25-05-2025
Long Hanborough heritage display of 'never seen together' buses
A bus museum is hosting a display of 12 hand-picked heritage buses owned by collectors, the oldest one being more than 100 years Oxford Bus Museum at Long Hanborough near Witney, Oxfordshire, is hosting the ERN1E's Retro Wheels event until 16:00 BST on will be offered rides on some of the buses, including the open top Isle of Wight, DDL museum said the vehicles, all of which are more than 60 years old, had "never been seen together before".
The museum, which is a charity run by volunteers, tells the story of bus and coach travel around Oxfordshire over the last 130 years. It said that its exhibits included historic preserved horse-drawn vehicles, buses, coaches and a wide selection of artefacts such as bus stops, ticket machines, staff uniforms and photos "illustrating our diverse public transport history".The museum also has a collection of 40 vintage said that ERN1E was its our Playbus in which younger visitors could play with working lights and the buses expected on this display are the London General S-Type from 1922 and the Jersey Leyland TD1 from 1929."Some have not been seen for years," the museum said in a statement, adding that some of their "were among the first to recognise the importance of saving these vehicles with commitment to bus preservation".The museum called the event "a curated tribute to early preservationists and the vehicles they have cherished for decades".
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