DSCN4979 Brighton & Hove YP09 HWB and YP09 HWG in Brighton - 28 Sep 2010

Tuesday 28 Sept 2010 (1306) – Two Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company (Go-Ahead Group owned) Scania Omnicity integral double deckers pass in Churchill Square. Facing the camera is 715 (YP09 HWB) (new May 2009) as 720 (YP09 HWG) (new Dec 2008) heads the other way. Most of the company’s buses carry names of people having a connection with the Brighton area. 715 is named after Marie-Antoine Careme, born in Paris around 1784, who was head chef at the Prince Regent’s kitchen in the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. He was formerly chef to the Emperor Napoleon and cooked for the Tsar of Russia. He was an early exponent of haute cuisine and known as ‘the King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings’. The company is very marketing conscious and their buses carry varied marketing messages on the sides and rear. One campaign contains an ‘and sign’ (ampersand) carried through from the sign as used in the company name ‘Brighton & Hove’ as may be seen on 720 in the background.