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Maidstone BC Bedford YLQ Duple Dominant WKM 70S, 1980. The Y series was produced in four different lengths; 8m, 10m, 11m and 12m. The majority were bodied as coaches, though the 8m, 10m and 11m versions were also built as single-decker buses and midibuses. Seating capacities varied, but were typically 45 for a 10m bus or coach and 53 for an 11m.
Maidstone Borough Council took delivery of the JJLs in 1981/82. [7] UKK 335X and AVS 903T were sold to Brighton Buses , and then to Northern Bus, Sheffield in 1992. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] EKX 648T also went to Brighton, but was scrapped in 1988 after a collision with a tree. [ 6 ]
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff). [1] Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now obsolete, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial.
Rootes had moved his operations to Maidstone by 1914 and there he contracted to repair aero engines. In 1917 he formed Rootes Limited to buy the Maidstone branch of his father's motor business, founded by his father in 1897, to expand his aircraft engine repair business and the manufacture of aircraft parts. [1]
Variant Engine Capacity (Cubic inches) Capacity ()SB Bedford petrol 300 4.91 SBG Bedford petrol 300 4.91 SB3 Bedford petrol 300 4.91 SBO Perkins R6 340 5.58 SB1
Bedford's smallest products, car-derived vans, were the Bedford HA van, which substantially outlived the Vauxhall Viva HA on which it was based, and the Bedford Chevanne, a short-lived variant of the Vauxhall Chevette. An estate conversion of the HA van by Martin Walter was marketed as the Bedford Beagle. This was further developed into a ...
Maidstone Slag-stoners (pejorative, compare Folkestone) Manchester Mancs (the shortened version of the demonym Mancunians), Mankys (pejorative) Mansfield Mannies, Stags, Deer Botherers, Scabs - offensive, linked to the divisions during the UK miners' strike (1984–1985) [40] Malmesbury Jackdaws, Smarmies, Marmites Malton, North Yorkshire ...
A multi-stop truck operated by FedEx Ground. A multi-stop truck (also known as a step van, walk-in van, delivery van, or bread truck; "truck" and "van" are interchangeable in some dialects) is a type of commercial vehicle designed to make multiple deliveries or stops, with easy access to the transported cargo held in the rear.