TFE 537, Lincoln City Transport No.94, an AEC.PRV Bridgemaster 'B3RA' stands withdrawn in the railway yard near The Brayford Pool, across from the depot in St. Marks, on Boxing Day Fri. 26 Dec. 1975. I always regret never having ridden on these buses. I always found the original rearloader version, as here, looked less ungainly than the forward entrance '2B3RA' model. These Lincoln motors had the AV590 engine and D166 gearbox, as on all of the type

9716 AT, Camms No. 72 stands outside Beechdale Road baths in Nottingham, not far from the old AEC depot in the same road, Tues. 9 Oct. 1979

9716 AT after we got flagged down by traffic police - they did not like Bridgemaster "tailwag"! Nothing wrong with the bus but we had to tell them what it was - they had no idea what an AEC was!!

3743 RH, Camms No. 71 in the yard at Miall Street off Ilkeston Road. She had electrical problems that day - Tues. 9 Oct. 1979. Both Bridgemasters were new to East Yorkshire of Hull in 1962/3 and had that operator's distinctive "semi-Beverley Bar" roof profile

9716 AT in Miall St. yard off Ilkeston Road, Old Radford, Nottingham before my trip to Beechdale Road baths. I had a fascinating chat with the late Arthur Camm that day, when he recalled how his son Pat came home disappointed when he managed to acquire the two Bridgemasters for the price of one, without haggling! They both came to Camms from Mid-Warwickshire Motors of Balsall Common.

9 Oct. 1979 and 9716 AT sits outside Beechdale road baths in Nottingham, with a stormy sky. I had just ridden from the depot to tape record this beast - I was not disappointed! The gearbox, a D189, sounded awesome. Basically it's the D166 box with a transfer gearbox added to enable the single forward entrance step

TFE 538, Lincoln City Transport AEC.PRV Bridgemaster No.95, is seen on the car park near Central Station, on Sunday 14 April 1974, the day after my 24th. birthday. I was in Lincoln for Easter as usual but these buses were not running that day, more's the pity. Note that the Bridgy is in the earlier livery, more attractive to my mind. This was one of the last films I took with the old Ensign folding camera, which began its life in Lincoln in 1937!

Lincoln 95 takes centre stage in this impressive line-up on Sun. 14 April 1974, clearly showing its more upright profile than the ranks of Roe-bodied Leyland Titan PD2's, which were Lincoln's main choice at the time. I could never understand why they bought Bridgemasters but I was glad to see them!