A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Bristol

Hello!
Here's the third episode of the A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries. This episode looks not only at Bristol Omnibus but also the subsidiaries of Cheltenham and Gloucester and Badgerline.
Please remember this is a potted history and there may be bits and pieces I've left out. If so, I totally apologise. I always love reading about your memories on the comments, did you work for or travel on Bristol Omnibus, Cheltenham or Badgerline?
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Check out my other bus related videos on this channel too.
Bye for now 👋🏻

[@nickgiles7568]

Thanks for the potted history. A shame that the "management" of these enterprises over the years did not spend more time running an efficient service rather than getting involved in numerous take overs, re-branding exercises, name changing call it what you will while the service standards and ridership declined.

[@JakeSCOC]

Glad you liked it. Yes unfortunately management have to justify their job and the only way they can do that is through change...

[@johnrafferty8087]

I Remember Badgerline in Taunton in the late 89s

[@WOLFIE-96B-UK]

Enjoyable and informative video as usual 👍

[@JakeSCOC]

Thanks Wolfie

[@kevanhubbard9673]

You learn something every day.I'd always assumed that City Line had sprung from the privatized Bristol municipal bus company rather than out of the NBC.

[@russellbenton2987]

Interesting . Certainly a convoluted history . My memory of Bristol was a holiday in Weston-Supoer-Mare in 1970 and catching buses from town to Sandsend . I think they were Bristol MWs in Green and Green /Cream . Happy days

[@JakeSCOC]

Glad you liked it Russell

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Love the HTV intro,It was little known that in NBC days there would of been a Bristol east and Bristol west but the idea of a pair of Bristol’s was shelved (sorry bad joke ) 😂the duel door VR in leaf green looked nice with its Filton destination maybe going to the home of Concorde
All the best mate
Mark 😊😊

[@JakeSCOC]

I should have used that factoid 🤣😉. Glad to enjoyed it.

[@shaunw9270]

I remember another smaller bus company running in South Bristol, early 90's that had older buses painted blue and the fares were cheaper. Does anyone remember them ? I think they were purchased by Badgerline or First ?

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

The Cheltenham & Gloucester liveries were all introduced at the time that the company was created, with Stroud Valleys retaining leaf green, Cheltenham District & Swindon & District adopting poppy red and City Of Gloucester that rather wonderful deep blue. The privatisation versions were merely these liveries with new logos, all swept away, of course, by Stagecoach!

[@smogmonster1876]

Excellent.

[@JakeSCOC]

Thank you

[@highpath4776]

Somewhere I have the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report into bus companies, with Bristol being one of the examples, with privatisation and break up the report was really out of date by the time it was printed

[@DecalCentralUK]

I produced and fitted the graphics on A952 SAE!

[@JakeSCOC]

I follow your work on Facebook. You've produced some amazing decals.

[@DecalCentralUK]

@@JakeSCOC Why thank you mate

[@richardsharpe2966]

What about Yorkshire & East Midland NBC companies

[@JakeSCOC]

They're on the list

[@richardsharpe2966]

Great thank you include SUT

[@sameyers2670]

Ive a question regarding NBC liveries. Was there any pattern to which of Poppy Red or Leaf Green that operators used or how was it decided?

[@JakeSCOC]

Here's a great website which explains a lot about the NBC liveries
nationalbusmanual.com/

[@sameyers2670]

@@JakeSCOC Thanks

[@Steve14ps]

Bristol was the largest city with no municipal (council owned) buses

[@JakeSCOC]

That's an interesting fact 👍🏼

[@reynardbizzar5461]

Bristol Corporation had a joint agreement with the the Bristol Omnibus Company, ( Bristol Joint Services) that gave each party an equal share in the city’s bus operations: profits and losses shared too! The joint undertaking was set up under the Bristol Transport Act of 1937 : this agreement was dissolved in 1978. So Bristol did have a municipal fleet of sorts, and the city’s crest was proudly displayed at various times on the sides of vehicles taking them well outside the city boundaries.

[@a11csc]

whats with the stair layout on the blue vrs

[@markcf83]

Dual doored. Many ran in Bristol but some ran in Gloucester and Swindon to name two.

[@a11csc]

@@markcf83 thanks for that

[@susansmith3568]

Since when was Aberdeen in north west Scotland. ?
It’s actually on the east coast of Scotland

[@JakeSCOC]

Apologies. I was having a senior moment. Of course it is. North Sea oil city isn't it?

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Jake, I don't know if this was deliberately, but the closing music was drowning you out.

[@JakeSCOC]

Apologies Neil. I don't normally have closing music and seem to have buried myself in the mix!