2011 – Issue 1 of 4

and a Morris Minor police panda car of a design that always seemed to me
to be too rickety to uphold the full majesty of the law.
The Morris Motors Band coach must have given players an exalted view of their
performance.
In a further shed stood a few more AECs, the most striking one with
Metal Sections bodywork and an ABW 225D registration plate displaying
‘Kowloon City Ferry’ on its destination indicator. That and its slightly
awkward-looking bulk proclaimed it had spent some years away on distant
shores. Beside it stood AEC Reliance bus 756 KFC, of which more later.
Tucked away at the back was OFC 393 another AEC Regent III, this time
with a highbridge Weymann body. It was, though, in a plain dull red. Was
that the livery of a subsequent owner? Chris Butterfield of the Museum
explains, “Each December (see our website diary for details) we have
Santa days when children visit Santa in his grotto. For the last two years,
we have used this bus, but it was thought it would look more festive
painted red.” In front of it stood a dilapidated (or should I say ‘unrestored’)
Morris 8 Series E which brought back memories of the one my
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