Adrian Strong has personal recollections of a couple of Dennis buses. He writes - Hearing about preserved Dennis Lancet YYB 118 brings back memories of my childhood in South Somerset as I lived on the South Petherton to Yeovil route operated by Hutchings and Cornelius and no doubt at some time rode on that bus or a sister ship. I became a Bus Driver in 1973 with Western National at Yeovil, but still had a good relationship with drivers from H&C and at times still rode on their buses although by then I think some of the fleet had been updated. I would like to share a photo of another H&C Dennis that was in service at the same time as YYB 118, which I hope you will enjoy. This is 623 BYA, H&C's Dennis Loline / East Lancs H68RD which was purchased new in June 1958. Around 1970/71 it was repainted in the new darker livery introduced in 1968. In June 1973 it was sold to dealer Sykes of Barnsley and exported to Italy. I can remember in my teens being at Yeovil Bus Station and seeing the driver, conductress and another H&C driver in fits of laughter. As I knew them I wandered over to see what was going on. An electrical fault had developed with the double decker: When the indicators were put on in either direction all the exterior lights inc headlights would flash in unison, as did the interior lights plus the bell ringing along merrily.  Dennis Loline / East Lancs H68RD. 623 BYA.  Dennis Loline / East Lancs H68RD. 623 BYA.
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