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22nd - 28th February 2010
We have agreed a provisional list of rallies and events for 2010.
8th - 21st February 2010
Our Bristol 'K' types, GHT127 and GHT154, took part in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Bristol Aeroplane Company at Filton on Friday 19th February. An EasyJet Airbus was named after Sir George White, the founder of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company and the Bristol Aeroplane Company. If you're interested in the history of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co and its successor, the Bristol Omnibus Co, have a look at our history pages.
GHT154 in a hangar at Filton at the BAC100th anniversary
Sir George White's 1903 car
...and the EasyJet plane named after him
31st January - 7th February 2010
The Group's AGM took place on Sunday 7th February. Briefly, the accounts were approved, as was the Trustees' report to the Charity Commission, and the Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and other three Trustees were re-elected. Members discussed the powers of the Open Day sub-committee which will start work shortly.
Further history pages have been added to the website. Routes are listed for 1957, and faretables are available for Stroud for 1959, 1962 and 1967, and for Bath for 1964.
18th - 31st January 2010
A number of the history pages in the website have been updated and improved. Routes are now listed for several additional years including 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1974 and 1976 and additional route information has been added to other years. You can also view faretables for Bath City and Stroud area routes for 1955 and Swindon area routes for 1959.
11th - 17th January 2010
A record 43 members attended the members' new year lunch at the Beaufort Arms, Hawkesbury Upton, on 17th January. GHT154 provided transport at the start of her 70th birthday year, gracing Hawkesbury Upton High Street with what is probably the first visit of a pre-war blue-liveried Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company bus since the Second World War.
GHT154 arrives in Hawkesbury Upton carrying members towards lunch
Group members pose with the bus. Photo: Sally Jones
2nd - 10th January 2010
It's been decided that GHT154 will begin its 70th birthday year by providing the transport to the members' New Year lunch on Sunday 17th, in place of FTT704, which is out of MOT.
1st January 2010
Happy New Year / Blwyddyn Newydd Dda to all our visitors.
30th November - 31st December 2009
Maintenance work has taken place on GHT127's brakes, and member David Cole's Mercedes Midibus J858FTC has received transfers and now advertises the group as well as providing an idea of how these buses might have looked if Tilling livery had still been in use when they entered service.
The website now includes a series of pages detailing Bristol Tramways and Bristol Omnibus routes over the years. This is still under development but many of the years from 1894 to 2009 are now included. View them here. Where there are gaps it's because our archives are not complete - if you'd like to help us by donating any of the missing timetables, we'd be very grateful.
You can also view a selection of old bus and tram tickets here.
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