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Posted By: cathcart birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 12th Jan 2011 8:26pm
i am looking for information on an austin van owned by birkenhead buses. the number was PBG 652. i think it was the l d range. i presume it was the engineers van or maybe cleaners.
Posted By: Anonymous Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 13th Jan 2011 10:02am
I've had a trawl through the various books I've got on B'head Corp. buses. The only references I can find to non-passenger stuff are the various old buses that were converted to recovery vehicles, tree loppers etc. The Austin van is a mystery.

Some folk down at the Tram/Bus Museum have an in-depth knowledge of the Birkenhead's fleet. Might be worth asking ?
Posted By: cathcart Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 13th Jan 2011 12:08pm
thnanks pinsgaeur i saw the picture on e bay and copied it [naughty] i to have the books but cant find anything. i go to the museum on sundays i will ask, just thought someone might know ,
Posted By: john1788 Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 20th Jan 2011 9:27am
is this any help...

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Posted By: cathcart Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 20th Jan 2011 5:24pm
thanks very much ,i have the same photo but yours is a lot clearer.have you any idea where the picture was taken.also where did you get the picture please.thenks.
Posted By: Anonymous Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 20th Jan 2011 5:55pm
Well done ! Looks like he's stopped for a pub lunch !!
Posted By: john1788 Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 20th Jan 2011 7:46pm
hi,came across it on a guys facebook page who was an ex bus driver,he had a few diffrent pics and i remember your post so right clicked it,if you want to ask him how he got it or for any info he might have let me know and ill message you his name/link..
Posted By: john1788 Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 20th Jan 2011 8:00pm
just checked his page again but he has no info about this pic apart from what it is i.e. birkenhead van.
Posted By: daveybm Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 21st Jan 2011 11:22am
Might be mistaken but it looks like it's parked outside the old Whitbread/Birkenhead brewery site in Livingston st, next to the pub The Old English Gent.

Dave
Posted By: cathcart Re: birkenhead corporation buses austin van - 23rd Jan 2011 8:11pm
cheers john i would like to know iff he has any more photos of buses or old photos of laird street depot .thanks very much.
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