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Our 30 minute City Sightseeing Tours
of Historic Chester City Centre
runs between:-

Week 30/01/2012 06/02/2012
Mon Closed Closed
Tues Closes Closed
Wed Closed Closed
Thur Closed Closed
Fri Closed Closed
Sat Closed Closed
Sun Closed Closed

Week 13/02/2012 20/02/2012
Mon 10am-2pm Closed
Tues 10am-2pm Closed
Wed 10am-2pm Closed
Thur 12pm-2pm Closed
Fri 10am-2pm Closed
Sat 10am-3pm 10am-3pm
Sun 10am-3pm 10am-3pm

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Chester Tour Prices
   
Family (2+2) £15.00
Adult £  6.50
Concession £  5.50
Child £  3.50

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History Of Our Vintage Bus
The vintage bus seen driving around Chester since June 2005 was built in 1964 as a single-deck Bedford coach for Wessex Coaches in Bristol.

It was re-designed and re-built in the 1982 by E. L. Farrar in St Austell, Cornwall and fitted with the present body, which is a replica of a London General Omnibus Company B-Type motorbus.

There were only 3 built and, therefore, are only 3 in the World! Chester is the proud 'owner' of one of them!

The B-Type, introduced in 1910, was one of the earliest double deck motorbuses built in the world, and was built to replace the remaining horse-drawn buses of the period.
Its design was considered revolutionary at the time, and by 1913, 2,500 of these buses had been built. Its designer was the company’s chief engineer, Frank Searle, who later went on to become the Managing Director of the Rover car company.

At the outbreak of world war one in 1914, many were taken out of service and adapted for military use to take troops to the war front in France, as field ambulances and even as mobile pigeon lofts for messaging pigeons. So versatile were these vehicles that they remained steadfastly reliable, even in the most extreme and harsh conditions.

Following the war, the B-type continued to give reliable service to the travelling public of London, remaining in service until 1927.
     
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