12

Jan 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Two Illustrated presentations Ted Gadsby & Pat Russell

Who built our archive & The Archive of the future - electronic Timetables

Open to all

29

Jan 2013

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2013

Michael Morton, Managing director, Arriva Buses Wales

Open to all

9

Feb 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

An illustrated presentation by David Wall

Ten Trolleybus Systems

Open to all

16

Feb 2013

Midland

Branch AGM, followed by a talk by our member Bob Gell

50 Years in the OS

Open to all

26

Feb 2013

London Meetings

Product Director for Chassis and Powertrain

Wright Group

Open to all

2

Mar 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

An illustrated presentation by Anthony Dee

Fifty Years with Buses

Open to all

2

Mar 2013

Scottish

Tour - East Lothian & Evening Meeting

Open to all

14

Mar 2013

London Historical Research Group

Delivering the Olympic transport plan in London

Nick Agnew

Open to all

16

Mar 2013

Midland

Talk by our bulletin editor, Stan Letts

1950s Nostalgia in Glorious Monochrome

Open to all

16

Mar 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Branch AGM

Followed by Presidential Address by Michael Morton MD Arriva Wales

Open to all

26

Mar 2013

London Meetings

Carole Morgan

Stagecoach Oxford

Open to all

13

Apr 2013

Eastern & Southern

Moore’s of Kelvedon Tour

Open to all

14

Apr 2013

Scottish

Fife Tour

Open to all

20

Apr 2013

Midland

Visit to the Black Country

Visit to the Black Country

Open to all

20

Apr 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Presentation by Les Burton , Operations Director, Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire “Glenvale Transport”.

Followed by visit to Gillmoss Stagecoach Depot

Open to all

27

Apr 2013

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG 2013 AGM

at the Oxford Transport Museum

Open to all

30

Apr 2013

London Meetings

Paul Jenkins

Managing Director, Thamesdown

Open to all

11

May 2013

Scottish

Weekend Tour to North-East Scotland

Open to all

18

May 2013

Midland

Visit to Cardiff Bus and the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group

Visit to Cardiff Bus and the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group

Open to all

8

Jun 2013

Scottish

Fort William and Oban Tour

Open to all

13

Jun 2013

London Historical Research Group

Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services

Alan Osborne

Open to all

22

Jun 2013

Midland

Visit to the Wigan area by Volvo Olympian

Visit to the Wigan area by Volvo Olympian

Open to all

22

Jun 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Joint visit with Midland Branch to the Wigan area

Including depot visits to Jim Stones, South Lancs Travel and Finch’s.

Open to all

29

Jun 2013

Scottish

Vintage Vehicle Tour

Open to all

20

Jul 2013

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

South Essex

Open to all

27

Jul 2013

Midland

Visit to the Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes areas

Visit to the Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes areas

Open to all

27

Jul 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Tour to High Peak area & Potteries

Tour to High Peak area & Potteries

Open to all

3

Aug 2013

Scottish

Inverness Tour

Open to all

17

Aug 2013

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Inner London

Open to all

31

Aug 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Study Tour – West Yorkshire

Study Tour – West Yorkshire

Open to all

7

Sep 2013

Scottish

Alexander Dennis visit

Open to all

7

Sep 2013

Scottish

Central Scotland Tour

Open to all

14

Sep 2013

Midland

Route Tour in the East Midlands

Route Tour in the East Midlands

Open to all

24

Sep 2013

London Meetings

Arriva Merseyside

Martin Robinson

Open to all

27

Sep 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

Presidential Weekend based in Llandudno

Presidential Weekend based in Llandudno

Open to all

6

Oct 2013

Scottish

Lanarkshire Tour

Open to all

10

Oct 2013

London Historical Research Group

Rail Replacement bus services

Dean Sullivan

Open to all

19

Oct 2013

Midland

Visit to the North Nottinghamshire area

Visit to the North Nottinghamshire area

Open to all

29

Oct 2013

London Meetings

Gary Nolan

Regional Director (North), Stagecoach Bus

Open to all

9

Nov 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

21st John Hughes Memorial Lecture Brian King Chairman Wellglade Group

21st John Hughes Memorial Lecture Brian King Chairman Wellglade Group

Open to all

9

Nov 2013

Scottish

Tour - Greater Glasgow (Historic)

Evening Meeting - Presentation by Alan Millar. Glasgow

Open to all

16

Nov 2013

Midland

Two talks by Steve Burd, MD of Stagecoach Midlands

Stagecoach Midlands - Succeeding in Adversity and the Stagecoach Ethos

Open to all

20

Nov 2013

Eastern & Southern

London Transport's heritage in London Country's northern area

Keith White

Open to all

26

Nov 2013

London Meetings

Leon Daniels

Managing Director, Surface Transport, TFL

Open to all

5

Dec 2013

London Historical Research Group

London Trams in November 1947

Eltham and Westhorne Avenue

Open to all

7

Dec 2013

Scottish

Afternoon - Annual General Meeting.

Evening Meeting. Edinburgh

Open to all

14

Dec 2013

North Western & Yorkshire

25 years of Deregulation in Wrexham & N.E. Wales: A Co-ordinator’s Perspective”

Peter Daniels, Passenger Transport Manger, Denbighshire County Council

Open to all

11

Jan 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

Dave Alexander, UK Bus Regional Managing Director (North), First Group

Open to all

11

Jan 2014

Scottish

Evening Meeting - Members' 2013 Photographs

Open to all

18

Jan 2014

Midland

Talk by Simon Mathieson, Area Director East for Arriva Midlands

Priory Rooms, Bull Street, Birmingham. 14.00

Open to all

28

Jan 2014

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2014

Ben Colson, Managing Director of Norfolk Green

Open to all

8

Feb 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

Les Warneford. former UK Bus Managing Director, Stagecoach

Les Warneford. former UK Bus Managing Director, Stagecoach

Open to all

15

Feb 2014

Midland

Midland Branch AGM in Derby

Friends' Meeting House, St Helen's Street, Derby. 14.00

Open to all

15

Feb 2014

Scottish

Tour and Evening Meeting Edinburgh

Open to all

25

Feb 2014

London Meetings

The Luton Guided Busway

Keith Dove, Luton Borough Council

Open to all

8

Mar 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Branch AGM

followed by Nigel Eggleton, Managing Director First Midlands

Open to all

8

Mar 2014

Scottish

Tour and Evening Meeting Glasgow

Open to all

13

Mar 2014

London Historical Research Group

The Introduction of Red RFs, part 2

Peter Osborn

Open to all

15

Mar 2014

Midland

Visit to Kinver and talk on the Kinver Light Railway

A day with a diference

Open to all

25

Mar 2014

London Meetings

Ensignbus: 'Ensign and its buses'

A talk by Peter, Ross and Steve Newman

Open to all

5

Apr 2014

Scottish

Borders and Carlisle Tour

Edinburgh

Open to all

26

Apr 2014

Midland

Visit to the Potteries area by Green Bus double decker

Depart Birmingham 0900 and Stoke 1000

Open to all

26

Apr 2014

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG AGM 2014

at the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum

Open to all

26

Apr 2014

Scottish

Weekend Tour 26th & 27th April 2014

Liverpool

Open to all

29

Apr 2014

London Meetings

'On the Quest to go Green'

James Freeman, Chief Executive Officer, Reading Buses

Open to all

11

May 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Sheffield Area Tour

A Tour of the Sheffield Area organised by the Ribble Enthusiasts' Club

Open to all

17

May 2014

Midland

Visit to Halton, Warrington and St Helens

Depart Birmingham 0830 and Stoke 0930

Open to all

20

May 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Preston Bus

Bob Dunn and Preston Bus

Open to all

31

May 2014

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

London

Open to all

31

May 2014

Scottish

Mull of Kintyre Tour

Glasgow

Open to all

21

Jun 2014

Midland

Visit to the Chesterfield area

Joint with North Western & Yorkshire Branch

Open to all

21

Jun 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y / Midlands Branch Visit to Chesterfield Area

from Chesterfield Railway Station at 1030.

Open to all

28

Jun 2014

Scottish

Vintage Vehicle Tour

Dunfermline

Open to all

8

Jul 2014

London Historical Research Group

the LT heritage in the Country Bus area

Keith White

Open to all

19

Jul 2014

Midland

Visit to the Cotswolds and Swindon areas

Coach from Derby and Birmingham

Open to all

26

Jul 2014

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

North West Essex

Open to all

26

Jul 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Peter Taplin Memorial Tour

Depart Northenden 0900, Stockport Railway Station 0915

Open to all

2

Aug 2014

Scottish

Aberdeen Tour

A tour to Aberdeen departing from Perth

Open to all

10

Aug 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y East Yorkshire Tour

This visit organised by the Ribble Enthusiasts Club is now fully booked.

