{"id":159,"date":"2020-04-12T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T14:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2020-04-12T14:07:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T14:07:59","slug":"cumberland-motor-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"Cumberland Motor Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-158 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-158 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-158\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/550-109DRM.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol FS 550 109DRM at Whitehaven\" data-caption-desc=\"Whitehaven Bus Depot\" data-attachment-id=\"103\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol FS 550 109DRM at Whitehaven\" title=\"Whitehaven Bus Depot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/550-109DRM\/1081207304.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol FS 550 109DRM at Whitehaven<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Whitehaven Bus Depot<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/551-AAO547A.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol FS 550 AAO547A at Carlisle (1)\" data-caption-desc=\"AAO547A - Carlisle Depot\" data-attachment-id=\"102\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol FS 550 AAO547A at Carlisle (1)\" title=\"AAO547A - Carlisle Depot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/551-AAO547A\/3629701044.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol FS 550 AAO547A at Carlisle (1)<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">AAO547A - Carlisle Depot<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/552-AAO547A.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol FS 550 AAO547A at Carlisle (2)\" data-caption-desc=\"AAO547A - Carlisle Depot\" data-attachment-id=\"101\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol FS 550 AAO547A at Carlisle (2)\" title=\"AAO547A - Carlisle Depot\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/552-AAO547A\/1700255933.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol FS 550 AAO547A at Carlisle (2)<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">AAO547A - Carlisle Depot<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/111-XRM111J.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol LH 111 XRM111J at Whitehaven\" data-caption-desc=\"Cumberland MS operated principally in the industrial west coastal area of the county, and therefore had a relatively small requirement for what might be regarded as typical rural buses. 17 Bristol LH were purchased in the early stages of production of that model, one of which was the first with the BET curved windscreen.\" data-attachment-id=\"109\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol LH 111 XRM111J at Whitehaven\" title=\"Cumberland MS operated principally in the industrial west coastal area of the county, and therefore had a relatively small requirement for what might be regarded as typical rural buses. 17 Bristol LH were purchased in the early stages of production of that model, one of which was the first with the BET curved windscreen.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/111-XRM111J\/4235488718.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol LH 111 XRM111J at Whitehaven<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Cumberland MS operated principally in the industrial west coastal area of the county, and therefore had a relatively small requirement for what might be regarded as typical rural buses. 17 Bristol LH were purchased in the early stages of production of that model, one of which was the first with the BET curved windscreen.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/259-MRM259F.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RE 259 MRM259F at Whitehaven\" data-caption-desc=\"The Bristol RELL was widely used by CMS, particularly in the late 1960s and early 1970s when no double deckers were being purchased. With the exception of the first 2 RELLS, all of the CMS REs had Leyland engines. Most (including this vehicle) were fitted with the O600 engine, but the last batch from 289, had the larger O680.\" data-attachment-id=\"108\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RE 259 MRM259F at Whitehaven\" title=\"The Bristol RELL was widely used by CMS, particularly in the late 1960s and early 1970s when no double deckers were being purchased. With the exception of the first 2 RELLS, all of the CMS REs had Leyland engines. Most (including this vehicle) were fitted with the O600 engine, but the last batch from 289, had the larger O680.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/259-MRM259F\/1307295639.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RE 259 MRM259F at Whitehaven<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">The Bristol RELL was widely used by CMS, particularly in the late 1960s and early 1970s when no double deckers were being purchased. With the exception of the first 2 RELLS, all of the CMS REs had Leyland engines. Most (including this vehicle) were fitted with the O600 engine, but the last batch from 289, had the larger O680.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/273-OAO273F.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RE 273 OAO273F at Whitehaven\" data-caption-desc=\"Whitehaven Bus Station. NBC decided that money could be saved by not painting the waistbands white - allegedly, \u00a315 - thereby making the already dismal poppy red livery even worse. This RELL seems to have escaped that fate -most of the others at that time had lost their white bands.\" data-attachment-id=\"107\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RE 273 OAO273F at Whitehaven\" title=\"Whitehaven Bus Station. NBC decided that money could be saved by not painting the waistbands white - allegedly, \u00a315 - thereby making the already dismal poppy red livery even worse. This RELL seems to have escaped that fate -most of the others at that time had lost their white bands.