RED ROVER, RED ROSE, YELLOW BUS AND MORE

 We're still in Aylesbury and now it's time to look at the buses in the town. The local independent was Red Rover, with a fleet of AECs.

Also found at the depot, in the workshop, was former Doncaster Corporation No. 26.

UKX151J negotiates the station roundabout in 1974.

Later vehicles included Leyland Nationals. Red Rover was later taken over by Luton & District.

Alder Valley was once one of the larger companies serving Aylesbury. Here, No. 659 emerges into daylight having just left the bus station.

Mott's (Yellow Bus) became quite big in the area, though no longer.

United Counties was the other big operator.

United Counties in this area became part of  Luton & District.

 Luton & District later became just part of Arriva.

Z&S is an independent, still serving the town. That also applies to Red Rose.

One other company to mention, City of Oxford Motor Services. One of their Olympians is seen in the gloom of the bus station.

Time for a pub crawl now. First stop, the nearby Grapes.

Remember the Firkin pubs? The Farmyard and Firkin was in Aylesbury town centre. I don't think it brewed its own beer here.

The Feathers is still going strong, on the edge of the town centre.

Next we have the Broad Leys, a pleasant free house.

There's a new(ish) brewery in town, the Aylesbury Brew House.

The brewery sits behind the excellent Hop Pole pub.

We now start to leave Aylesbury behind and take a Red Rover bus to Bedgrove.

Now, it's a pleasant walk, over the canal, to Bierton, and a Fuller's house called The Bell.

That's it for just now. Where next do you reckon?