Ribble MS Gay Hosts 1261 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Weymann Highbridge ach body new 1960
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- RIBBLE GOG GAY AT MOREMBE
- STANRWICK 'GAY HOSTS' SFV420 AT VICTORIA COACH STATN, LONDON, MID 1960S.
- LEYLAND ATLANTEAN B RIBBLE "GAY HOSTS"
- WHY HSEY GAY BELL?
- HSEY GAY BELL NAM ROBETTE PRCIPAL
RIBBLE GOG GAY AT MOREMBE
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This would form the ''Gay Hosts'' class of Leyland Atlanteans double-ck ach, wh 50 Chapman reclg seats, and a toilet at the rear of the lower-ck. The word gay meant happy the fifti, all the Gay Hosts Atlanteans would rry a Hosts or Steward who would serve light rehments and cigarett. Productn Gay Hosts Atlanteans would enter service 1960 and 1961, 15 entered service wh Ribble, and 22 wh s Blackpool subsididiary W.
The Gay Hosts Atlanteans were whdrawn havg vered high eag. Cy Sightseeg of London who beme Ensign B purchased ex Ribble Gay Hosts NRN 607 fleet number 1258 new June 1960, and pated to this strikg Unn Jack livery for e on sightseeg servic around London.
STANRWICK 'GAY HOSTS' SFV420 AT VICTORIA COACH STATN, LONDON, MID 1960S.
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Ribble Vehicle Prervatn Tst (RVPT) own former Stanrwick Gay Hosts No. Gay Hosts technil tails Chassis: Leyland PDR1/1 AtlanteanEnge: 11.
The Leyland Atlantean alongsi was new to Ribble Motor Servic as one of s eye-tchg ‘Gay Hosts’ motorway ach, troduced wh the openg of the M1 late 1959. One of the famo 'Gay Hosts' double ck ach, based on b chassis and bodi, operated by the Prton based operator W C Stanrwick - by this time owned by Ribble Motir Servic.
The Atlanteans, fted wh ach seats, a toilet and attendants as seen here were marleted as the "Gay Hosts" fleet.
LEYLAND ATLANTEAN B RIBBLE "GAY HOSTS"
Ribble MS Gay Hosts 1251 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Weymann ach body new 1959 seen at Manchter Lower Moseley Street - this ach was the prototype of the well known Gay Hosts Atlantean ach * ribble gay hostess coach *
WC StanrwickLeyland Atlantean / Weymann "Gay Hosts" ach24 (SFV 420), 31 (VFR 373), 20 (SFV 416), Sut S58 (PRN 146), pl 2 othersVictoria Coach Statn 1960sPhoto by the late Frank Walton.
1961 Leyland Atlantean gay hosts VFR374, Stanrwick 32. A former Stanrwick "Gay Hosts" Leyland PDR1 wh Williamsons Gldry, May 1972.
Ribble's b were red and cream but their ach, cludg the double ck "Whe Lady" type and those based on the Leyland Atlantean and wh onboard toilets and known as the "Gay Hosts" (nocent days... Cleveland Trans A64 is a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 wh Metro-Cammell had been new as a 'Gay Hosts' motorway ach wh Ribble subsidiary W C Stanrwick. Photographed when about to leave Stockton pot, Cleveland Trans A62 is a former Gay Hosts motorway ach, prevly ed by Stanrwick on the Blackpool - London service.
WHY HSEY GAY BELL?
The Ribble Group ed a stir 1959 when the first 'Gay Hosts' Weymann bodied Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 MCK 812 entered service and beme the first PSV to jo the M1 on the Luton stretch the day that the first part of the M1 opened- 2nd November 1959. Ribble seen that wh the openg of both the Prton Bypass (M6) 1958 and the M1 a year later that for the first time ach uld pete agast other forms of transport, due to no upper speed lim on motorways. Ribble wanted to rry more passengers than a 30ft sgle ck ach uld rry and offer luxury that had never been seen on ach. The Gay Hosts Weymann Atlantean double ck ach featured 50 armchair type Chapman seats CH34/16FT, at the rear of the lower ck was a toilet and servery un. Luggage was stored over the ont near-si wheel arch, unr the stairs and at the rear of the lower ck. The Atlantean was powered by the larger 0.680 enge producg 150bhp and drivg through a semi tomatic gearbox, air spensn was fted on the ont axle. The fe ach uld cise at 64mph, the air spensn was later removed and replaced wh leaf spensn. The name Gay Hosts meant happy hosts, as each vehicle would rry a hosts or steward who would serve food, drks and cigarett durg the journey, Ribble wanted to give the airle feelg to the Gay Hosts. 36 productn Gay Hosts Atlanteans entered service between 1960 and 1961 and alloted to the Ribble and Stanrwick fleet, four even entered service wh Sut, all 37 were later transferred to Stanrwick. Wh the arrival of the VRLs rulted the Gay Hosts been whdrawn and sold. My photograph shows the 36th Gay Hosts VFR 378 at Victoria Coach Statn 1967, havg jt arrived on the Kwick London service. The Ribble Vehicle Prervatn Tst owns SFV 421, a few weeks ago there was an article the Lanshire Eveng Post about the last surivg Gay Hosts and the RVPT are askg for £150,000 to save . " data-dynamic="te * ribble gay hostess coach *
StanrwickLeyland Atlantean / WeymannGay Hosts33 (VFR 375)Watford Gap 27/9/70BKP. Two Stanrwick "Gay Hosts" class Leyland Atlantean motorway ach stand si by si Victoria Coach Statn before partg rpectively for Kwick and Southport. 25 is the sole survivor of the 'Gay Hosts' Atlantean fleet and is beg rtored by the Ribble Vehicle Prervatn Tst.
The were sent down to Weymann's at Addltone for fishg as Stanrwick 'Gay Hosts' ach.
Weymann bodied Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 SFV 421 was origally numbered 25 the Stanrwick fleet, beg one of the famo 'Gay Hosts' class of Atlantean ach operated by Ribble, Stanrwick & Sut. Ci 1:50 sle Leyland Atlantean, Ribble/Stanrwick 'Gay Hosts' double-cker ach offerg 'Silent Speedy Safe Travel'.
HSEY GAY BELL NAM ROBETTE PRCIPAL
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Wh Air Spensn, Reclg Seats, Rehments (prumably served by the Gay Hosts... Christened 'Gay Hosts', the ach were a mon sight on the M6 and the M1 the 1960s. The 'Gay Hosts' operated to London's Victoria Coach Statn, and stood out om all the other operator's vehicl - their applitn of the cream and maroon red was refully applied, to give a ach of distctn.
Only one 'Gay Hosts' is prervatn. This was the pneer 'Gay Hosts' ach, Ribble number 1251 built November 1959, and was ptured early s reer parked Tmpet Street, close to Lower Mosley Street b statn which was Manchter's prcipal ach term om 1930 until s closure 1973.
Ribble MS(Stanrwick) Gay Hosts 34 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Weymann ach body new 1961 seen 1972 after a low bridge cint * ribble gay hostess coach *
Ribble's 'Gay Hosts' ncept was imagative and a radil step forward.
Brand as ‘Gay Hosts’, the ach-seated vehicl ught the popular imagatn, wh at-seat servic of drks, snacks and even light meals. The Edor of Mecno Magaze seemed imprsed too, although I have heard that the buckg and pchg of the Gay Hosts ach at speed ma drkg the ffee whout spillg a tricky bs. The "Gay Hosts" service ran the 1960's between London & Manchter.
A 1:50 sle mol of the Leyland Atlantean on the London - Manchter "Gay Hosts" Service. Stanrwick Gay Hosts le up.