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/273-OAO273F\/1382875437.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RE 273 OAO273F at Whitehaven<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Whitehaven Bus Station. NBC decided that money could be saved by not painting the waistbands white - allegedly, \u00a315 - thereby making the already dismal poppy red livery even worse. This RELL seems to have escaped that fate -most of the others at that time had lost their white bands.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/277-TAO277G.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RE 277 TAO277G at Whitehaven\" data-caption-desc=\"Whitehaven Bus Station\" data-attachment-id=\"106\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RE 277 TAO277G at Whitehaven\" title=\"Whitehaven Bus Station\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/277-TAO277G\/4227698479.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RE 277 TAO277G at Whitehaven<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Whitehaven Bus Station<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/290-ARM390J.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RE 290 ARM390J at Workington\" data-caption-desc=\"Workington Bus Station\" data-attachment-id=\"105\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RE 290 ARM390J at Workington\" title=\"Workington Bus Station\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/290-ARM390J\/4095976918.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RE 290 ARM390J at Workington<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Workington Bus Station<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/298-DAO298K.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Bristol RE 298 DAO298K at Whitehaven\" data-caption-desc=\"Whitehaven bus depot, parking area. There is a story that Cumberland&#039;s intention was that the three dual purpose RELLs should in fact have been RELHs similar to number 600. Quite how such a mistake failed to be noticed until the three buses were completed rather taxes the imagination! Additionally, the October 1970 issue of &#039;Buses&#039; lists the Cumberland order for 1971 as 14 RELLs, which would be 289-302 - i.e. exactly that which was delivered. As 296-8 were delivered in Spring 1972, it would seem to have been known in at least some quarters that they were to be RELLs!\" data-attachment-id=\"104\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bristol RE 298 DAO298K at Whitehaven\" title=\"Whitehaven bus depot, parking area. There is a story that Cumberland&#039;s intention was that the three dual purpose RELLs should in fact have been RELHs similar to number 600. Quite how such a mistake failed to be noticed until the three buses were completed rather taxes the imagination! Additionally, the October 1970 issue of &#039;Buses&#039; lists the Cumberland order for 1971 as 14 RELLs, which would be 289-302 - i.e. exactly that which was delivered. As 296-8 were delivered in Spring 1972, it would seem to have been known in at least some quarters that they were to be RELLs!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/298-DAO298K\/2515855791.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Bristol RE 298 DAO298K at Whitehaven<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">Whitehaven bus depot, parking area. There is a story that Cumberland's intention was that the three dual purpose RELLs should in fact have been RELHs similar to number 600. Quite how such a mistake failed to be noticed until the three buses were completed rather taxes the imagination! Additionally, the October 1970 issue of 'Buses' lists the Cumberland order for 1971 as 14 RELLs, which would be 289-302 - i.e. exactly that which was delivered. As 296-8 were delivered in Spring 1972, it would seem to have been known in at least some quarters that they were to be RELLs!<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/erm35k-e1586642756639.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Leyland National ERM35K at Whitehaven depot\" data-caption-desc=\"A Tilling Red Leyland National! Almost certainly the only one, and the first to enter service. Seen here at Whitehaven depot when only a few months old.\" data-attachment-id=\"153\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leyland National ERM35K at Whitehaven depot\" title=\"A Tilling Red Leyland National! Almost certainly the only one, and the first to enter service. Seen here at Whitehaven depot when only a few months old.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2020\/04\/erm35k-e1586642756639\/1527863143.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Leyland National ERM35K at Whitehaven depot<\/div><div class=\"fg-caption-desc\">A Tilling Red Leyland National! Almost certainly the only one, and the first to enter service. Seen here at Whitehaven depot when only a few months old.<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cumberland Motor Services Ltd traditionally served the west coast of the county of that name, which in earlier times had a lot of heavy industry. Much has changed in the last 30 years, and the successor company, part of the Stagecoach empire, serves part of the much more rural Lake District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cumberland Motor Services Ltd traditionally served the west coast of the county of that name, which in earlier times had a lot of heavy industry. Much has changed in the last 30 years, and the successor company, part of the Stagecoach empire, serves part of the much more rural Lake District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-159","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/159\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nwframpton.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}