One of the major advantages of being a member of the Crosville Enthusiasts Club is being able to partake in the tours the Club organises using former Crosville preserved vehicles running around the former Crosville routes.
Saturday (13th) was such an occasion and the bus involved was a superb Bristol KSW6B / ECW (L27/28R). When new in February 1953 it had the fleet number MW476 with registration number OFM634. With the changes in 1958 it became DKB476. It spent virtually all of its working life at West Kirby depot until it was withdrawn in 1967. It then went as a contractors vehicle with General Industrial Cleaners, Borrowash before it was purchased by its current owner Graham Thorogood in 1982.
The condition of the vehicle is superb and carried an almost full load of well over 40 members very well throughout the day. We travelled from Chester to Wrexham, Cefn Mawr, Llangollen, St. Martins, Oswestry and then back to Wrexham and finally we returned to Chester.
A brilliant day enjoyed by all of us.