Open to all

30

Aug 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Study Tour

A tour based on Transdev routes in Lancashire

Open to all

6

Sep 2014

Scottish

Tyneside Tour

Glasgow

Open to all

13

Sep 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y First Manchester Tour

A visit to First Manchester depots using First buses

Open to all

20

Sep 2014

Midland

Route Tour of Leicestershire

Meet outside Leicester Railway Station, stop EB, at 10.00

Open to all

27

Sep 2014

Northern (NE England)

Plaxton Bodies

Speaker - Donald Hudson

Open to all

30

Sep 2014

London Meetings

The Norfolk bus scene

Ben Colson

Open to all

3

Oct 2014

Eastern & Southern

Omnibus Society Presidential Weekend

Kings Lynn

Open to all

9

Oct 2014

London Historical Research Group

Memories of London Trolleybuses

John Clarke

Open to all

18

Oct 2014

Midland

Visit to the Greater Nottingham area

Join at Birmingham or Sandiacre

Open to all

19

Oct 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y St Helens and Liverpool Area Tour

A visit to the St Helens and Liverpool areas organised by the Ribble Enthusiast's Club

Open to all

19

Oct 2014

Scottish

Ayrshire Tour

Glasgow

Open to all

25

Oct 2014

Northern (NE England)

Presentation by Andrew Guest

Speaker - Andrew Guest

Open to all

8

Nov 2014

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

London

Open to all

8

Nov 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y 22nd John Hughes Memorial Lecture

Guest speaker Sholto Thomas

Open to all

8

Nov 2014

Scottish

Tour and Evening Meeting

Perth

Open to all

15

Nov 2014

Midland

Midland Branch Talk by Carole Stevens of Stagecoach Oxford

The Drop Forge, Birmingham

Open to all

22

Nov 2014

Northern (NE England)

Lancashire United Transport

Speaker - Andrew Tyldsley

Open to all

25

Nov 2014

London Meetings

Doubling Bus Passengers in an Area of High Car Ownership (Crawley)

Nick Hill, Metrobus

Open to all

4

Dec 2014

London Historical Research Group

London Trams, part 6

Chris Holland

Open to all

6

Dec 2014

Scottish

AGM & Evening Meeting

Glasgow

Open to all

13

Dec 2014

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y December Meeting

Grammar School to Retirement via the Bus Industry

Open to all

10

Jan 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y January Meeting

"From Skircoat Road to Drury Lane (via Leeds,Sheffield & Dewsbury)"

Open to all

10

Jan 2015

Scottish

Evening Meeting

Edinburgh

Open to all

17

Jan 2015

Midland

Midland Branch Talk by Charles Marshall

Friends Meeting House, St Helens Street, Derby.

Open to all

27

Jan 2015

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2015

Sir Brian Souter, Chairman, Stagecoach Group

Open to all

31

Jan 2015

Northern (NE England)

All Our Trolleybuses plus...

Speaker - Steve Lockwood

Open to all

7

Feb 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y February Meeting

“With the benefit of Hindsight”.

Open to all

7

Feb 2015

Scottish

Tour and Evening Meeting

Glasgow

Open to all

21

Feb 2015

Midland

Midland Branch AGM and 'The Northamptonshire Double'

The Priory Rooms, Bull Street, Birmingham

Open to all

24

Feb 2015

London Meetings

Passenger Focus

MURRAY LEADER, Passenger Focus

Open to all

28

Feb 2015

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

North East London

Open to all

28

Feb 2015

Northern (NE England)

Express Omnibus Company of Durham

Speakers - David Holding and Bob Kell

Open to all

7

Mar 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y AGM 2015

Speaker: Bryan Lindop

Open to all

7

Mar 2015

Scottish

East Lothian Tour and Evening Meeting

Open to all

12

Mar 2015

London Historical Research Group

London's buses from a personal perspective 1949-1989

Ken Blacker

Open to all

14

Mar 2015

Midland

Midland Branch meeting - talk by Nigel Eggleton

Friends Meeting House, St Helens Street, Derby DE1 3GY.

Open to all

28

Mar 2015

Northern (NE England)

Branch AGM plus guest speaker Adrian Hunt

A photographic journey through the North East in the 1970s

Open to all

31

Mar 2015

Eastern & Southern

Branch AGM

Open to all

31

Mar 2015

London Meetings

Centro (West Midlands PTE)

Stephen Rhodes, Operations Director, Centro

Open to all

12

Apr 2015

Scottish

Fife Tour

Open to all

18

Apr 2015

Midland

Midland Branch visit to First Bristol

joint with South Wales & West Branch

Open to all

18

Apr 2015

Northern (NE England)

Buses in Northumberland since 1950

Speaker - Dr Steve Johnson

Open to all

25

Apr 2015

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG 2015 AGM

at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland

Open to all

28

Apr 2015

London Meetings

The Stagecoach success story in Manchester

Chris Bowles, Managing Director, Stagecoach Manchester

Open to all

29

Apr 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y April Meeting and visit

Arriva's gas buses and hybrids

Open to all

9

May 2015

Scottish

Weekend Tour to South Yorkshire

Open to all

16

May 2015

Midland

Midland Branch route tour of Midland Classic

Midland Branch route tour of Midland Classic

Open to all

20

May 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May visit

Metrolink, Manchester

Open to all

6

Jun 2015

Scottish

Dunoon & Rothesay Tour

Open to all

12

Jun 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY June visit

A weekend in the north-east area

Open to all

18

Jun 2015

London Historical Research Group

London’s Night Buses

Philip Wallis

Open to all

20

Jun 2015

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Lincoln area

to Travel Wrights, Stagecoach and LVVS

Open to all

27

Jun 2015

Scottish

Vintage Vehicle Tour

Open to all

18

Jul 2015

Midland

Midland Branch visit to South Yorkshire

We regret that this visit did not take place

Open to all

18

Jul 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY July visit

Joint visit with Midland Branch to the South Yorkshire area

Open to all

25

Jul 2015

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Essex/Suffolk Border

Open to all

1

Aug 2015

Scottish

Inverness Tour

Open to all

22

Aug 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Study Tour

West Yorkshire Study Tour and First Depot visits

Open to all

4

Sep 2015

Scottish

Presidential Weekend

Open to all

12

Sep 2015

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Reading area

Visits to Reading Buses and Thames Travel

Open to all

29

Sep 2015

London Meetings

Megabus.com and Citylink

Edward Hodgson, Managing Director, Megabus.com UK & Europe and Scottish Citylink Coaches

Open to all

3

Oct 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y October visit

Visit to the Hull area

Open to all

4

Oct 2015

Scottish

Lanarkshire Tour

Open to all

8

Oct 2015

London Historical Research Group

'It all happened at Reigate'

Tony Francis

Open to all

17

Oct 2015

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Worcestershire area

Visits to Diamond, First and Dudleys

Open to all

27

Oct 2015

London Meetings

TrawsCymru

David Hall, TrawsCymru Network Manager

Open to all

31

Oct 2015

Northern (NE England)

Branch Meeting - Sat 31st October 2015

Branch Meeting - Sat 31st October 2015

Open to all

7

Nov 2015

Scottish

Perthshire Tour and Evening Meeting

Afternoon Tour of Perthshire

Open to all

14

Nov 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY November Meeting

John Hughes Memorial Lecture given by Frank Carter

Open to all

21

Nov 2015

Northern (NE England)

Branch Meeting Saturday 21st November 2015

Branch Meeting Saturday 21st November 2015

Open to all

24

Nov 2015

London Meetings

Compass Bus

Chris Chatfield

Open to all

28

Nov 2015

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by Stephen Rhodes and Pete Bond of Centro

Open to all

5

Dec 2015

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY December Meeting

Lancashire United Transport of Atherton presentation by Andrew Tyldsley

Open to all

5

Dec 2015

Scottish

Scottish Branch AGM - Members Only

Scottish Branch Annual General Meeting – Members Only

Open to all

5

Dec 2015

Scottish

Evening Meeting - Edinburgh

Open to all

10

Dec 2015

London Historical Research Group

'A Touch of the Tooleys and New Cross depot'

Chris Holland

Open to all

9

Jan 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY January Meeting

South West Durham Independents prior to 1986 (excluding OK Motor Services) presentation by Charles Marshall

Open to all

9

Jan 2016

Scottish

Evening Meeting - Glasgow

Members' 2015 Images

Open to all

16

Jan 2016

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Charles Marshall - OK from 1970 to 1995, with a dessert of Plaxtons

Open to all

16

Jan 2016

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Charles Marshall - OK from 1970 to 1995, with a dessert of Plaxtons

Open to all

26

Jan 2016

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2016

Leon Daniels

Open to all

30

Jan 2016

Northern (NE England)

Branch Meeting Saturday 30th January 2016 1.15pm

Newcastle Arts Centre Westgate Road Speaker David Little

Open to all

13

Feb 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY February Meeting

Cumberland Motor Services presentation by Harry Postlethwaite

Open to all

13

Feb 2016

Scottish

Afternoon Tour and Evening Meeting - Edinburgh

Open to all

23

Feb 2016

London Meetings

Privatising London's Buses

Roger Torode

Open to all

27

Feb 2016

Northern (NE England)

Branch Meeting Saturday 27th February 2016 1.15pm

Stockton Central Library Speaker Alan Silcock

Open to all

5

Mar 2016

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

North West London

Open to all

10

Mar 2016

London Historical Research Group

The red RF story - part 3

Peter Osborn

Open to all

12

Mar 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY AGM and March Meeting

AGM followed by Peter Green's presentation 'Grammar School to Retirement via the Bus Industry'

Open to all

13

Mar 2016

Scottish

Tour of North Ayrshire

Open to all

19

Mar 2016

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Eric Wain - A Pictorial Journey with Stevensons of Uttoxeter

Open to all

29

Mar 2016

London Meetings

"Look What I've Found"

The joys and secrets of the Kithead trust transport archive

Open to all

2

Apr 2016

Scottish

Borders and Berwick Tour

Open to all

9

Apr 2016

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Luton, Bedford and Kettering

partly by Bristol FLF

Open to all

23

Apr 2016

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG 2016 AGM

at the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust

Open to all

26

Apr 2016

London Meetings

Blazing Ahead

Alex Hornby, Managing Director Transdev Blazefield

Open to all

4

May 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May meeting and visit

Bounty Country Buses Collection

Open to all

7

May 2016

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Abellio Surrey Network

Open to all

7

May 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch Weekend Tour

Weekend Tour to Cheshire – Glasgow departure.

