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Post by swfcforever on Jun 28, 2008 22:25:20 GMT
Does anybody know the History of Mike Groves-I know they ran the 45/46 to from Sheffield to Shiregreen? I think they also used Atlanteans or Fleetlines. Weren't they also bought out by SYPTE?
What type of vehicles did they run and the services.
Sean
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Post by dougie on Jun 28, 2008 23:21:49 GMT
They ran the 72 (Sheffield - Owlerton - Chapletown - High Green) and the 74 (Sheffield - Lane Top - Chapletown - High Green) too, both well before Sheffield Omnibus.
And the buses carried all over adverts for the Nu Life Window Company IIRC...
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Post by swfcforever on Jun 30, 2008 22:22:21 GMT
all the buses carried the same livery-i kinda remember a orange based advert
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Post by captainsharpe1 on Jul 1, 2008 18:51:32 GMT
all the buses carried the same livery-i kinda remember a orange based advert All white with ads for NU-LIFE windows in orange/lime green. Anybody remember the buses getting sabotaged in the garage?. |
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Post by busman3 on Jul 1, 2008 19:43:05 GMT
On which occasion ? there were several including the time when the had all the fire ext. nicked
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Post by captainsharpe1 on Jul 1, 2008 19:50:40 GMT
On which occasion ? there were several including the time when the had all the fire ext. nicked the one when fuel pipes and brakes were damaged by allegedly SYT staff.. |
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Post by madrush on Nov 20, 2008 17:06:30 GMT
all the buses carried the same livery-i kinda remember a orange based advert All white with ads for NU-LIFE windows in orange/lime green. Anybody remember the buses getting sabotaged in the garage?. The 74 was the Sheffield - Owlerton - Chapletown - High Green service and the 72 was Sheffield - Lane Top - Chapletown - High Green. I used to catch the 74 from Grenoside regularly. One of the drivers told me that Mike Groves was mates with the owner of Nu-Life windows - they came to an agreement that Nu-Life would paint the buses for free as long as it was in their advert. Fair enough. Vehicles that spring to mind are: TCD486J Bristol RE PCH420L " OCW453P " XJA562L Fleetline YNA360M " THM516M " GOG530N " GOG536N " GOG550N " GOG568N " EOF278L " NOB327M " TGX871M " CKC319L " CKC320L " JGF392K " (spares) JPF101K Swift CHN747H S/D Fleetline / Marshall EPM133V AEC Reliance MWK625V Bedford YMT / Caetano (used on services sometimes - even had a ticket machine) The 2 ex Merseyside Fleetlines were quite comical - they retained full Crosville green and their fleetnames were just altered to spell Groves (with a capital C!) I've got some pics (somewhere) I'll try and dig them out. Some here: gallery41664.fotopic.net/c442568.html |
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Post by bususer on Mar 21, 2016 16:14:53 GMT
I remember Mike Groves Buses. They started immediately after dreg if I recall correctly. Judging by the details above I would think it was a commercial service and in competition with SYT. Did they start other services after the 72/74 or did they only run those two?
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