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The Alan Watkins page

Alan M Watkins worked for a variety of bus and coach companies from the 1950s onwards and has contributed a series of short stories and reminiscences to the Ceased Bus Operators discussion group. They are reproduced here on Working on the Buses with Alan's permission.

Alan's stories:

• Spotting days
• Becoming a Premier Travel conductor
• Bill Ruffle - Premier Travel chief mechanic, Haverhill depot
• An Inspector calls - Premier Travel
• A week in the life of HVE 402 - Premier Travel duties
• Premier Travel London services
• It was Christmas Eve on the buses
• More rural bus tales (Premier Travel)
• Driving for City Coach Company, Brentwood - a war-time tale
• MacBraynes memories
• Some thoughts on joint operations
• Ticketing Tales - Theobalds of Long Melford
• Sutherland Transport & Trading
• Some thoughts on duplication - City Coach Co and others
• More Premier Travel memories (added to 26/4/09 and again 20/6/09)
• Bristol SCs
• Eastern Counties jottings
• Colchester observations
• Rippingale of Gestingthorpe
• Conducting a 128 from Plymouth (Western National)
• Driving a Bedford OB
• Lincolnshire Road Car Company memories

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