Posts by Paul Jenkins

AEC Regent V 503 RUO at Thorverton during Devon General Remembered 2024. Thanks to Chris Drew for the photo.

We are returning to Exmouth for our 2025 ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day, on Sunday 31st August.

Based at Imperial Road in Exmouth, our event will feature preserved Devon General buses running free services around the town and to local destinations such as Budleigh Salterton. Weather permitting, there will also be an open-top bus tour. The Devon General Society sales stand will be present, selling bus books, magazines, photos and memorabilia, and our Membership stand will enable you to find out more about the DGS and to join us if you wish.

A souvenir programme will be available in advance and on the day, giving details of the timetables and the buses operating them – look out for further information about this. Vehicle entries are by invitation only and owners will be contacted soon.

A free feeder bus will run to the event from Exeter. Exmouth is easy to reach by public transport, with the main town centre bus stops and the railway station just a short walk from Imperial Road. There is also car parking nearby and plenty of cafes and shops. Public toilets are located next to the railway station.

Please keep Sunday 31st August 2025 free. We look forward to seeing you for a day beside the sea at Exmouth!

Posted 17th March 2025

Nine Devon General buses and one Grey Cars coaches brought nostalgic travel to Tiverton on Sunday 1st September, at our ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day.

Mayor of Tiverton, Councillor Neal Davey, waves off the first bus

The following vehicles took part:

• ETT 995 AEC ‘Light Six’ rebuild, from 1937/1953
• MTT 640 Leyland Titan, from 1951
• NTT 661 AEC Regent III, from 1952
• VDV 798 AEC Reliance, from 1957
• VDV 817 AEC Regent V, from 1957
• 932 GTA Leyland Atlantean convertible open-top, from 1961
• 1 RDV AEC Reliance, from 1964
• 503 RUO AEC Regent V, from 1964
• VDV 137S Bristol VRT convertible open-top, from 1977
• A686KDV Leyland Olympian, from 1983

The buses and the coach provided free trips from the bus station on Tiverton town services, and out to Bampton, Thorverton and Tiverton Parkway, with an open topper running a local tour. In all, some 1,855 passenger journeys were made on the services. We would like to thank all the bus owners who brought their vehicles along, our enthusiastic team of  volunteers that made it all happen, and our sponsors.

Here are some images from the day, provided by Chris Drew, Paul Jenkins and Stephen Wren:

MTT 640

NTT 661

932 GTA

1 RDV

503 RUO

VDV 798

VDV 817

VDV137S

A686KDV

Posted 5th September 2024

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There are a range of options for you to travel to our event on Sunday 1st September. Please consider using public transport!

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*** UPDATE ***  The sale of our souvenir programme in advance has now ended. You can obtain the programme at the event.

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Over 20 members, family and friends enjoyed the Society’s 2024 summer outing on Sunday 2nd June. This year’s trip was to the Taunton Vintage Bus Day, travelling up from Exeter on the Devon General Omnibus Trust’s 1952 AEC Regent III NTT 661 and returning on their 1957 AEC Regent V, VDV 817.  At Taunton a wide range of vintage buses offered free trips to local destinations, including Bishops Lydeard, Corfe, Stoke St Mary and Wellington, along with a town tour (including open-top buses and a minibus) and coach trips.

Thanks to Richard Nardi for the images.

Posted 2nd August 2024

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We invite you to join us at Tiverton on Sunday 1st September 2024 for our Devon General Remembered running day, from 1000 to 1600. Read the rest of this entry »

Ten authentic Devon General buses brought nostalgic travel to Newton Abbot on Sunday 3rd September at our ‘Devon General Remembered’ running day.

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