West Mon 18, Blackwood Bus Station, 1973

            'West Mon' No18 entering Blackwood Bus Station in Monmouthshire in 1973. To the left of the picture, a couple of National Welsh buses are parked, one of which is a NCME bodied AEC Renown. Since this picture was taken, the bus station has been somewhat rebuilt, and the bus entrance into the bus station altered from this view. 

West Mon was in short the 'West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board', a long-lived joint operation between two neighbouring authorities; Bedwellty UDC and Mynyddislwyn UDC. The bus garage was based off Blackwood High Street and was used from 1926 to 1984, when a new depot in Pontllanfraith was opened. Over the years, the concern also took over services from other local bus companies.

In April 1974, under the reorganisation of local government through out England and Wales, West Mon became Islwyn Borough Transport (IBT), the West Mon fleet technically passing to the new operator, but retaining the same livery.  In April 1996, a second change in local government saw Islwyn become part of Caerphilly County Borough and control of the bus company passed to Caerphilly CBC. In 2010, the eighteen vehicle fleet was sold to Stagecoach in a controversial deal, where no other potential buyers were consulted.

'West Mon' No18 was a Willowbrook bodied Leyland Leopard PSU3B/2R that had been delivered new to the West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board in November 1972. After withdrawal by Islwyn in the mid 1980s, the bus was sold with two sister vehicles to Rennies of Dunfermline for further use. 

Picture August 1973.

Scanned from the original 35mm slide.

Taken on: July 21, 2016

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