Gozo and Malta - May 1998

FBY 015 Operator: Michael Anglu Caruana, Xaghra Chassis: Bedford SB8 Body: Zammit FBY 027 Operator: Not known Chassis: International (1942) Body: Casha At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 002 Operator: Fuguara Brothers, Fontana Chassis: MAN 11.192 (former demonstrator) Body: Integral? At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 002 Operator: Fuguara Brothers, Fontana Chassis: MAN 11.192 (former demonstrator) Body: Integral? At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 003 Operator: Unknown Chassis: Iveco (former demonstrator) Body: Cacciamali At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 003 Operator: Unknown Chassis: Iveco (former demonstrator) Body: Cacciamali At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 006 Operator: Bonnici Brothers, Sannat Chassis: ERF Islander Body: Marshall Location: Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

FBY 006 Operator: Bonnici Brothers, Sannat Chassis: ERF Islander Body: Marshall Location: Near Hotel Cornucopia, Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

393-28 FBY 006 Operator: Bonnici Brothers, Sannat Chassis: ERF Islander Body: Marshall FBY027 Operator: Not known Chassis: International (1942) Body: Casha Location: Hotel Cornucopia, Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

395-09 FBY 007 (Operator, chassis and body all unknown). What is known is that it was making a sightseeing stop at Knight’s Wash-house near Fontana, a village taking its name from ‘La Grana Fontana’, a spring which enabled the people of Victoria to obtain fresh water from the 1600s. For the benefit of tourists some local ladies still washed their clothes there and derive some income from the coins given by the tourists. Not bad to be paid as you do your own washing!

FBY 033 Operator: Joe Scari, Xaghra Chassis: Bedford YRQ Body: Duple Dominant New as MRB 686P to John Clarke, Newthorpe, Notts, UK Seen on service 64 in Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

FBY 018 Operator: Unknown Chassis: Bedford YLQ Body: Duple Dominant New as AGG 934S to Strathmore Coaches of Dundee, Scotland in Spring 1978 Seen on service 64 in Xaghra (pronounced Shah-ra)

FBY 044 Operator: Albert and George Farrugia Chassis: Bedford SB8 Body: Aqualina Seen at the Galleria Kristal, Dwejra Note Greyhound dog logo near front wheel!

FBY 021 Operator: Unknown Chassis: Ford Body: Borg At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 021 Operator: Unknown Chassis: Ford Body: Borg At Victoria (Rabat) bus station

FBY 023 Operator: Unknown Chassis: Bedford YRQ Body: Duple Dominant New as HSG 724N to Silver Fox, Edinburgh, Scotland in March 1975 Seen in Pjazza Savina, Victoria (Rabat)

FBY 024 Operator: Emmanuel Tabone? Chassis: Leyland Leopard circa 1962 Body: Plaxton Supreme circa 1977 Chassis re-built and re-bodied by Fairclough (Tatlock) of Radcliffe circa 1977. Interior front panel still carried the words ‘You are now travelling in Tatlock’s Eurocruiser’. Air conditioning units were fitted to a number of former British coaches after their arrival on the Maltese Islands because the curved side windows of these coaches did not easily lend themselves to having opening windows fitted as on earlier models. Seen at Marsalforn

FBY 024 Operator: Emmanuel Tabone? Chassis: Leyland Leopard circa 1962 Body: Plaxton Supreme circa 1977 Chassis re-built and re-bodied by Fairclough (Tatlock) of Radcliffe circa 1977. Interior front panel still carried the words ‘You are now travelling in Tatlock’s Eurocruiser’. Air conditioning units were fitted to a number of former British coaches after their arrival on the Maltese Islands because the curved side windows of these coaches did not easily lend themselves to having opening windows fitted as on earlier models. Seen at Dwejra

FBY 025 Operator: Louis Portelli, Gharb Chassis: Bedford SB8 Body: Aquilina Seen on the road from Marsalforn to Victoria (Rabat)