Local hauliers (coach, lorry, etc.)

Yes - she did have a younger sister, no idea where they are nowadays - in fact don't even know where that friend of mine is now.

Yes you're spot on, the owner was Ron Bonas, he used to park some of the coaches on the Grange pub car park which my father in law ran at the time and the drivers came in for a drink after work, they were a great bunch of blokes.

Pat Bonas was Ron Bonas`s daughter, of Supreme Coaches, she worked in the office

Does anyone remember free transport on Lloyds buses to and from their place of work? I used to catch a Lloyds bus at Gosford Green to take me to Bristol Siddeley in Ansty. Also, from Bedworth to Alfred Herbert's in Coventry and Lutterworth.

I think you`ll find that it was Groves Coaches. I lived a short distance from this garage during my earliest years.

Heres a nice colour pic via Flickr

Hi Tricia, Yes I remember the Lloyd's buses to Rolls-Royce at Ansty I used to get one from the railway station in Coventry mid 1970's, and from Bedworth in 1979-81

My older brother used to hand paint the Lloyds double deckers, the paint he used was Tekaloid dark blue and you would swear they had been sprayed.

CCT used Tekaloid in the 50`s/60`s and when I found out, I repainted a mini with it, in black. I used camel hair brushes and smoothed it with 1000 grade wet and dry and it looked a million dollars.

Coach painting is a bit of an art. I used to repaint my cars with Dulux but you would never have known they were not sprayed. Paint was cheaper too, but that is where my apprenticship came into it. Ford st Art school done us all well.

I haven't managed to read all posts on here, so I might just be repeating what someone else has already posted. Has anyone else seen the Adrian Sainsbury School of Scary HGV Driving on Facebook? I think you'll find a few interesting pictures.

Coventry Coach Companies Much is written about the group of Companies that became Red House Less about the others, I am writing the History of Passenger Vehicle Disposals and Fleet Car Sales of Dunchurch They sold quite literally hundreds of PSV vehicles from their Dunchurch listed below are some of their Coventry Customers many long forgotten does any one remember them McGhie Binley also know as Binley Motors Motor Depot Location unknown Banbury Building, Ryton Staff Transport Jones Coventry location unknown Any memories of FCS and PVD and their owners quite a character Henry and Joyce Bowen