Where did they run?

Have you ever wondered where a certain bus ran during its life? To find out requires delving through many lists of company allocations, either official or those compiled from personal observation. In the case of a large company with many depots spread across the West Country this can be a formidable task. Thanks to WHOTT Member, Geoff Hobbs, much of this work has been studied in depth and the result is a one-stop reference book listing all vehicles in the Western National group of companies between 1971 and 1982. This twelve-year period saw many changes and the consequential renumbering of some vehicles, a situation which had not happened before. It also ended at the moment the company was broken up into smaller autonomous units as a prelude to privatisation. Vehicles surviving at this date are easily identifiable to new ownership.