Oxford-South Midland 461 AUD461R Bristol VRTSL3/Eastern Coachworks in a promotional livery for the Oxford-London 190 service, seen at Gloucester Green, Oxford

Oxford-South Midland 461 and 462 AUD461R, AUD462R Bristol VRTSL3/Eastern Coachworks meet at Gloucester Green, Oxford on the X50 Birmingham service

Oxford-South Midland 462 AUD462R Bristol VRTSL3/ECW at Gloucester Green, Oxford on X50 to Birmingham 1978

Oxford-South Midland 466 CJO466R Bristol VRTSL3/ECW on 280 to Kidlington, Cornmarket Street, Oxford 1976

Oxford-South Midland 468 CJO468R Bristol VRTSL3/ECW on 543 Cornmarket Street, Oxford when brand new in 1977

Oxford-South Midland 924 Bristol VRTSL3/ECW rebodied in 1978 after a fire seen at Gloucester Green, Oxford 1979 on 201 to Watlington

Oxford-South Midland 927 Bristol VRTSL3/ECW rebodied in 1978 after a fire seen in Queen Street, Oxford 1978 on 501 to Blackbird Leys

Oxford-South Midland 505 Bristol VRTSL3/Eastern Coachworks, a dual door bus from the city fleet was an unlikely vehicle to be found on the Saturday Oxford-Weston super Mare service; seen here in Weston garage with Bristol's former King Alfred HOR590E, Leyland Atlantean/Roe

Oxford-South Midland 934 OUD484T Bristol VRTSL3/ECW on 201 to Watlington at Gloucester Green, Oxford 1979

Oxford-South Midland 445 PJO445P Bristol VRTSL3/ECW at Gloucester Green, Oxford working from Chipping Norton garage in livery for the Queen's Silver Jubilee 1977

Oxford-South Midland 449 PJO449P Bristol VRTSL3/ECW leaves Aylesbury on 280 to Oxford, 1976, overtaking newly arrived United Counties 104 Bedford YRT/Willowbrook 001

Oxford-South Midland 450 TBW450P Bristol VRTSL3/ECW on 281 to Wheatley in Cornmarket Street, Oxford 1976 soon after delivery

Oxford-South Midland 487 YBW487V Bristol VRTSL3/ECW originally ordered for Eastern Counties but delivered to Oxford as highbridge 927 before the raising of Oxford Station Bridge - seen at Gloucester Green 1980 on the X59 to Coventry working out of Bicester garage

Oxford-South Midland 488 YBW488V Bristol VRTSL3/ECW originally ordered for Eastern Counties but delivered to Oxford as highbridge 927 before the raising of Oxford Station Bridge - seen at Gloucester Green 1980 on the 132 to Bedford working out of Bicester garage

Oxford-South Midland 453 YBW600R Bristol VRTSL3/ECW based at Wantage seen running the first Sunday 306 to be diverted through Drayton 1978 in the rain at Drayton Green

Oxford-South Midland 454 YBW601R Bristol VRTSL3/Eastern Coachworks operating from Wantage garage - the lesser-known of two buses painted in bygone liveries for the company's centenary, seen in the High, Oxford

Oxford-South Midland 455 YBW602R Bristol VRTSL3/ECW at Carfax, Oxford on 302 to Didcot 1977