Open to all

8

May 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Ribble Enthusiasts Club Tour

REC Tour of the West Midlands

Open to all

21

May 2016

Midland

Midland Branch route tour of the South West Black Country

Midland Branch route tour of the South West Black Country

Open to all

21

May 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Study Tour

Study tour of Manchester Busway

Open to all

24

May 2016

London Meetings

Apprentice to Director

John Horn

Open to all

4

Jun 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch Aberdeen Tour

Open to all

9

Jun 2016

London Historical Research Group

White Bus Services - Berkshire's Oldest Independent

Paul Lacey

Open to all

18

Jun 2016

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Wirral

Joint with North Western & Yorkshire Branch

Open to all

18

Jun 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y June visit

Joint visit with the Midland Branch to the Wirral

Open to all

25

Jun 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch Vintage Vehicle Tour

Open to all

8

Jul 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July weekend visit

North Wales weekend

Open to all

23

Jul 2016

Eastern & Southern

Essex Study Tour

Open to all

23

Jul 2016

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Leicester area

Midland Branch visit to the Leicester area

Open to all

6

Aug 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch Tyneside Tour

Open to all

7

Aug 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Ribble Enthusiasts’ Club Tour

REC Tour of the Derbyshire Peak District

Open to all

13

Aug 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Study Tour

First South Yorkshire

Open to all

3

Sep 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch Dumfries & Carlisle Tour

Open to all

10

Sep 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Study Tour

Peak Park study tour

Open to all

17

Sep 2016

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Black Country

Visits to National Express West Midlands, Arriva and Diamond

Open to all

27

Sep 2016

London Meetings

Preserving London's Transport Heritage

Barry Le Jeune, Chairman, London Transport Museum Friends

Open to all

30

Sep 2016

Eastern & Southern

Omnibus Society Presidential Weekend

Brentwood, Essex

Open to all

1

Oct 2016

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting Saturday 1st October 2016

Newcastle Arts Centre Westgate Road 1.15pm

Open to all

6

Oct 2016

London Historical Research Group

A life in buses

Sir Peter Hendy

Open to all

15

Oct 2016

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Burnley, Nelson and Rossendale areas

Visits to Trandev Blazefield and Rosso

Open to all

15

Oct 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y October visit

Visit organised by Midland Branch

Open to all

16

Oct 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Ribble Enthusiasts’ Club Tour

REC Tour of East Lancashire

Open to all

25

Oct 2016

London Meetings

Public Transport on the Isle of Man

Ian Longworth, Director of Public Transport, Isle of Man

Open to all

29

Oct 2016

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting Saturday 29th October 2016

Durham City - Shakespeare Hall North Road i.15 pm

Open to all

5

Nov 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch Stirlingshire Tour & Evening Meeting

Afternoon Tour of Stirlingshire

Open to all

19

Nov 2016

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Charles Marshall on OK Motor Services – To Deregulation and Beyond

Open to all

19

Nov 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y November Meeting

John Hughes Memorial Lecture

Open to all

26

Nov 2016

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting Saturday 26th November 2016

Stockton Central Library Church Street 1.15 pm

Open to all

29

Nov 2016

London Meetings

Developments at Alexander Dennis

Stuart Cottrell, Head of Advanced Engineering, Alexander Dennis

Open to all

3

Dec 2016

Scottish

Scottish Branch AGM & Morning Meeting- Glasgow.

Morning Meeting

Open to all

8

Dec 2016

London Historical Research Group

What the RT Family replaced

Fred Ivey

Open to all

10

Dec 2016

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y December Meeting

Saddleworth Buses

Open to all

7

Jan 2017

Scottish

Scottish Branch meeting - Edinburgh

Saturday 7th January 2017 – Afternoon Meeting

Open to all

14

Jan 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y January Meeting

Independents in SW Durham up to 1986 (not including OK)

Open to all

21

Jan 2017

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Keynote talk by Gary Nolan, Stagecoach Midlands and West Regional Director

Open to all

31

Jan 2017

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2017

James Freeman, Managing Director of First West of England

Open to all

4

Feb 2017

Scottish

Afternoon Tour and Evening Meeting in Glasgow

Afternoon Tour of Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire

Open to all

11

Feb 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y February Meeting

Grammar School to Retirement via the Bus Industry

Open to all

25

Feb 2017

Midland

Midland Branch Meeting and AGM in Birmingham

Talk by Geoff Cross, MD of Central Buses

Open to all

28

Feb 2017

London Meetings

Joint Meeting with Buses Worldwide

Andrew Braddock: 'Things are different over there'

Open to all

5

Mar 2017

Scottish

Edinburgh and East Lothian Tour

Lothian Buses will supply the vehicle for this tour, departing from Ingliston Park and Ride, Edinburgh at 10:00.

Open to all

9

Mar 2017

London Historical Research Group

To Epping Forest by London Transport

Nick Agnew

Open to all

11

Mar 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y AGM and March Meeting

"East Lancashire Coachbuilders - from Low Floor to no more......"

Open to all

18

Mar 2017

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by Jeff Counsell, trentbarton Managing Director

Open to all

28

Mar 2017

London Meetings

Reading Buses

Martijn Gilbert

Open to all

1

Apr 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y April Study Tour

Merseyside Study Tour

Open to all

8

Apr 2017

Midland

Midland Branch 70th Anniversary Event

British Motor Museum (Gaydon) & visit to Stagecoach at Leamington

Open to all

8

Apr 2017

Scottish

Tour to Rothesay and Dunoon

Tour to Rothesay and Dunoon departing from Glasgow

Open to all

21

Apr 2017

Provincial Historical Research Group

East Anglian coach pools

presentation in Ipswich

Open to all

22

Apr 2017

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG 2017 Members Day

at the Ipswich Transport Museum

Open to all

25

Apr 2017

London Meetings

Delaine Buses

Peter Moore

Open to all

6

May 2017

Scottish

Weekend Tour to Leeds/West Yorkshire

Weekend Tour to West Yorkshire - Glasgow Departure.

Members Only

13

May 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May Study Tour

Study Tour of former GHA routes

Open to all

20

May 2017

Midland

Midland Branch visit to South Yorkshire

Midland Branch visit to South Yorkshire

Open to all

3

Jun 2017

Scottish

Tour to Inverness

Tour to Inverness - departure from Broxden P & R. and Perth City Centre.

Open to all

8

Jun 2017

London Historical Research Group

London Buses in the Forties and Fifties

Fred Ivey

Open to all

10

Jun 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y June Event

Omnibus Society Annual General Meeting

Open to all

17

Jun 2017

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Transdev and Rosso

Midland Branch visit to Transdev and Rosso

Open to all

17

Jun 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y June Tour

Visit to Transdev and Rosso

Open to all

1

Jul 2017

Scottish

Vintage Vehicle Tour

Vintage Vehicle Tour - Glasgow departure.

Open to all

15

Jul 2017

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Gloucestershire

Midland Branch visit to Gloucestershire

Open to all

26

Jul 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July Event

Manx Heritage Transport Festival

Open to all

12

Aug 2017

Scottish

Oban and Fort William Tour

Open to all

23

Aug 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y August Study Tour and visit

Yorkshire Coastliner and visit to Plaxtons

Open to all

10

Sep 2017

Scottish

Lanarkshire Tour

Open to all

16

Sep 2017

Midland

Midland Branch route tour of Derbyshire

Midland Branch route tour of Derbyshire

Open to all

16

Sep 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y September Study Tour

Celebrating Samuel Ledgard

Open to all

26

Sep 2017

London Meetings

The Bus Services Bill

Ian Morgan OBE

Open to all

1

Oct 2017

Scottish

Fife and Tayside Tour

Open to all

12

Oct 2017

London Historical Research Group

Mis-spent youth to transport career in seven easy moves!

Andrew Braddock

Open to all

21

Oct 2017

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Reading

Open to all

21

Oct 2017

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Derby area

Midland Branch visit to the Derby area

Open to all

28

Oct 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y October Meeting

David Blainey

Open to all

31

Oct 2017

London Meetings

Tottenham Outrage and Other Tales from the Past

Roger Torode and Tony Francis

Open to all

4

Nov 2017

Scottish

Afternoon Meeting in Glasgow

Open to all

18

Nov 2017

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by David Reeves of D&G Bus

Open to all

18

Nov 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y November Meeting

John Hughes Memorial Lecture

Open to all

28

Nov 2017

London Meetings

King Alfred Motor Services

James Freeman

Open to all

2

Dec 2017

Scottish

Scottish Branch AGM and Afternoon Meeting - Edinburgh

Scottish Branch Annual General Meeting – Members Only

Open to all

14

Dec 2017

London Historical Research Group

A Life in Buses, part 2

Sir Peter Hendy

Open to all

16

Dec 2017

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y December Meeting

“Bus Enthusiasm and Preservation fifty years ago - the story of the Crossley Omnibus Society".

Open to all

6

Jan 2018

Scottish

Afternoon Meeting - Glasgow

Saturday 6th January 2018 – Afternoon Meeting

Open to all

13

Jan 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y January 2018 Meeting

Alex Hornby

Open to all

20

Jan 2018

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Keynote talk by Mike Watson, Regional Director, England and Wales for Stagecoach

Open to all

30

Jan 2018

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2018

Mark Fowles

Open to all

3

Feb 2018

Scottish

Tour of Stirlingshire and West Lothian

Please note the change from the starting point originally planned.

