Midland Red Bus Garages
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As one of the country's largest bus operators outside the London area, the Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company - better known as Midland Red - had a network of bus garages that straddled its empire. Some of these - such as those at Heath Hayes, Kineton and Straford-upon-Avon - had been inherited from companies that had been taken over by Midland Red, most notable Stratford Blue, but the vast majority of the almost 40 depots and outstations operated by the company were built specifically for the operator. Whilst the architecture bequeathed to London Transport during the 1920s and 1930s is well known, the fact the Midland Red also employed architects to produce stylish depots and other buildings during this period is less familiar.
This book, compiled by one of the country's leading experts on the history of Midland Red, Malcolm Keeley, chronicles the history of each of the bus depots operated by Midland Red prior to its demise in the 1980s along with the story of its central works in Birmingham. The book provides an overview of the development allied to individual depot histories with the illustrations featuring the depots themselves, vehicles in and around the depots as well as images recording vehicles in operation from the depots covered.
