The two above posts reminded me of an event that a friend and I would attend (with our respective buses) called "Bus Bash". It was held in various parts of the the NE U. S. once or twice a year. There was no real organization, just an announcement of a day and location. No one knew who or what buses would show up until they got there. It was always an interesting event.
I remember one that I (TDH5301-0157 ex Cleveland "Fishbowl"#679 seen on here somewhere above) and George (TDH-5105 ex-Baltimore #1912 now owned by WMATA and used in a couple of US Presidential Inauguration parades!!) drove our buses up to (in northeastern Pennsylvania somewhere) and as we were driving along the state highway, I happened to look to the left and there were the other buses! This was long before Google streetview or the internet; paper maps only! We found a safe place to loop our buses and returned to the site. I later heard about the facial expressions on some folks faces as we went roaring by! Fun times were had by all.
As the old crooner said: "Thanks for the memories.".
I am currently reading a good book about that:
AUSTERITY BRITAIN 1945-1951 by David Kynaston
He wrote a second volume
FAMILY BRITAIN 1951-1957 by David Kynaston
I have it and will read it immediately following AUSTERITY .
True, but maybe some parts are still functional to keep another out of the landfills. arts such as trim, knobs, etc. But then I have no idea what a PAT is (other than some kind of test) and what is tested.