Open to all

10

Feb 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y February Meeting

East Lancashire Coachbuilders - part 2

Open to all

24

Feb 2018

Midland

Midland Branch AGM

in Derby

Open to all

27

Feb 2018

London Meetings

Joint Meeting with Buses Worldwide

David Leeder: German Local Bus

Open to all

3

Mar 2018

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Walthamstow

Open to all

4

Mar 2018

Scottish

Tayside Tour Cancellation

Please note that due to the adverse weather, this tour has been cancelled

Open to all

10

Mar 2018

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Talk by Mark Fowles, OS President 2018

Open to all

17

Mar 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y AGM and March Meeting

The Bus Archive

Open to all

27

Mar 2018

Eastern & Southern

Branch AGM

Open to all

27

Mar 2018

London Meetings

Britain's best bus routes

Roger French

Open to all

7

Apr 2018

Scottish

Stage Service Tour of Edinburgh

Open to all

14

Apr 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y April Study Tour

Transdev Study Tour - Circular tour by bus

Open to all

20

Apr 2018

Provincial Historical Research Group

Aldridge - One Town, Four Operators

Evening Presentation in Streetly

Open to all

21

Apr 2018

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Northamptonshire operators

Coach from Derby and Birmingham

Open to all

21

Apr 2018

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG 2018 Members Day and AGM

at the Aston Manor Road Transport Museum, Aldridge, Walsall

Open to all

11

May 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May Weekend

Visit to the Hereford Area

Open to all

12

May 2018

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Worcester and Herefordshire

Joint with North Western & Yorkshire Branch

Open to all

12

May 2018

Scottish

Weekend Tour to Aberdeen

Open to all

19

May 2018

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Cambridgeshire Guided Busway

Open to all

9

Jun 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y June Study Tour

South Lakes study tour

Open to all

9

Jun 2018

Scottish

Tyneside Tour

Edinburgh Departure

Open to all

14

Jun 2018

London Historical Research Group

London Buses in the Sixties

Fred Ivey in colour

Open to all

16

Jun 2018

Midland

Midland Branch visit to First at Weston-super-Mare, Wells and Bath

Coach from Derby, Birmingham and Cribbs Causeway

Open to all

30

Jun 2018

Scottish

Scottish Branch Vintage Vehicle Tour

Dunfermline Departure

Open to all

8

Jul 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July Visit

Crich Leyland Gathering

Open to all

14

Jul 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July event

Stagecoach Yorkshire

Open to all

21

Jul 2018

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the High Wycombe & Aylesbury area

Coach from Derby and Birmingham with pick up in High Wycombe

Open to all

4

Aug 2018

Scottish

Carlisle & Dumfries Tour

Glasgow Departure

Open to all

11

Aug 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y August event

West Yorkshire Road Car Company

Open to all

18

Aug 2018

Midland

Midland Branch route tour

starting from Tamworth

Open to all

8

Sep 2018

Scottish

Borders & Northumberland Tour

Glasgow and Edinburgh Departures

Open to all

21

Sep 2018

Midland

Omnibus Society Presidential Weekend 2018

based in Nottingham

Open to all

7

Oct 2018

Scottish

Ayrshire & South West Scotland Tour

Open to all

11

Oct 2018

London Historical Research Group

Introducing TfL Corporate Archives: Who, What, Why, Where, When?

Tamara Thornhill, TfL Archives

Open to all

13

Oct 2018

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Stoke-on-Trent area

Coach from Birmingham and Derby with pick-up in Stoke

Open to all

13

Oct 2018

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting - Durham - Shakespeare Hall North Road DL1 4SQ 1.15pm

speaker - Charles Marshall continues his review of South West Durham independents

Open to all

20

Oct 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y October Meeting

Lloyd's Caches

Open to all

27

Oct 2018

Eastern & Southern

Study Tour

Blackwall Tunnel

Open to all

30

Oct 2018

London Meetings

City Coach Company

Richard Delahoy

Open to all

10

Nov 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y November Meeting

Annual Branch Memorial Lecture: "Blackpool Transport a New Direction"

Open to all

17

Nov 2018

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

A Single from Ardrossan to Cape Wrath - a talk by Phil Drake

Open to all

17

Nov 2018

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting Newcastle Arts Centre NE1 1SG 1.15pm

Speaker Mark Fowles (OS President) - Presidential Address

Open to all

27

Nov 2018

London Meetings

Coaching in London

Peter Bradley

Open to all

1

Dec 2018

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y December Meeting

Nottingham City Transport – its history & role in the development of Nottingham”

Open to all

13

Dec 2018

London Historical Research Group

Griffin Tea and beyond - London Transport’s Food Production Centre

Paul Furze

Open to all

19

Jan 2019

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Talk by Simon Dunn of Rotala

Open to all

19

Jan 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y January 2019 Meeting

Peter Dew (please note change of speaker)

Open to all

26

Jan 2019

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting Stockton Library TS28 1TU 1.15pm

Speaker Gary Nolan retired former Stagecoach Regional Director and enthusiast

Open to all

29

Jan 2019

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2019

Andrew Wickham, Go South Coast

Open to all

2

Feb 2019

Scottish

Afternoon Meeting - Glasgow

2pm Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street

Open to all

16

Feb 2019

Midland

Midland Branch AGM in Birmingham

plus photographs from the Bus Archive

Open to all

16

Feb 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y February 2019 Meeting

"Crosville - in NBC Days and beyond"

Open to all

23

Feb 2019

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting - Durham - Shakespeare Hall North Road DL1 4SQ 1.15pm

Speaker James Freeman - King Alfred Motor Services presentation

Open to all

26

Feb 2019

London Meetings

Joint London meeting with Buses World Wide

Roger Davies on San Francisco

Open to all

3

Mar 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Fife tour

11am from Halbeath Park and Ride

Open to all

14

Mar 2019

London Historical Research Group

'Drawing on the Archive'

Malcolm Payne

Open to all

16

Mar 2019

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by Tony Hall

Open to all

16

Mar 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y AGM and March Meeting

'Cut the fuss, travel by bus'

Open to all

23

Mar 2019

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting 23 March 2019 - Newcastle Arts Centre Branch AGM 1.00pm folllowed by speaker

Branch AGM followed by our memeber Dave Wallace - slide presentation

Open to all

26

Mar 2019

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch AGM 2019

Open to all

26

Mar 2019

London Meetings

Reversing the trend - TrawsCymru and congestion busting

Professor Stuart Cole CBE

Open to all

6

Apr 2019

Eastern & Southern

Branch Tour by service bus

North East London

Open to all

6

Apr 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Glasgow stage carriage tour

11am from concourse of Buchanan Bus Station

Open to all

11

Apr 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y April Study Tour

Halton Study Tour

Open to all

13

Apr 2019

Midland

Midland Branch visit to National Express West Midlands and Diamond Bus

Join us at Derby, Lichfield or Walsall

Open to all

27

Apr 2019

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting Newcastle Arts Centre Westgate Road 1.15pm

Speaker - Roger French - former MD of Brighton and Hove buses.

Open to all

27

Apr 2019

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG Members Day and AGM 2019

at the Isle of Wight Bus Museum

Open to all

30

Apr 2019

London Meetings

Transport Focus

Anthony Smith & David Sidebottom

Open to all

11

May 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Study Tour

York Study Tour

Open to all

11

May 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Weekend Tour to Manchester - CANCELLED

Unfortunately the proposed weekend tour to Manchester has been cancelled.

Open to all

18

May 2019

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Lakeside Coaches, Tanat Valley and Wrexham Bus Station

Join us at Birmingham

Open to all

1

Jun 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Inverness tour

Broxden Park & Ride at 10:30 and Leonard Street, by Perth Bus Station, at 10:45

Open to all

13

Jun 2019

London Historical Research Group

Fred Ivey

Open to all

15

Jun 2019

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Preston Bus and Blackpool, joint with NW&Y Branch

Join us at Birmingham or Stoke-on-Trent

Open to all

15

Jun 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y June Event

Blackpool Day Out

Open to all

29

Jun 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Vintage tour

15:00 from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow

Open to all

6

Jul 2019

Midland

Pre-OS AGM Tour

to two National Express bus garages in Birmingham

Open to all

20

Jul 2019

Eastern & Southern

North-East Essex Study Tour

By service bus from Colchester

Open to all

20

Jul 2019

Midland

Midland Branch route tour to the Peak District

Join us at Derby or Chesterfield

Open to all

20

Jul 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y

Day tour from Halifax

Open to all

3

Aug 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Tayside tour

Broxden Park & Ride at 10:30 and Leonard Street, by Perth Bus Station, at 10:45

Open to all

10

Aug 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y August Tour

Ribble Centenary Tour

Open to all

18

Aug 2019

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Buses Festival at Gaydon

from Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham and Maypole on a National Express West Midlands heritage fleet vehicle

Open to all

8

Sep 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Lanarkshire tour

Glasgow departure - 11am on Cowcaddens Road on the north side of Buchanan Bus Station

Open to all

12

Sep 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y September Visit

Omnibus Solutions Ltd

Open to all

14

Sep 2019

Midland

Midland Branch visit to East Nottinghamshire operators

Join us at Birmingham or Nottingham

Open to all

24

Sep 2019

London Meetings

Brexits and borders – hard boiled or soft?

John Birtwistle

Open to all

6

Oct 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: East Lothian tour

Edinburgh departure - 11am from Waterloo Place

Open to all

10

Oct 2019

London Historical Research Group

Sir Peter Hendy

Open to all

12

Oct 2019

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch - Charles Marshall "Independent Operators in South West Durham, part 3"

Jim Cooke Conference Suite, Stockton-on-Tees Central Library, Church Road, TS18 1TU.

Open to all

19

Oct 2019

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Warwickshire operators

Coach from Derby and Birmingham International Station

Open to all

19

Oct 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y October Meeting

“45 Years in West Yorkshire”.

Open to all

29

Oct 2019

London Meetings

BUSES and Me

Alan Millar

Open to all

2

Nov 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Afternoon meeting - 2pm Glasgow

Meeting with guest Andrew Wickham (Honorary President 2019)

Open to all

9

Nov 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y November Meeting

Annual Branch Memorial Lecture "100 years of Ribble"

Open to all

16

Nov 2019

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by OS President Andrew Wickham

Open to all

23

Nov 2019

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch - Andrew Wickham, OS President 2019

North Road Methodist Church, 28 North Rd, Durham DH1 4SG.

Open to all

26

Nov 2019

London Meetings

Metroline Travel

Steve Harris & Andrew Hunter

Open to all

7

Dec 2019

Scottish

Scottish Branch: AGM & afternoon meeting - Edinburgh

AGM (11am) & afternoon meeting (2pm) with Nigel Eggleton (Society Chairman)

Open to all

12

Dec 2019

London Historical Research Group

Buses, Pirates and Politics

Dr James Fowler

Open to all

14

Dec 2019

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y December Meeting

“TrawsCymru – a long distance network across Wales”

Open to all

11

Jan 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y January 2020 Meeting

“A Single from Ardrossan to Cape Wrath"

Open to all

11

Jan 2020

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Afternoon meeting - Glasgow 2pm

Members’ 2019 Images

Open to all

18

Jan 2020

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Talk by David Bradford, Managing Director of National Express UK Bus

Open to all

25

Jan 2020

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch - Donald Hudson 'United (Automobile Services) from 1969 onwards'

Conference rooms, Newcastle Arts Centre, 67, Westgate Road, NE1 1SG. This is in central Newcastle, a short walk from Central Station.

