woodcock

     
    

Owner : Red & White UC758

Location : Not Known

Date : July 1979

 

(C) Fred York

     
    

Owner : Red & White UC758

Location : Southsea Common

Date : June 1980

 

(C) Malcolm Audsley

     
    

Owner : Red & White UC758

Location : Weymouth

Date : July 1980

 

(C) Graham Walker

     
    

Owner : Red & White UC758

Location : NEC, Birmingham

Date : October 1980

 

(C) Joe Gornall

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Southsea Common

Date : June 1981

 

(C) Malcolm Audsley

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Hams Road, Lydney

Date : October 1998

 

(C) Terry Lawson

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Kemble

Date : August 2003

 

(C) Gerry Tormey

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Crockerton

Date : September 2003

 

(C) Terry Lawson

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Brijan's yard, Bishops Waltham

Date : April 2005

 

(C) Terry Partridge

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Stokes Bay, Gosport

Date : August 2006

 

(C) Gerry Tormey

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Longcross, Chobham

Date : April 2007

 

(C) Gerry Tormey

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Bristol

Date : May 2008

 

(C) Gerry Tormey

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Park & Ride, Winchester

Date : January 2009

 

(C) Mark Taylor

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Bristol

Date : August 2011

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Red & White DS758

Location : Swansea Bus Museum

Date : October 2012

 

(C) Gerry Tormey