Vintage Stuff: Midland Red

About Vintage Stuff

The aim of Vintage Stuff is to display some of the ephemera that I have collected, often inadvertently, over the years. I am now deliberately seeking out interesting old adverts, screen shots, leaflets, obscure record covers, picture postcards and illustrations; anything that catches my eye, in fact. They will be mainly, but not exclusively of UK origin (so many vintage blogs appear to be American) and almost always a scan from something that I actually have in my collection, rather than off the net. If you do re-blog, please acknowledge the source. Further stuff, mainly photographs, can be found on my Flickr pages, via the Benny Hill record cover.

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Thursday, 13 November 2014

Magic D7

When Midland Red disposed of 10-year old BMMO-built D7 class 4111 in 1964, it turned up in the USA, seeing use as a promotional vehicle at Hollywood's Universal Studios. The old girl later turned up on the cover of The Who's 1968 album Magic Bus - The Who On Tour. Despite the title, it was a studio album, only released in the US. I don't know how long the bus survived in the States, I just hope that it wasn't given to Keith Moon to play with!

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Coaching with Midland Red

An Advert for Midland Red coach tours and cruises, at it appeared in the summer 1952 edition of the ABC Coach Guide. The vehicle illustrated is C1 class coach 3302, the chassis being built by the company (BMMO) and bodied by Duple.

Moving forward some thirteen years, here is an advert for Midland Red's Birmingham to London express service via the M1 motorway, introduced in 1959. The coach here is an all-BMMO product, the CM5 class. This appeared on the rear of Ian Allan's British Bus Fleets - 15: Midland Red, tenth edition, 1965.