Open to all

15

Feb 2020

Midland

Midland Branch AGM in Derby

plus photographs from the Bus Archive

Open to all

15

Feb 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y February Meeting

“Joint Bus Services in Doncaster”

Open to all

15

Feb 2020

Scottish

Scottish Branch: West Lothian and Stirlingshire Tour

Edinburgh departure - Waterloo Place at 11:00, with a pickup at Ingliston Park & Ride at 11:35

Open to all

22

Feb 2020

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch - Tony Fox "Newcastle Corporation Transport"

North Road Methodist Church, 28 North Rd, Durham DH1 4SG.

Open to all

25

Feb 2020

London Meetings

The Bus Archive

Philip Kirk

Open to all

8

Mar 2020

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Renfrewshire tour

Glasgow departure - from Cowcaddens Road on the north side of Buchanan Bus Station at 11:00.

Open to all

11

Mar 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Additional Event

Farewell to Jim Stones

Open to all

12

Mar 2020

London Historical Research Group

Croydon in the 1960s and 1970s

Peter Batty

Open to all

14

Mar 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Branch AGM and meeting

Researching a South Manchester Oribital

Open to all

21

Mar 2020

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham: CANCELLED

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham: CANCELLED

Open to all

28

Mar 2020

Northern (NE England)

CANCELLED: Northern Branch - Branch AGM followed by presentation on Northumbria Motor Services by Alan Silcock & Tony Kennan

CANCELLED: Jim Cooke Conference Suite, Stockton-on-Tees Central Library, Church Road, TS18 1TU. AGM at 1.00pm, meeting immediately following.

Open to all

4

Apr 2020

Scottish

CANCELLED: Scottish Branch: Stage service tour, Edinburgh

Edinburgh departure from Lothian Buses Shop in Shandwick Place at 10:30

Open to all

18

Apr 2020

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Leicester area: CANCELLED

Midland Branch visit to the Leicester area: CANCELLED

Open to all

18

Apr 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y April 2020 Meeting CANCELLED

OS President 2019 Andrew Wickham, MD of Go South Coast

Open to all

25

Apr 2020

Northern (NE England)

CANCELLED: Northern Branch - Martijn Gilbert, Omnibus Society President 2020

CANCELLED: Conference rooms, Newcastle Arts Centre, 67, Westgate Road, NE1 1SG. This is in central Newcastle, a short walk from Central Station.

Open to all

9

May 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May event POSTPONED

Warrington's Own Transport

Open to all

16

May 2020

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Roger Burdett's Collection: CANCELLED

Midland Branch visit to Roger Burdett's Collection: CANCELLED

Open to all

11

Jun 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y June Visit CANCELLED

Dublin visit cancelled

Open to all

13

Jun 2020

Scottish

CANCELLED: Scottish Branch: Weekend tour to Liverpool, 13th & 14th June

Open to all

20

Jun 2020

Midland

Midland Branch visit: CANCELLED

Midland Branch visit: CANCELLED

Open to all

18

Jul 2020

Midland

Midland Branch visit: CANCELLED

Joint visit with NW&Y Branch to East Yorkshire at Hull

Open to all

18

Jul 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July visit POSTPONED

Visit to East Yorkshire at Hull.

Open to all

12

Aug 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y August Event POSTPONED

Diamond NW Bolton

Open to all

12

Sep 2020

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y September Event POSTPONED

Go NW

Open to all

18

Sep 2020

Northern (NE England)

POSTPONED - Omnibus Society Presidential Weekend - NOW TO BE HELD IN 2021

Deferred from 2020 this will now be held from Friday 24th to Monday 27th September 2021

Open to all

20

Feb 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by Tom Morgan - trentbarton Commercial Manager

Open to all

13

Mar 2021

Scottish

Scottish branch: AGM

AGM - postponed until mid March, correspondence via post. Further details to follow.

Open to all

20

Mar 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by Glyn Bowen - Fifty Years of Bus services in Telford

Open to all

20

Mar 2021

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY AGM 2021

Branch AGM

Open to all

27

Mar 2021

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch AGM followed by a slide show “The North East in the 70s – and a little further”.

This meeting is being held by Zoom - see below

Open to all

14

Apr 2021

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Branch

Diamond Bus NW

Open to all

17

Apr 2021

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Zoom meeting 1300

More from the 70s, 80s & 90s - a further selection from Nigel Eggleton and some Northern General slides from Andrew Tyldsley.

Open to all

20

Apr 2021

Midland

Midland Branch Tuesday evening meeting by Zoom

Talk by Gary Nolan - the 2017 Bus Services Act

Open to all

27

Apr 2021

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2021

Martijn Gilbert

Open to all

8

May 2021

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May event

Busman's quiz

Open to all

19

May 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by Richard Morgan - A Pioneering UK Extended Coach Tour in 1926

Open to all

22

May 2021

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting - Philip Kirk, Bus Archive update

1300 - this meeting is being held by Zoom

Open to all

9

Jun 2021

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Branch June event

East Yorkshire Motor Services -ZOOM Presentation

Open to all

16

Jun 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by David Bradford, MD of National Express Bus

Open to all

10

Jul 2021

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July event

Go North West MD Nigel Featham

Open to all

17

Jul 2021

Midland

Midland Branch route tour in the West Midlands

Join us in Birmingham

Open to all

21

Aug 2021

Midland

Midland Branch route tour in the East Midlands

Join us in Nottingham

Open to all

21

Aug 2021

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Branch event August - tour

50 years since the merger of Todmorden JOC with Halifax JOC.

Open to all

4

Sep 2021

Scottish

Scottish Branch: Vintage tour

Dunfermline departure - from Carnegie Drive (south side) at 2pm and Halbeath P&R at 2:15pm

Open to all

7

Sep 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by David Astill, MD of Nottingham City Transport

Open to all

24

Sep 2021

Northern (NE England)

Omnibus Society Presidential Weekend

Friday 24th to Monday 27th September 2021

Open to all

28

Sep 2021

London Meetings

Go North West - RESET

Nigel Featham

Open to all

12

Oct 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Presentation by Rupert Cox, Regional Director South for Stagecoach Bus

Open to all

23

Oct 2021

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Donald Hudson - United and subsequent companies (Tees & District & Northumbria) followed by United vehicles with other operators

Open to all

26

Oct 2021

London Meetings

101 Years of Malta’s Buses

Richard Stedall

Open to all

16

Nov 2021

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by Pete Bond, Director of Integrated Transport Services, Transport for West Midlands

Open to all

27

Nov 2021

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Durham > Bob Kell - North East buses in colour from the 1950s'

Open to all

30

Nov 2021

London Meetings

47 years on the buses

Jon Batchelor

Open to all

15

Jan 2022

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

talk by OS Chairman Nigel Eggleton

Open to all

15

Jan 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y January Meeting

Huddersfield Trolleybuses 1933-1968

Open to all

22

Jan 2022

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Bob Kell - Part 2 of North East buses in colour from the 1950s': The Independents

Open to all

19

Feb 2022

Midland

Midland Branch meeting and AGM in Derby

with presentation by Richard Morgan on Strachans Coachbuilders

Open to all

19

Feb 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY 42 years in the bus industry, and slightly longer as an enthusiast! An pictorial journey

By Andrew Tyldsley

Open to all

22

Feb 2022

London Meetings

A Pioneering UK Extended Coach Tour in 1926

Richard Morgan

Open to all

26

Feb 2022

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Member’s “slide” show. Ancient and modern images welcome! with members presenting for about 30 minutes each

Open to all

26

Feb 2022

Scottish

Scottish Branch: AGM & afternoon meeting - Glasgow

AGM (11am) & afternoon meeting (2pm)

Open to all

10

Mar 2022

London Historical Research Group

The early years of bus tendering in London

Len Wright

Open to all

12

Mar 2022

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Edinburgh stage service tour

10:30am outside Boots, Princes St

Open to all

15

Mar 2022

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Talk by Julian Peddle

Open to all

19

Mar 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Branch AGM 2022

followed by presentation by Jane Cole; OS President 2022

Open to all

26

Mar 2022

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Branch AGM followed by Roger Davies on Ribble

Open to all

29

Mar 2022

London Meetings

Grant Palmer

Thomas Manship

Open to all

9

Apr 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Branch April Event

Study Tour

Open to all

10

Apr 2022

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Lanarkshire tour, Glasgow departure

Departure from Cowcaddens Road at 11.00

Open to all

23

Apr 2022

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Cambridgeshire Busway and depots

Coach from Derby, Stapleford and Birmingham International

Open to all

23

Apr 2022

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

**** PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF SPEAKER **** Keith Wilson and Dave Sturrock will give illustrated presentations - "Bus Photos in a Pandemic" and "Pot Pourri"

Open to all

26

Apr 2022

London Meetings

Cuckmere Community Bus

Philip Ayers

Open to all

7

May 2022

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Aberdeen tour

Departure from Broxden Park and Ride at 10.30, Leonard Street, Perth outside the Bus Station at 10.40 and Seagate, Dundee outside the Bus Station at 11.15. 

Open to all

18

May 2022

Midland

Midland Branch visit to East Yorkshire Buses, joint with NW&Y Branch

Coach from Birmingham and Derby

Open to all

18

May 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y May Visit

East Yorkshire Buses

Open to all

9

Jun 2022

London Historical Research Group

Express services from London through Essex. 1980 and all that!

