Volvo Ailsa 4748 on service 451, Kingstanding 1987




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Volvo Ailsa 4748 on service 451, Kingstanding 1987

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West Midlands Travel Volvo Ailsa 4748 seen on service 451. It still carries a "WA" radio sticker in the windscreen having been transferred from Walsall (WA) garage to Perry Barr (PB) garage.

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Fleetline119

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4748, JOV748P, West Midlands Travel, Volvo Ailsa, Kingstanding, Alexander, Volvo, Ailsa,

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