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TRIVIA: Buses named after food and drink

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Stretching things...

Back in the early 80s Dennis had what was effectively the forerunner to the phenomenally successful Dart...
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the Domino...
though I doubt the name came from the pizza firm!
 

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County Motors (a name that survived well into the 1990s as part of Yorkshire Traction in Huddersfield) had, in addition to their Olympians and VRs, a fleet of MCW Metroriders (+a few others) for Holmfirth services. These were branded as "Summer Wine" but I'm not sure when the last of them ran! Presumably they were better on downhill runs...
 
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