David Grimmett

Open to all

11

Jun 2022

Scottish

Scottish branch - vintage tour from Glasgow

Departure from Cowcaddens Road at 14.00

Open to all

18

Jun 2022

Midland

Midland Branch and NW&Y Branch visit to Leicester

Meet in Leicester

Open to all

18

Jun 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y Branch Joint Visit with Midlands Branch

Leicestershire

Open to all

28

Jun 2022

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2022

Jane Cole, Managing Director, Blackpool Transport

Open to all

8

Jul 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July Study Tour 1

Wrexham

Open to all

9

Jul 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y July Study Tour 2

North East Wales

Open to all

23

Jul 2022

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Roger Burdett's Collection

Coach from Derby, Stapleford and Birmingham International

Open to all

23

Jul 2022

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG Supporters Day and AGM

at the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust

Open to all

6

Aug 2022

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Borders tour

Depart from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow at 9am, Ingliston P&R at 09:50 and Sherriffhall P&R at 10:10

Open to all

13

Aug 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NW&Y August Visit

Carlisle

Open to all

20

Aug 2022

Midland

Midland Branch route tour in Staffordshire

Meet at Lichfield Bus Station

Open to all

10

Sep 2022

Midland

Midland Branch route tour in Leicestershire

Meet at Leicester Haymarket

Open to all

10

Sep 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

Branch meeting with speaker

Open to all

11

Sep 2022

Scottish

Scottish branch - Ayrshire tour

Depart from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow at 11am

Open to all

27

Sep 2022

London Meetings

Compass Travel

Michael Bishop

Open to all

13

Oct 2022

London Historical Research Group

Frank Pick and the Johnston typeface

Andrew Johnston

Open to all

15

Oct 2022

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Talk by James Carney, Finance and Commercial Director, Blackpool Transport

Open to all

22

Oct 2022

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Newcastle > Nigel Eggleton & Keith Wilson will present “An NBC Miscellany”

Open to all

25

Oct 2022

London Meetings

The London Horse Bus

Roger Torode

Open to all

29

Oct 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Branch meeting with speaker

NWY Branch meeting with speaker

Open to all

29

Oct 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

Branch meeting with speaker

Presentation by Paul Hollingsbee

Open to all

5

Nov 2022

Scottish

Scottish branch - indoor meeting, Glasgow

Open to all

12

Nov 2022

North Western & Yorkshire

Branch Memorial Lecture

Branch Memorial Lecture by Alex Hornby (Chief Executive of Transdev Blazefield)

Open to all

14

Nov 2022

London Meetings

Joint meeting with the London Transport Museum Friends

The pioneers of rural bus services: 1850 to 1920: Sam Mullins

Open to all

15

Nov 2022

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Liz Esnouf, Managing Director of Derbyshire Community Transport

Open to all

26

Nov 2022

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Durham > Graham Crawshaw on “Huddersfield Trolleybuses”

Open to all

3

Dec 2022

Scottish

Scottish branch - indoor meeting, Edinburgh

Open to all

8

Dec 2022

London Historical Research Group

The Bus Archive at Acton: conservation with a few surprises!

Philip Kirk and John Card

Open to all

7

Jan 2023

Scottish

Scottish branch afternoon meeting - Glasgow

Members’ 2022 Images

Open to all

14

Jan 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY “Boarding and Alighting”

An illustrated presentation by Bill Barlow

Open to all

21

Jan 2023

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Stockton > speaker TBC

Open to all

28

Jan 2023

London Meetings

Presidential Address 2023

TO THE BUSES BOuRNe

Open to all

4

Feb 2023

Scottish

Scottish Branch: AGM and afternoon meeting

AGM (11am) & afternoon meeting (2pm)

Open to all

18

Feb 2023

Midland

Midland Branch AGM in Birmingham

and talk by Alan Godfrey on Midland Red Parcels Express

Open to all

18

Feb 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Blackburn Buses 1929-1974

Presentation By Jim Hulme

Open to all

25

Feb 2023

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Newcastle > Speaker TBC

Open to all

28

Feb 2023

London Meetings

Buses at the heart of future mobility policies

John Carr

Open to all

4

Mar 2023

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Glasgow stage service tour

11:00 - "Stop RB" bus stop corner of Renfrew Street and Hope Street (6090165)

Open to all

9

Mar 2023

London Historical Research Group

Aspects of London and its transport between the wars

Tony Francis & Mara Arts

Open to all

14

Mar 2023

Midland

Midland Branch meeting by Zoom

Bob Dunn on Diamond Bus North West

Open to all

18

Mar 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Branch AGM – followed by an illustrated presentation “Huddersfield Corporation & Joint Omnibus Committee buses 1920-1974”

followed by an illustrated presentation by Graham Crawshaw 

Open to all

25

Mar 2023

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Stockton > Branch AGM & 2023 OS President Anthony Delaine-Smith

Open to all

28

Mar 2023

London Meetings

Essex Independence

Bill Hiron

Open to all

1

Apr 2023

Scottish

Scottish Branch - West Lothian tour

10:00 from Waterloo Place, Edinburgh

Open to all

15

Apr 2023

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the West Midlands area

Open to all

22

Apr 2023

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch meeting

Durham > Trevor Follows (Leicester Transport Heritage Trust) will give a presentation on the North East

Open to all

13

May 2023

Scottish

Scottish Branch - South-west area tour

9:00 from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow outside Buchanan Bus Station (north side).

Open to all

20

May 2023

Midland

Visit to operators in the North West Greater Manchester area

Open to all

20

May 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

Visit to operators in the North West GM area

Open to all

15

Jun 2023

London Historical Research Group

Oral History and its Importance

Jen Cavanagh

Open to all

17

Jun 2023

Midland

Midland Branch visit to South Wales

Open to all

17

Jun 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

Study Tour using local buses on The Wirral

Open to all

17

Jun 2023

Scottish

Vintage vehicle afternoon tour

14:00 from the south side of Carnegie Drive, Dunfermline

Open to all

8

Jul 2023

Eastern & Southern

John Taylor Memorial Address

How and why did London's Transport become London Transport?

Open to all

22

Jul 2023

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Oxford area

Coach from Derby, Birmingham International and Oxford Thornhill P&R

Open to all

30

Jul 2023

Provincial Historical Research Group

2023 PHRG Supporters Day and AGM

at the Bristol Vintage Bus Group and Bristol Bus Show

Open to all

19

Aug 2023

Midland

Midland Branch route tour in Derbyshire

Open to all

4

Sep 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

Three-day visit to North Wales

Open to all

9

Sep 2023

Midland

Midland Branch Route Tour in the Black Country

Meet in Birmingham, Upper Dean Street stop MK3, at 1030

Open to all

20

Sep 2023

Eastern & Southern

Buses of Essex

Alan Osborne

Open to all

12

Oct 2023

London Historical Research Group

'Are you being served – a career retrospective'

Barry le Jeune

Open to all

21

Oct 2023

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting

Durham > "How far can you get with an SBG travel-pass ? A mid 80's Scottish pictorial journey" - Keith Wilson

Open to all

21

Oct 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

Visit to South Pennine Community Transport CIC

Open to all

28

Oct 2023

Eastern & Southern

Meeting with the OS President

Anthony Delaine Smith

Open to all

31

Oct 2023

Midland

Midland Branch Zoom meeting

Talk by Julian Peddle

Open to all

4

Nov 2023

Scottish

Scottish branch afternoon meeting - Edinburgh

A talk by OS 2023 President, Anthony Delaine-Smith

Open to all

11

Nov 2023

Midland

Branch meeting in Derby

Photographic presentation by John Young

Open to all

15

Nov 2023

Eastern & Southern

Eastern Counties from the 1970s onwards

Robert Appleton

Open to all

15

Nov 2023

The Herts and Beds Group

At last... the 1971 show – Part Three

Open to all

18

Nov 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Branch Memorial Lecture

OS President, Anthony Delaine-Smith of Delaine Buses has agreed to address us.

Open to all

25

Nov 2023

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting

Newcastle > “I tried to run a bus company” – Nigel Eggleton

Open to all

28

Nov 2023

London Historical Research Group

London meeting: Offering Support in Ever-Changing Times

Open to all

28

Nov 2023

London Meetings

Offering Support in Ever-Changing Times

Alison Edwards, Head of Policy, Confederation of Passenger Transport

Open to all

2

Dec 2023

Scottish

Scottish branch afternoon meeting - Glasgow

A talk by Ralph Roberts, MD of McGill's

Open to all

7

Dec 2023

London Historical Research Group

Roger Torode

London’s horse buses and coaches

Open to all

13

Dec 2023

Eastern & Southern

Buses 20 years ago

Richard Delahoy

Open to all

16

Dec 2023

North Western & Yorkshire

“Transport of Delight”

A presentation by Peter Crichton

Open to all

20

Dec 2023

The Herts and Beds Group

2023 Christmas presentation

Open to all

6

Jan 2024

Scottish

Scottish branch afternoon meeting - Edinburgh

Members' 2023 Photographs

Open to all

13

Jan 2024

Eastern & Southern

Slide Show

Bring your own slides!

Open to all

17

Jan 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

How Herts & Beds was affected by Local Government Reform in 1974

Keith White & Roger Barton

Open to all

20

Jan 2024

Midland

Meeting in Birmingham - talk by Pete Bond of TfWM

Bus service developments in West Midlands

Open to all

20

Jan 2024

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting

Stockton > Philip Battersby and Dave Sturrock will keep us entertained with a couple of slide shows, “King’s Lynn Yesteryear” and “The three Teesside Municipals in the 1950’s & 1960’s up to Teesside Municipal Transport”.

