Five DGOT buses took part in the ‘Devon General Remembered’ Running Day organised by the Devon General Society at Newton Abbot on Sunday 3rd September 2023. The event was based at Highweek Way and recreated local bus routes of the 1960s. The DGOT vehicles concerned were NTT 661, our 1952 AEC Regent III; ETT 995,…
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DGOT buses take part in the ‘Devon General Remembered’ Running Day Sunday 3rd September 2023
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AEC Regent III NTT 661 displayed at the North Devon Festival of Transport
On Sunday 13th August 2023 we displayed our 1952 AEC Regent III NTT 661 at the North Devon Festival of Transport in Bideford. We were pleased to support this new event, organised by the Bideford Bridge Rotary Club and the North Devon Sports & Classic Car Club, and we would like to thank everyone who…
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DGOT buses displayed at the 2023 Mid Devon Show
Two of our double deckers were displayed at the Mid Devon Show at Tiverton on Saturday 22nd July 2023. 1952 AEC Regent III NTT 661 and 1953 AEC ‘Light Six’ Rebuild ETT 995 proved to be popular attractions, notwithstanding the rather wet weather. Issued 25th July 2023
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DGOT’s unique ‘Light Six’ displayed at Tiverton 1st July 2023
We were delighted to display our unique ‘Light Six’ ETT 995 at the Tiverton Pannier Market on Saturday 1st July 2023, on the occasion of the restarted Farmers’ Market. It was great to present a piece of Devon General history and see it spark nostalgia, wonderment and curiosity amongst locals and visitors, young and old….
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AEC Regent V 503 RUO has its public debut
Ten years after it was the Trust’s first acquisition, 1964 Willowbrook-bodied AEC Regent V 503 RUO made its public debut on Sunday 4th June, following the completion of its restoration. The bus carried a party of Devon General Society members and their guests on a Torbay Trams and Trains Tour, visiting sites with historic links…
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Events we will be attending in Summer 2023
Here are the events that we are planning for vehicles from our collection to attend this summer: Saturday 1st July – Tiverton Farmers Market Summer Festival at the Pannier Market: see bit.ly/3CkW6dD Saturday 22nd July – Mid Devon Show at Tiverton: see bit.ly/3bK6npU Sunday 13th August – North Devon Festival of Transport at Bideford: see…
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DGOT buses take part in the ‘Devon General Remembered’ Running Day Sunday 4th September 2022
DGOT contributed four buses to the ‘Devon General Remembered’ Running Day organised by the Devon General Society at Exmouth on Sunday 4th September 2022. The event recreated local bus routes of the 1960s and added a circular town tour with open-top buses. The vehicles concerned were NTT 661, our 1952 AEC Regent III; ETT 995,…
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DGOT buses on display at RHS Garden Rosemoor, Saturday 30th July 2022
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 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…
