Owned by the Northern Bus Company of Dinnington, Sheffield. Fleet number 0978 and used as an active member of the company’s heritage fleet Sold to the Bristol Omnibus Company and used at Weston-super-Mare on summer sea front services. Bristol fleet number 8581. Carried name ‘Western Winner’. This vehicle is believed to be one of two Bristol Lodekkas in the British Isles to retain its detachable roof as built from new. We can remove the roof with 72 hours notice (at an extra cost) for your wedding hire.

Dec. 2001 Acquired by Lakeland Voyager of Appleby, Cumbria for continued use on heritage services and for private hire in association with Cumbria Classic Coaches. I must say I always preferred to take photos of a definite single subject; pairs, groups or, in this case, trios, seemed to contest for the viewer's attention. As with my aversion to using "portrait" format, the rule was sometimes broken and this, Thursday 2nd September 1976, must have been one of the occasions. I believe this was taken mid-morning and it appears from the destinations that all three buses had just returned to Lawrence Hill Depot, Bristol, after working peak hour extras or, in company lingo, "jazzers". New to Crosville Motor Services. Based in North Wales and used on summer sea front services at Rhyll and Llandudno. During 1960 it spent a period of time on loan to United Automobile Services and was based at Sunderland depot. This particular bus is unusual in that it was built new as a convertible open topper, the roof being detachable for summer use.
It was delivered new to Crosville Motor Services of Chester and spent its early working life in the seaside resorts of the North Wales Coast.