{"id":20797,"date":"2018-03-14T18:15:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T18:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=20797"},"modified":"2018-03-15T18:48:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T18:48:30","slug":"good-progress-made-in-raising-funds-for-bus-for-crich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=20797","title":{"rendered":"Good progress made in raising funds for bus for Crich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a312,000 has already been raised by the Tramway Museum Society towards their \u00a365,000 target to be able to purchase the 1913 built Barnsley &amp; District motorbus. As we reported previously this bus \u2013 numbered <strong>5<\/strong> \u2013 has been offered to the museum at cut price by Mike Sutcliffe and will add a vital part of the story of trams to the collection.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->No. <strong>5<\/strong> was used on a trial tramway replacement service operated by Barnsley &amp; District Electric Traction Company and was later under the ownership of the British Electric Traction Group who also operated a number of tramways across the country. A charming period vehicle it will certainly look at home amongst the trams at Crich and indeed has visited before and will do so again in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>It will be at Crich for the Leyland Society\u2019s 20th anniversary celebrations on 8th July and will be staying for a little while to allow the museum to promote their campaign to purchase the bus outright.<\/p>\n<p>Details of how you can donate to the fund can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tramway.co.uk\/contact\/make-a-donation\/\">https:\/\/www.tramway.co.uk\/contact\/make-a-donation\/<\/a> where you can make an online donation. Not only can you donate to this project but there are also numerous other campaigns ongoing including the restorations of <strong>LCC 1<\/strong> and <strong>Newcastle 102<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* You can see the bus in action during the 2007 London Bus Rally at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jLtmkEtbeQM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jLtmkEtbeQM<\/a> (courtesy of Bob Hodges).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21022\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=21022\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21022\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21022\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21022\" title=\"barnsley-bh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/barnsley-bh-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/barnsley-bh-550x309.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/barnsley-bh-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/barnsley-bh.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bus is seen here on 10th April 2007 at a London Bus Museum rally where it headed up a parade of vintage buses. The location of this was the former MOD test track at Longcross near Chobham in Surrey. (Photograph by Bob Hodges)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a312,000 has already been raised by the Tramway Museum Society towards their \u00a365,000 target to be able to purchase the 1913 built Barnsley &amp; District motorbus. 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