[PTA SC] NJO 703

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The City of Oxford Motor Services has a noble history, being directly descended from a horse bus operation in the city from 1880, and the introduction of motor buses in 1913. From the late 1920's City of Oxford became almost exclusively associated with AEC products and, for example, in 1960 the fleet was entirely made up of AEC Regents, Regals and Reliances. So faithful were Oxford to the Regal, that eleven separate orders were placed during the 1930's.

In the 1950's and 60's the service had two liveries, one of which is supposed to be represented by the colour scheme on this page. Buses were red, with lining in a blue/green/grey colour (sometimes described as duck-egg blue, and sometimes as duck-egg green !), black wheels and wings and maroon roofs, while the coaches were cream with maroon roofs, wheels and lining. Oxford had a reputation for keeping their vehicles in a smart condition.

Two of the Regals survive, and details are given below. Photographs are shown of both vehicles, which can be found at the Oxford Bus Museum. They are both in first class order, and congratulations are due to the guys that brought them back to such a fine condition. The Oxford Bus Museum Trust is at Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, next to the railway station.

The fleet list below is arranged in order of the year of delivery, which often bears little relationship to the fleet number. In fact, some of the pre-war allocated fleet numbers bordered on the incomprehensible at times, and I hope this list will attempt to unravel the mysteries of the system. As might be expected from this page, I have stopped recording deliveries at the point in 1952 when a batch of underfloor-engined Regal IV coaches were delivered, because this page only covers the halfcabs.

_{This photo was kindly supplied by Roger Hardy, although actually taken by his cousin Mike Flanagan, who holds the copyright. Seen in 1995 at the Oxford Bus Museum, it shows No.703, the only one of the 1949 batch of Regals to survive. Retired in 1959 it was sold as staff transport to an engineering firm. In 1967 it was then purchased by Neil Tidbury for preservation for the princely sum of £50.}

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Het is al 9 maanden een Accent.

Bij deze het bewijs dat Friezen achterlopn

Ik heb ook een accent

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Fijne kerst aan het hebben allemaal ?

Ja joh, de gebruikelijke suicidale neigingen enzo

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Traditie eh ?

Meste zelfmoorden zijn rond kerst

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Ja, dus
Leer nederlands

Opdat ik met VVD-ers kan communiceren zeker ik blijf wel contact houden via tekeningen op de muur van een grot, das meer jou niveau

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Achter R'dam... In de buurt van Hellevoetssluis
2,25 uur trein, 30 min metro en 40 min. bus. En her en der nog 'ns een kwartiertje of een klein half uur wachten

Wie neukt er dan ook met een randstadse

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Tss, slechte cadeautjes gehad zeker !

aan die onzin doe ik niet

In het leven krijg je geen kadootjes

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blik onder je rokje ?

Alsof je die neit uit je hooft kent

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Waar komt die suicidale neiging bij jou vandaan?!

JIj bent toch niet eenzaam?!

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