Open Day - Sunday 7 November 2010

photos courtesy of, and copyright, Ken Jones

We would like to thank everyone who came to and took part in our 'end of season' event on Sunday 7 November, making this the biggest, best attended, and most successful November event to date, with somewhere in the region of 1,000 visitors.

After two very wet events in 2008 and 2009, visitors enjoyed a fine autumn day, and the chance to travel on a number of cars and buses from the Museum, as well as a variety of guest buses and coaches - a total of 35 buses / coaches, from 9 different decades ran on service - again the highest number to date.

Over 3,000 passenger journeys were made from the Museum 'bus terminus', with 128 bus departures over the day - during 'peak hours' there were 21 - 22 bus departures per hour, and over 600 passenger departures in the busiest hour.

Among the visiting buses was a Bristol MW coach from the Stagecoach heritage fleet, and in the care of the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, making a 300 mile journey to be with us for the weekend. A surprise for the weekend was the operation of under-restoration (but mechanically complete) Northampton 'utility' Daimler 129, offering a preview of what we hope will be a finished project by this time next year.

Some of the visiting vehicles	Newest and oldest buses in service - 81 years separates them.	Museum Stalls and refreshments area
photos courtesy of, and copyright, Ken Jones

As ever, we are indebted to all the owners of participating vehicles, and our friends and neighbours - Anglo Structural Engineering Ltd, Green of Lincoln, A Green Engineering (Lincoln) Ltd, all the businesses at Hillcroft Business Park, Krystals Ltd and Lincolnshire Co-operative Ltd - for the use of their premises, and Stagecoach in Lincolnshire for their ongoing support.

More photographs can be seen here - Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4

We would welcome any more photographs taken at the event (particularly those showing vehicles 'in action') for inclusion on our web site or possible publication in the Society's newsletter.

Some of our visitors have put their photo selections on the web, including Focus Transport, Lincs & East Yorkshire Transport Review. 'Flickr' and 'Fotopic' collections include Aire Valley Transport Collection, Bus Photos, Helen Casey, Derek Gordon, Steve Kemp, R L Buses. (All remain copyright of their owners)