New vintage operator in Fife

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Fife farmer Andrew Whiteford has set up the Pittenweem-based Bonnie Bus Company to operate weddings and private hires. The first vehicle in the fleet is new to London Transport 1950 AEC Regent III/Weymann RT-type, which came from well-known Yorkshire-based enthusiast Tony Blackman.

The Bonnie Bus Company RT-type had at one time been a static tea bar. BONNIE BUS LTD
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“I realised how much interest there is in old vehicles and I got married recently,” said Andrew. “I was also lucky enough to have somewhere to keep a double-decker undercover and it has attracted so much interest. There’s nothing really quite like it around here – we only have Stagecoach.”

Andrew passed his transport manager’s CPC to set up his new venture and the RT, which undergoes eight week inspections, is maintained locally. It had been a static tea bar near Saffron Walden, Essex for many years before being acquired for preservation and restored as a bus.

Andrew added that under renovation at the moment is an AEC Routemaster that has been a mobile bar in Finland and will continue in that use.

Bonnie Bus Company private hire enquires can be made by phoning 07850 764247.

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