John Oram's photos with the keyword: Plaxton Pointer 2

On New Years Day 2020, The Provincial Society operated an Ale & Ride event from Gosport and Fareham Bus Stations using a number of preserved vehicles. After my Gosport shoot [qv], I had taken a break in Havant and then made my way to Fareham where I saw four participants which included First Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart 42728/T728REU and the unique Wadham Stringer bodied ACE Cougar H523CTR, formerly People's Provincial no. 3, which had arrived from Gosport. As had been the case at Gosport, First were running no service so there plenty of room for the Ale & Ride buses and a couple of National Express vehicles. Photograph by John Oram Photoshop (blur) by Gregory Halse 5300_DSC_1650CE_PS

On New Years Day 2020, The Provincial Society operated an Ale & Ride event from Gosport and Fareham Bus Stations using a number of preserved vehicles. After my Gosport shoot [qv], I had taken a break in Havant and then made my way to Fareham where I saw four participants which included First Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart 42728/T728REU. As had been the case at Gosport, First were running no service so there plenty of room for the Ale & Ride buses and a couple of National Express vehicles. 5300_DSC_1645CE

Withdrawn Plymouth Citybus Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart 202/X202CDV at Marsh Mills, Plym Valley Railway. I had assumed, quite wrongly, that the face was applied by the railway but, in fact, the bus ran in service with those markings. In a fuller version of the scheme, it was, at one time, 'Dennis Dart', a character from a series of educational childrens books. TZ70_P1010618CE

I was sad to learn that the quirky and varied fleet of Southbourne based Emsworth & District was to cease operating which it finally did on 31 July 2018. By Sunday 26 August 2018, many vehicles had been disposed of but several were still to be seen at the rather spread out site at Clovelly Road. Interestingly, this Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF Y461JAE, now devoid of titles, carries legal lettering (marked as a note) for the new entity Portsmouth City Coaches Ltd. which will trade as Emsworth Buses. 200_3_P1070497CE

Plymouth Citybus (Go-Ahead) Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF 75/WA54JVY on route 72 in Looe. 200_2_P1140944