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5 JULY 2010
THE ANNUAL ENTHUSIASTS' TOUR OF ARRIVA-YORKSHIRE BUS DEPOTS is an event to raise funds for the Sick Children's Trust. Arriva are kindly allowing this but are not responsible for its organisation. Please do not direct enquiries to Arriva. Either telephone 0844 504 0085 or click HERE to send an e-mail to the organiser, Tony Salmon.
ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS!
Thank you to all who took part in the 2010 tour. It was a baking hot day, but all the buses performed well, especially TWY 8, the Dewsbury Bus Museum's Albion Valiant, which diverted slightly to re-visit her old stamping ground in Pontefract. This bus was making her first appearance carrying passengers in 30 years! The total raised wass £722.72. Links to photographs are being posted as we hear about them. (See also the "Tour Pics 2010" page of this website). All the raffle prizes have now been claimed.
This year's tour took place on Sunday 23rd May 2010, and visited all five Arriva-Yorkshire depots (Heckmondwike, Dewsbury, Wakefield, Selby and Castleford - in that order) with a lunch break at Wakefield Bus Station. The buses pictured at the bottom of this page attended this year's tour.
If you took any photos or videos on the day and have posted them on the Internet, please contact us (click HERE) and we will post a link for you.
Click the underlined names to see the collections posted so far:
Dave Green's photos on Flickr Tony Salmon's Fotopic site
Gary Wilson's photos on Flickr Dewsbury Bus Museum website
Kevsterwilson's photos on Flickr Gareth's Bus photos on Flickr
Matty McWheeney's photos on Flickr Dean Howdle's Fotopic site
YouTube - riding on C920 FMP YouTube - following TWY 8
YouTube - riding on top of TWY 8 YouTube - riding on EHL 344
YouTube - photos to music YouTube - Dewsbury bus wash
Click HERE to read comments people have sent in about the tour.
The Arriva Tour used a bus normally seen on the famous service 110.
Latest news:
The final total raised for the 2010 tour was £722.72. The cheque was presented to MICHAEL CRAWFORD OBE, President of the Sick Children's Trust, at a ceremony to open the new Eckersley House at Leeds General Infirmary on 1st July 2010.
Organiser Tony Salmon is pictured with Samantha and their daughters Bethany and Eloise at the presentation.
Below: The 2010 Arriva Tour pauses for a photoshoot at the top of Webster Hill. Dewsbury. From the front: Arriva-Yorkshire 1802 (YJ08 ECY, new in 2008), Yorkshire Woollen 622 (HD 7905, new in 1948), South Yorkshire 81 (TWY 8, new in 1950 and re-bodied in 1958), West Riding 252 (C920 FMP, new in 1986) and West Riding 733 (EHL 344, new in 1952).
