Trev_H:
Nowt wrong with window shopping is there Harry…
hiya,
As you say Trev nowt wrong with looking, the only problem could be a big
husband catching you looking, but you Trev have no problems with that.
thanks harry, long retired.
JAKEY:
Here are two more Jackdaw.
Thank you JAKEY much appreciated, keep em coming if you have anymore.
Fleet no 313 by any chance?
bedgar047:
Does anyone happen to have a list of depot codes ?. I have the BRS Book “The Early Years 1948 - 1953” but it seems they changed them after this time.
I’m trying to sort out photos and match them to depots, but I am struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Happy New year
Brian Edgar
when i worked for brs aylesford my fleet num was AL229 if thats any help reg was WGW 881G and i think canterbury was ACbut not 100%
stantheman1:
bedgar047:
Does anyone happen to have a list of depot codes ?. I have the BRS Book “The Early Years 1948 - 1953” but it seems they changed them after this time.
I’m trying to sort out photos and match them to depots, but I am struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Happy New year
Brian Edgarwhen i worked for brs aylesford my fleet num was AL229 if thats any help reg was WGW 881G and i think canterbury was ACbut not 100%
CN was Tunstall depot.
stantheman1:
bedgar047:
Does anyone happen to have a list of depot codes ?. I have the BRS Book “The Early Years 1948 - 1953” but it seems they changed them after this time.
I’m trying to sort out photos and match them to depots, but I am struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Happy New year
Brian Edgarwhen i worked for brs aylesford my fleet num was AL229 if thats any help reg was WGW 881G and i think canterbury was ACbut not 100%
Here’s a list I made a few yeare ago but may not be 100%. Was AL229 a Seddon artic?
Forest of Dean…GP
hiya,
Tufnell Park anybody?? used it regularly but can’t remember depot code.
thanks harry, long retired.
I used Mile End for fuel & subs when in London but I can only remember the code for my home depot. Whatever happened to that leaflet with all the depots on it?
Are those codes the ones used for fleet nbers?
I only ask,as when working at peterborough,they seemed to use the code KY,
The vehicle workshop being KYE,Rental being KYR,and contracts being KYC,
unless this was purely a local/internal designation?
Depends on how old that list is, they changed it quite often over the years, I think the last change would have been in the 70’s when it was split up into regions. I know my branch codes at Oldbury and Wolverhampton were originally EJ & ED but when it became Midlands BRS it was changed to MJ & MD the change to M denoting Midlands. You are right about the additional letter on the end of a fleet number, E was engineering R was rental division and C denoted the vehicle was on a dedicated contract often in the customers livery.
As the list says , Oxford was MA ,when it was under Midlands but just after I started in the early 80s it came under the Western group, and the fleet code was TA, I know as it was me going round at 16 changing the fleet codes 
,bloody boring when you had to wipe the dirt of the cab to see it .
Now don’t go trying to persuade us that you were Oxford’s ace signwriter. We all remember those galvanised stencils!
Hi rof, no we were tight and used the stickey number plate letters, but I think some wagons on the fleet were sign written . 
Maybe it was considered easier, quicker & cheaper to use the awful stencils when BRS took us over. The fitter would load a brush up with white paint, hold the stencil against the bodywork and dab paint through the gaps. Yuk!
I didn’t let them near my pride and joy with the things, preferring to use the stencils to outline the figures in pencil then paint them in properly.
For some reason or other our’s had the fleet number also painted on the inside of the passenger door, never figured why 
Maybe it was to remind trampers where “home” was 
TIDDERSON:
stantheman1:
bedgar047:
Does anyone happen to have a list of depot codes ?. I have the BRS Book “The Early Years 1948 - 1953” but it seems they changed them after this time.
I’m trying to sort out photos and match them to depots, but I am struggling. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Happy New year
Brian Edgarwhen i worked for brs aylesford my fleet num was AL229 if thats any help reg was WGW 881G and i think canterbury was ACbut not 100%
Here’s a list I made a few yeare ago but may not be 100%. Was AL229 a Seddon artic?
AL229 aec mercury
Kev73:
Are those codes the ones used for fleet nbers?I only ask,as when working at peterborough,they seemed to use the code KY,
The vehicle workshop being KYE,Rental being KYR,and contracts being KYC,
unless this was purely a local/internal designation?
These were the codes given to each depot in 1964. I will try to download the 1972 codes later
kingswinford kit:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Rootes Group cars in Cowley? Bet that was popular!Hi ROF ,it was Pressed Steel Fisher at both Cowley and Swindon that produced pressings for BMC and the Rootes group .
BRS at Swindon had Commer 2 strokes on that contract . regards Keith
Cowley made pressing for Rootes group/ Chrysler right up to 1980’s, I use to run body panels from Cowley to Linwood in the late 70’s also we took panels to the National Bus in Workington from Cowley.
Dieseldog66:
kingswinford kit:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Rootes Group cars in Cowley? Bet that was popular!Hi ROF ,it was Pressed Steel Fisher at both Cowley and Swindon that produced pressings for BMC and the Rootes group .
BRS at Swindon had Commer 2 strokes on that contract . regards KeithCowley made pressing for Rootes group/ Chrysler right up to 1980’s, I use to run body panels from Cowley to Linwood in the late 70’s also we took panels to the National Bus in Workington from Cowley.
I can’t remember which factory they put the rust in the panels.