Open to all

20

Jan 2024

London Meetings

Omnibus Society Presidential Address

Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGill's

Open to all

27

Jan 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Sheffield buses - North, South, East and West

Presentation by Paul Fox

Open to all

3

Feb 2024

Scottish

Scottish branch AGM (11am) and afternoon meeting (2pm)

Our AGM (Members only) followed by an afternoon meeting

Open to all

10

Feb 2024

Eastern & Southern

Essex Buses before the Millennium

Alan Osborne

Open to all

17

Feb 2024

Midland

Midland Branch AGM and meeting in Derby

Talk by OS 2023 President Anthony Delaine-Smith, MD of Delaine Buses Ltd.

Open to all

21

Feb 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

Group AGM followed by presentation on pre-NBC Eastern National & United Counties

Roger Barton & Richard Morgan

Open to all

24

Feb 2024

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting

Ralph Roberts, 2024 OS President and CEO at McGill’s

Open to all

24

Feb 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Colours of the North West and Depots

by Jeremy Williams

Open to all

9

Mar 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Edinburgh Stage Carriage tour (from 11am)

Open to all

14

Mar 2024

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch AGM

London

Open to all

14

Mar 2024

London Historical Research Group

Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill

More tales from the front line

Open to all

16

Mar 2024

Eastern & Southern

Bus Rallies in 2023

Owen Woodliffe

Open to all

20

Mar 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

Life after Stagecoach

Carole Stevens

Open to all

23

Mar 2024

Midland

Meeting in Birmingham

Talk by Ralph Roberts, CEO of McGills Buses

Open to all

23

Mar 2024

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch AGM & Meeting

Branch AGM followed by "We wanted to be different" The Northumbria Story by fellow founding directors, Tony Kennan, and John Fickling.

Open to all

23

Mar 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

North Western & Yorkshire Branch Annual General Meeting

followed by “Huddersfield Corporation & Joint Omnibus Committee buses 1920-1974 (Part 2)”

Open to all

13

Apr 2024

Eastern & Southern

First Essex Buses and beyond in 2024

Julian Elliott, Head of Network, First East England

Open to all

14

Apr 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Lanarkshire tour

Depart from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow at 11:00

Open to all

17

Apr 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

A London Country Busman 1975-1990

Matthew Keyte

Open to all

20

Apr 2024

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Nottingham area

Coach from Birmingham and Stapleford

Open to all

4

May 2024

Northern (NE England)

A splendid selection of 60s, 70s and 80s North East images

David Wallace, Barry le Jeune and Gary Nolan have provided some of their best photos

Open to all

11

May 2024

Eastern & Southern

JOINT MEETING WITH ESSEX BUS ENTHUSIASTS GROUP

Ian Barlex: Lost independents in England, Wales and Scotland during the past ten years.

Open to all

11

May 2024

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Worcestershire and Herefordshire

Coach from Derby and Birmingham

Open to all

11

May 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Aberdeen tour

Depart from Halbeath P&R at 10:00, Broxden P&R at 10:40 and Dundee Seagate Bus Station at 11:15

Open to all

15

May 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

Stephensons of Essex

Bill Hiron, Managing Director

Open to all

29

May 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Midweek Visit to Warrington's Own Buses.

Limited numbers - book early

Open to all

8

Jun 2024

Eastern & Southern

JOINT MEETING WITH ESSEX BUS ENTHUSIASTS GROUP

Ian Ransom: Buses Across the Years

Open to all

13

Jun 2024

London Historical Research Group

Dr James Fowler

Was London Transport an Albatross around Londoners’ Necks 1948-79?

Open to all

15

Jun 2024

Midland

Midland Branch and North Western & Yorkshire Branch joint visit to York

Coach from Birmingham and Derby

Open to all

15

Jun 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Joint visit with Midland branch to York area.

Open to all

19

Jun 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

At Last... the 1972 show – Part One

Roger Barton

Open to all

22

Jun 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Vintage tour

Depart from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow at 14:00

Open to all

6

Jul 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Route Study tour Sheffield.

Open to all

13

Jul 2024

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG Supporters Day 2024

at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum

Open to all

17

Jul 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

How South Wales was affected by Local Government Reform in 1974

Richard Morgan

Open to all

20

Jul 2024

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Kings Lynn and Peterborough - NOW including the Stagecoach depot

Coach from Birmingham and Leicester

Open to all

10

Aug 2024

Midland

Midland Branch double deck route tour in Warwickshire

Join us in Birmingham or Solihull

Open to all

10

Aug 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Route study tour Greater Manchester area

Open to all

10

Aug 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Dunbartonshire tour

Open to all

21

Aug 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

At Last... the 1972 show – Part Two

Roger Barton

Open to all

5

Sep 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY Retracing Lost Routes - Back to the Beginning

Celebrating 1824 John Greenwood and the first Horse Bus in UK

Open to all

14

Sep 2024

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch September meeting

Picturesque Transport by Alan Osborne

Open to all

18

Sep 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

Just Nipping Out for an Hour

Malcolm Roxburgh

Open to all

27

Sep 2024

Scottish

Presidential Weekend 2024

Open to all

10

Oct 2024

London Historical Research Group

John Bull

LT local road & rail timetable books 1936-72

Open to all

12

Oct 2024

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch October Meeting

Details to be confirmed

Open to all

16

Oct 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

Cook’s Coaches & Buses, Biggleswade

John Hammond

Open to all

16

Oct 2024

South Wales & West

SW&W Branch & CTPG Meeting

A History of Open Top Bus Operation in Britain

Open to all

19

Oct 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

“Three very different operations”

A presentation by Oliver Howarth

Open to all

20

Oct 2024

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch visit

Safeguard Coaches and Go-Coach

Open to all

26

Oct 2024

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Talk by Peter Nathanail of The Transport Made Simple Group, formerly Vectare

Open to all

26

Oct 2024

Northern (NE England)

A Northern General photo potpourri

Newcastle

Open to all

2

Nov 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Afternoon meeting, Glasgow

Members' Choice Photographs

Open to all

9

Nov 2024

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch November Meeting

North Wales, Cheshire and Merseyside by Robert Appleton

Open to all

16

Nov 2024

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by OS Chairman Nigel Eggleton

Open to all

16

Nov 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Annual Branch Memorial Lecture

by Ralph Roberts of McGill’s Buses, this year’s OS President.

Open to all

20

Nov 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

The Highwayman and the Coach Driver

David Bean

Open to all

26

Nov 2024

London Historical Research Group

Austin Blackburn of GoCoach

Note ANOTHER change of date to 26 NOVEMBER

Open to all

28

Nov 2024

South Wales & West

SW&W Branch Zoom Meeting

Tales from the last Red Bus General Manager

Open to all

30

Nov 2024

Northern (NE England)

Roy Marshall's United Automobile Services photos

Durham

Open to all

7

Dec 2024

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Afternoon meeting, Edinburgh

George Balloch: The Lothian Years

Open to all

14

Dec 2024

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch December meeting

Buses 20 years ago by Richard Delahoy

Open to all

14

Dec 2024

North Western & Yorkshire

Huddersfield Corporation & Joint Omnibus Committee buses 1920-1974 (part 3)

(part 3) by Graham Crawshaw

Open to all

18

Dec 2024

The Herts and Beds Group

2024 Christmas presentation

Open to all

18

Dec 2024

South Wales & West

SW&W Branch & CTPG

Christmas Quiz

Open to all

11

Jan 2025

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern Branch January meeting

From Camberwell to Westminster via Reigate by Tony Francis

Open to all

11

Jan 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

“North Wales before Deregulation”

An illustrated presentation by Don McKeown

Open to all

11

Jan 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Afternoon meeting, Glasgow - Members slides

Members' 2024 Photographs

Open to all

14

Jan 2025

Midland

SW&W & Midland Branch Zoom Meeting

Common-sense Approach to Data-driven Scheduling

Open to all

14

Jan 2025

South Wales & West

SW&W & Midland Branch Zoom Meeting

Common-sense Approach to Data-driven Scheduling

Open to all

15

Jan 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

Jam or Cream on Top?

Richard Morgan

Open to all

18

Jan 2025

London Meetings

Omnibus Society Presidential Address 2025

Bill Hiron MBE

Open to all

25

Jan 2025

Northern (NE England)

Northstar - a new Star(t)

Stockton-on-Tees

Open to all

8

Feb 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

“Buses on Postcards” An illustrated presentation by Bill Barlow.

An illustrated presentation by Bill Barlow.

Open to all

8

Feb 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - visit to Lothian Buses Central garage followed by AGM - Edinburgh

Open to all

15

Feb 2025

Midland

Midland Branch AGM in Birmingham

and presentation by Gary Nolan

Open to all

19

Feb 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

Group AGM and Just Nipping Out for an Hour (conclusion)

Open to all

20

Feb 2025

South Wales & West

SW&W Branch Zoom meeting

Bence Motor Services and the Longwell Green Coachworks

Open to all

22

Feb 2025

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch Meeting

Gary Chisholm, Engineering Director, Stagecoach North East

Open to all

4

Mar 2025

Midland

Midland Branch Zoom Meeting

Talk by Phil Drake, starting at 7 pm

Open to all

8

Mar 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

Branch Annual General Meeting – followed by a presentation

From FLFs to Franchising - 45 Years in the Bus Industry

Open to all

8

Mar 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Stage Carriage tour, Glasgow

Open to all

11

Mar 2025

Midland

Midland Branch Zoom Meeting

Talk by Julian Peddle, starting at 7 pm

Open to all

19

Mar 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

An East of England Miscellany

Ian Barlex

Open to all

22

Mar 2025

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Derby

Talk by 2025 OS President Bill Hiron

Open to all

29

Mar 2025

Eastern & Southern

Eastern & Southern branch AGM

Members Only

29

Mar 2025

Eastern & Southern

1966 and All That, or 1985: Robin Orbell's dystopian view of the future

Presentation by Robin Orbell, formerly Managing Director of Eastern National

Open to all

29

Mar 2025

Northern (NE England)

Northern Branch AGM, followed by “Colours of the North West” by Jeremy Williams

Durham

Open to all

29

Mar 2025

London Meetings

1966 and All That, or 1985: Robin Orbell's dystopian view of the future

Presentation by Robin Orbell, formerly Managing Director of Eastern National

Open to all

4

Apr 2025

London Historical Research Group

Malcolm Payne

A Century of Service Publicity at Bus Stops

Open to all

5

Apr 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

Annual Branch Memorial Lecture 2024 – by Ralph Roberts of McGill’s Buses, OS President in 2024.

