2011 – Issue 2 of 4

FEBRUARY MEETING;
There was almost a full house for our Film Night presented by Harley Jones of Rhiwbina.
Although not a transport enthusiast, Mr. Jones has, as part of his business, converted
several old 8mm and 16mm colour cine film to DVD format. First up was a compilation
of buses in Cardiff, the Valleys and Swansea taken in the early 1980’s by a young Tony
Brewer. Following the break we watched film of Wynn’s heavy haulage including the
company’s centenary parade through Newport in 1963.
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MARCH MEETING;
A group of over 20 members attended a presentation by Peter Heath of Cardiff Bus,
entitled ‘An A-Z of buses and a few coaches’. Peter began naturally by featuring chassis
makes and operators beginning with the letter ‘A’. In his own inimitable style he drew
on anecdotes from his long career in the bus industry. Various photos of the
coachbuilders’ art (?) were included. The photographs were from his own collection
taken when a young man in the early 1970s
MYSTERY BUS SOLVED.
Earlier this year the
South Wales Echo
published a
panoramic view of
Kingsway in the
1930’s. CTPG
Member Peter
Smith spotted this
and wished to know
who owned this
unusual 6 wheeler.
It turned out to be
the only known
photograph taken in
Cardiff of the
Thornycroft HC
that was on loan to
Cardiff Corporation for only a few months in 1930. OU 4264 had a Brush 68 seat body.
(By the way, the Allen bodied bus on page 8 of the January issue was an AJS Commodore,
a model that was in production only for 2 years from 1929.)
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