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John Lyons attending the OTB Halloween event in Borehamwood. Such a humble, polite and chatty person. John appeared in 4 OTB episodes. The L bus, The Kids Outing. Goodbye Stan, The allowance
Wayne Westhorpe taking the knee for me whilst signing the picture. What a lovely man and so down to earth.
Wayne Westhorpe taking the knee for me whilst signing the picture. What a lovely man and so down to earth.
JBB54 is a BSA M21 first used in series 2 and last used in series 4. This motorbike was also used in dads army. The following info was supplied by its current owner Paul. The Bike was leased to the film studios 1968 - 1977, Dads Army and 1969 - 1973 OTB I believe from Slocombes a motorcycle shop in Neasden NW10. The bike was then sold when filming finished and disappeared for 46 yrs. I was then offered the BSA in early 2023 from a salvage company and purchased the sad and rough looking bike at the time, not aware of its history, but a month later by chance watching a dads army episode, there it was JVB54. Through research the no plate has been on the motorbike since new and i am the 3rd owner. I restored it in the Dads Army theme and it is affiliated to the Dads Army museum located in Thetford. The museum /volunteers/ The bike and the Dads Army van have been to steam fairs and air shows with good reception. The BSA will go on show in the museum from March next year (2027) and there is a tour of filming locations in a 1953 vintage bus.
Rhuddlan Bridge. The exact spot the motorbike crashes into and the luggage goes into the water in the Holiday On The Buses Film.
This is where you see blakey come out and meet Stan and Jack as they are taking the bus out of the camp.
The rear of the managers house in the holiday on the buses film. I was very lucky to have been given permission to take some photos by the owner. You can see that the Dog flap that Reg crawls through in the film, was only a prop
Dyserth Waterfalls tea room, cafe and ice cream parlor. This was taken before we sited the holiday on the buses plaque on the right hand side wall.











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