West Midlands PTE 7018 (DOC 18V) in New Street, Birmingham – 25 Oct 1986 (41-16A)

Saturday 25 October 1986 - West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive 7018 (DOC 18V), a Leyland National 1 new in April 1980, seen in New Street, Birmingham.

I believe the Times Furnishing building is now home to Waterstones Books. It is strange that as I am scanning these 35 year old photographs I can’t for the life of me recall what I was doing in central Birmingham on a Saturday in October 1986.

Coincidentally, and certainly no reason for the visit was that the very next day West Midlands Travel took over the bus operations of the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (26 October 1986).