WMPTE 337Y, Clifford, Coventry c1978

            Another out of Coventry City Centre photograph from the 1970s. 

With no information on the Agfa slide mount, this was a particularly difficult location to identify, especially as there were two incarnations of the No12 route. 

In its original guise, the 12 served the village of Burton Green via Canley, to the West of Coventry. A former Coventry City Transport route, the 12 was inherited by WMPTE in April 1974. However, in 1975 the 12 was replaced by the 28/29 services and was lost to history. 

In 1977, a new No12 service emerged as a replacement service to the then 13A route serving Clifford on the Eastern side of the City. The 12 service being extended to serve Walsgrave's Hospital. This bus route lasted into the mid 1980s. 

The bus pictured, number 337Y was numerically the last front-engined Daimler purchased by Coventry City Transport. It did not receive WMPTE livery until January 1975. However, the bus does not look newly painted in the picture, therefore my leaning was that 337Y was operating on the second incarnation of the 12 service, which began in 1977. 

Given the wintery conditions, made me wonder if this was taken in December 1978 - January 1979? Of further note, 337Y was withdrawn from service in January 1979, so it would be at the end of its service life. 

An extensive search of Google Street View followed, but it didn't reveal the location of this slide. Therefore, it had to be a route extension, diversion or a short-working of the Clifford/Hospital service. Possibly the original 13A terminal point?

When looking for such a specific location the best part of 50-years later, is often difficult, but Google Street View is an invaluable tool in this regard. Anyway, I eventually stumbled on the location, which is Bridgeacre Gardens, off Clifford Bridge Road; a winding road serving a residential housing estate. Today, the scene is still recognisable, but the single storey house extension to the left has been double-decked, and the the grass verge to the right of picture is lost to a boundary wall and extended garden of the adjoining property.

I would still like more information in regard to picture, Was this bus stop a terminal of a short-working of the 12, or was it part of the main service?  If it was a short-working, did the buses traverse Bridgeacre Gardens, or simply reverse in to it? ...Over to the Coventry experts.

My thanks to Mark Fitchew for his insight into the history of the No12 services.

Taken on: March 25, 2022

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