Omnibus Magazine
April - May 2023
Issue 566
To the Buses BOuRNe
Tony Francis reports on the 2023 Presidential Address by Anthony Delaine-Smith
North Western 100
In this centenary year of the formation of the North Western Road Car Co, Jim Hulme traces the complex history of its ownership
usual Bus Archive News, from the photo archives, Nationwide reports
Cuckmere Buses
David Jenkins reports from a London meeting where Managing Director Philip Ayers gave an oversight of community operator Cuckmere Buses, and how it faced the travails of Covid.
Issue 566
Read Online
Our members have exclusive access to read this magazine online.
Members need to be logged in to access this magazine – if you're not a member join us for these benefits and more!
Join TodayThe Omnibus Magazine is the official journal of the Omnibus society.
Published six times a year and containing a wide spectrum of articles on current and past practice, of interest to enthusiasts and industry personnel alike. It is fully illustrated and has overview news of route developments from all areas, plus a diary of Society events and notices.
Contacting the Editor
The Editor of the Omnibus Magazine can be contacted by email or, alternatively, you can contact him by writing to 100 Sandwell Street, Walsall, WS1 3EB
Get in TouchTom Lynn
Editor - The Omnibus Magazine
Tom Lynn takes over as Editor of the Omnibus Magazine from issue 577.
Tom has been interested in buses since childhood and would take every opportunity to travel around his native North East, United and the many local independents being his main interest with Northern and its subsidiaries a very close second! He first joined the Omnibus Society in 1982 as a Midland Branch member.
His career was in HM Customs & Excise but he still found time to obtain his PSV licence and drive coaches in his spare time and holidays, first in the Midlands and then, after a job relocation, the North West. After taking voluntary early retirement to enable him to drive full time, he spent the next 10 years happily doing tours, feeders and eventually National Express. Finally, after a few years on local service work he decided to hang up his vocational licence and try to live a normal life!
Since his final retirement he has been able to rekindle his interest in Society activities rejoining, after a short lapse in membership, as a North West & Yorkshire member. He is particularly enjoying doing all the trips around the British Isles that he never seemed to have the time for. His most memorable to date are Land’s End to John O’Groats by service bus and the Shetland Isles.
