Two of our buses attended the Vintage Weekend at RHS Garden Rosemoor, near Great Torrington, on Saturday 30th July 2022. NTT 661, our 1952 Weymann-bodied AEC Regent III, and VDV 798, our 1957 Weymann-bodied AEC Reliance, were accompanied by a 1971 MGB Roadster brought along by one of our volunteers. We had some famous visitors!…
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DGOT buses on display at RHS Garden Rosemoor, Saturday 30th July 2022
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DGOT buses displayed at the 2022 Mid Devon Show
Two vehicles from our collection attended the Mid Devon Show on Saturday 23rd July 2022. NTT 661, our 1952 AEC Regent III, and VDV 798, our 1957 AEC Reliance, proved a popular attraction for visitors. Issued 24th July 2022
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DGOT takes part in Exeter’s Jubilee Street Party, Thursday 2nd June 2022
Our 1957 AEC Regent V VDV 817 was on display in Exeter High Street on Thursday 2nd June 2022 as part of the city’s Street Party to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We were visited by a large number of people keen to see what travel on Devon General’s Exeter city services looked like in…
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DGOT supporting Exeter’s Jubilee Street Party Thursday 2nd June 2022
The Devon General Omnibus Trust is delighted to be invited to take part in Exeter’s Jubilee Street Party on Thursday 2nd June: bit.ly/3lMB0N2 Look out for our 1957 AEC Regent V VDV 817 at the west end of the High Street, outside McDonald’s. 817 is representative of the open-platform rear-entrance AEC Regent V double-deckers purchased…
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NTT 661 takes part in the Taunton Vintage Bus Running Day Sunday 15th May 2022
Our 1952 AEC Regent III NTT 661 – now in its Platinum Jubilee year – took part in the Taunton Vintage Bus Running Day on Sunday 15th May 2022. It ran three round trips between Sheppy’s Cider Farm (where the running day was based) and the West Somerset Railway at Bishop’s Lydeard, calling en route…
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Events we will be attending during Summer 2022
Here are the events that we are currently planning for vehicles from our collection to attend during the coming summer: Sunday 26th June 2022 – Devon General Society members’ tour of Exeter Joint Services routes. See: bit.ly/3rnbRMe Saturday 23rd July 2022 – Mid Devon Show at Tiverton. See: bit.ly/39kpxBN Saturday 30th July 2022 – RHS…
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DGOT to attend Taunton Vintage Bus Running Day 15th May 2022
NTT 661, our 1952 Weymann-bodied AEC Regent III, will be taking part in the Taunton Vintage Bus Running Day on Sunday 15th May. Website: bit.ly/3NWmorf The organisers will provide more information about the event nearer the date. We hope to see you there! Issued 10th April 2022
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DGOT buses take part in the ‘Devon General Remembered’ Running Day Sunday 5th September 2021
Four buses from our collection took part in the ‘Devon General Remembered’ Running Day held at Tiverton on Sunday 5th September 2021. The event was organised by the Devon General Society, with the first departure from Tiverton bus station waved off by the Mayor of Tiverton. The civic party then travelled on town service 101…
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‘Devon General Remembered 2021’
We will be contributing buses to the ‘Devon General Remembered 2021’ running day in Tiverton on Sunday 5th September, which is being organised by our friends at the Devon General Society. We hope that the latest addition to our collection, AEC ‘Light Six’ ETT 995, will take part and enable the many people who donated…
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DGOT buses displayed at the Mid Devon Show
We displayed four of our buses – VDV 817, NTT 661, ETT 995 and CTT 513C – at the Mid Devon Show on Saturday 24th July 2021. We were visited by a good number of families, with grandparents heard describing to their grandchildren what it was like to travel on buses like these when they…
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Devon General AEC Regent V at Exeter bus station plaque unveiling
Our 1957 AEC Regent V VDV 817 featured in a ceremony at the new Exeter bus station on Monday 19th July, when the Prince of Wales unveiled a commemorative plaque. The bus was the backdrop to many photographs of Prince Charles. Peter Murnaghan, DGOT’s chairman, said “We were delighted to be asked by Stagecoach South…
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Devon General Omnibus Trust acquires unique ‘Light Six’
The Devon General Omnibus Trust is delighted to announce that, following a successful fundraising appeal, it has added a fifth bus to its collection: Devon General ‘Light Six’ ETT 995. ETT 995 (fleet number DR705) is a unique vehicle from the heyday of Devon General. It features the chassis frame from a 1937 AEC Regent,…