RESCHEDULED from November 2024 – NEW DATE

Open to all

6

Apr 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Fife tour

Open to all

12

Apr 2025

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Chesterfield and Sheffield

Coach from Birmingham and Derby

Open to all

16

Apr 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

What I have Discovered, Learnt and Achieved on my Route to London's Transport!

Carole Stevens

Open to all

26

Apr 2025

Northern (NE England)

Presentation by the 2025 President Bill Hiron

Stockton-on-Tees

Open to all

10

May 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - South-west area tour

9:00 from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow outside Buchanan Bus Station (north side).

Open to all

17

May 2025

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Cardiff, joint with South Wales and West Branch

Coach from Derby and Birmingham

Open to all

21

May 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

Photographs from Scotland

Andy Baker

Open to all

14

Jun 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Inverness tour

Halbeath Park and Ride at 10.00 and Broxden Park and Ride at 10.30

Open to all

18

Jun 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

At Last... the 1973 show – Part One

Roger Barton

Open to all

21

Jun 2025

Midland

Midland Branch visit to Greater Manchester

Coach from Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent

Open to all

23

Jun 2025

London Historical Research Group

Doug Rose - at the Abbey Centre

Special Replacement Blind Service

Open to all

28

Jun 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

NWY North Yorkshire Study Tour

Graham Crawshaw leading

Open to all

30

Jun 2025

South Wales & West

SWW AGM 2025

AGM + Imberbus: the journey so far

Open to all

5

Jul 2025

Provincial Historical Research Group

PHRG Supporters Day and AGM 2025

at the Oxford Bus Museum

Open to all

19

Jul 2025

Midland

Midland Branch visit to the Potteries area

Coach from Hereford, Worcester, Bromsgrove, Walsall and Longton

Open to all

3

Aug 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Tayside tour

Halbeath Park and Ride at 11.00, Broxden Park and Ride at 11.30 and Dundee Seagate Bus Station at 12:10

Open to all

9

Aug 2025

Eastern & Southern

Across Essex on two Bristol REs

Eastern National Heritage Tour

Open to all

16

Aug 2025

Midland

Midland Branch East Midlands route tour

Join us in Derby

Open to all

6

Sep 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - West/Mid Lothian tour

Waterloo Place, Edinburgh at 10.30

Open to all

13

Sep 2025

South Wales & West

Flash Mob 56

New Canal, Salisbury to Warminster

Open to all

26

Sep 2025

London Meetings

2025 Presidential Weekend

Members Only

15

Oct 2025

South Wales & West

Edwards Coaches' 100th Anniversary

** Venue changed

Open to all

18

Oct 2025

Eastern & Southern

Buses of West Anglia since September 1984

Joint meeting with the Essex Bus Enthusiasts Group

Open to all

18

Oct 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

Annual Branch Memorial Lecture 2025

by Bill Hiron, this year’s OS President.

Open to all

25

Oct 2025

Midland

Welsh Municipal bus operators

Speaker meeting with Trevor Follows

Open to all

25

Oct 2025

Northern (NE England)

'Northumberland Line - Changing travel in SE Northumberland for the better & Metro - Metro Replacement Planning'. Mark Ellis and Graham Hill.

Newcastle

Open to all

8

Nov 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - afternoon meeting, Edinburgh

A talk from the Omnibus Society 2025 President, Bill Hiron.

Open to all

15

Nov 2025

Midland

Speaker meeting in Derby

Presentation by Gary Nolan

Open to all

15

Nov 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

Some highlights of the Collection and talk about the history of tickets and fare systems

Phil Drake, Curator of the Bus Archive’s Ticket Collection

Open to all

17

Nov 2025

London Historical Research Group

Malcolm Payne - A Century of Service Publicity, part 2

At the Abbey Centre

Open to all

18

Nov 2025

South Wales & West

Bristol Tramways 150

ZOOM video-conference

Open to all

29

Nov 2025

Eastern & Southern

Reflections on the Presidential Year and Thoughts on the Future

Bill Hiron MBE, OS President

Open to all

29

Nov 2025

Northern (NE England)

Nigel Eggleton will present a ‘A north east municipal pot pourii - Part 1’, more Roy Marshall photos from The Bus Archive

Stockton

Open to all

6

Dec 2025

Scottish

Scottish Branch - afternoon meeting, Glasgow

A talk by George Balloch - the Airlink years

Open to all

9

Dec 2025

South Wales & West

Eastern Transport Holdings and a lot more besides

ZOOM video-conference

Open to all

13

Dec 2025

Eastern & Southern

Essex Buses of Yesteryear, with Alan Osborne

Joint meeting with the Essex Bus Enthusiasts Group

Open to all

13

Dec 2025

North Western & Yorkshire

Illustrated presentation on Hong Kong Buses.

John Cronshaw will give an illustrated presentation on Hong Kong Buses.

Open to all

17

Dec 2025

The Herts and Beds Group

DVD evening and buffet

Open to all

17

Dec 2025

South Wales & West

Christmas Quiz with Cardiff Transport Preservation Group

Bedwas Workmen's Hall

Open to all

10

Jan 2026

Scottish

Scottish Branch - afternoon meeting, Edinburgh - members 2025 slides

Members' 2025 images

Open to all

14

Jan 2026

South Wales & West

The First Bridge to Franchising

Zoom Video-Conference

Open to all

17

Jan 2026

Midland

Midland Branch meeting in Birmingham

Speaker: David Boden, Business Development Director Stagecoach East

Open to all

17

Jan 2026

North Western & Yorkshire

“Adventures at Britain’s Greatest Bus Depot”

Sholto Thomas will present : “Adventures at Britain’s Greatest Bus Depot”

Open to all

19

Jan 2026

Eastern & Southern

Top 10 Ways to Discourage and the Top 10 Ways to Encourage Bus Passengers

Roger French OBE

Open to all

19

Jan 2026

London Meetings

Top 10 Ways to Discourage and the Top 10 Ways to Encourage Bus Passengers

Roger French OBE. Organised by the Eastern & Southern Branch of the OS

Open to all

21

Jan 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Life with buses, trains and even planes

Tony Francis

Open to all

24

Jan 2026

London Meetings

2026 Presidential Address

David Lee-Kong

Open to all

31

Jan 2026

Northern (NE England)

Members "slide show"

Durham

Open to all

7

Feb 2026

Scottish

Scottish Branch - AGM and Afternoon meeting, Glasgow

Our AGM (11:00) followed by afternoon meeting (14:00)

Open to all

11

Feb 2026

South Wales & West

The "First" Years of my Life

Zoom Video-conference

Open to all

14

Feb 2026

North Western & Yorkshire

Presentation by Rob Jones, Managing Director of Stagecoach Manchester

Joint meeting with the Ribble Enthusiasts’ Club

Open to all

18

Feb 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

AGM, followed by short presentation on Smiths of Buntingford

Open to all

21

Feb 2026

Eastern & Southern

Independent Bus Operations over the Last 20 Years

Ian Barlex

Open to all

21

Feb 2026

Midland

Midland Branch AGM and slide presentation by John Young

in Derby

Open to all

28

Feb 2026

Northern (NE England)

From FLFs to Franchising - 45 Years in the Bus Industry

Newcastle

Open to all

7

Mar 2026

Scottish

Scottish Branch - Stage Carriage tour, Edinburgh

10:30 outside Lothian Buses travel shop, Shandwick Place

Open to all

11

Mar 2026

South Wales & West

WESTlink - the journey so far ...

Zoom presentation

Open to all

16

Mar 2026

London Historical Research Group

Leon Daniels - the Capital CityBus era

At the Abbey Centre

Open to all

18

Mar 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Welsh Buses of the Last Four Decades

Ian Barlex

Open to all

21

Mar 2026

North Western & Yorkshire

Branch Annual General Meeting

followed by : A selection of photos taken by the late Roy Marshall (from the Bus Archive collection) relevant to the NWY Branch Area – presented by Nigel Eggleton.

Open to all

28

Mar 2026

Northern (NE England)

Branch AGM followed by a presentation by Gary Nolan.

Stockton

Open to all

12

Apr 2026

Scottish

Scottish Branch -Lanarkshire tour

11:00 from Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow on the north side of Buchanan Bus Station

Open to all

14

Apr 2026

Eastern & Southern

Electric Bus Operations in Norwich and Basildon

Simon Mathieson, Interim Managing Director of First Bus, East of England

Open to all

14

Apr 2026

London Meetings

Electric Bus Operations in Norwich and Basildon

Simon Mathieson, Acting Managing Director, First Bus East of England

Open to all

15

Apr 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Independent Operators of southern Hertfordshire

Keith White

Open to all

25

Apr 2026

Northern (NE England)

A further look at Roy Marshall's North East photos from The Bus Archive

Durham

Open to all

20

May 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Photographs from Scotland Part 2

Andy Baker

Open to all

17

Jun 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

At last... the 1974 show – Part One

Roger Barton

Open to all

15

Jul 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Going for Gold!

Carole Stevens

Open to all

19

Aug 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

At last... the 1974 Show – Part Two

Roger Barton

Open to all

16

Sep 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

48 years of coaches operated by Western Welsh

Richard Morgan

Open to all

17

Oct 2026

North Western & Yorkshire

90 years of OS North Western and Yorkshire Branch

Save the date

Open to all

21

Oct 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Miscellaneous Ramblings

Malcolm Roxburgh

Open to all

18

Nov 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

Bus pictures from a cupboard!

David Bean

Open to all

16

Dec 2026

The Herts and Beds Group

At last... the 1974 Show – Part Three

Roger Barton

Open to all