Midland Red buses

I have this photo of what I think is a closed back Midland Red bus. I remember they had a few double deckers around Coventry, but were they closed back and ran in the centre of the city. Could this be one? Were they a different model to Coventry Transport as I never remember Cov Corp Trans having any of them?

Hi Baz, Hi all There's a thing from the past. Notice the destination blind with 'SERVICE EXTRA' Also the Midland Red motorway or touring coach in front.

Thanks Baz for the image - looks like a very busy Corporation Street, with a Midland Red C5 coach in front of the bus

Thanks all for the quick response. Do any know where the 590 bus route went to. This is Corporation St heading towards what is now the Co-op I think.

Up north (!) Crosville ran them as "DUPLICATE" rather than "SERVICE EXTRA"

Originally to Warwick via Kenilworth, then it was extended to Stratford-on-Avon

Here is a wider view of it all. I've taken a photo of a photo. The coach heading towards Pool Meadow is to Manchester. Must have been a Football Special, but don't think it was Cov they were playing.

I used the service occasionally between 1965 and 1970. They were all front entrance by then except I think for the odd "Stratford Blue" on relief duties.

The Co-op is on the right.

My big mistake. The plaque on the corner of the Co-op is just in front of the coach. I stand corrected.

My one time memory of the Stratford bus was a single decker with the emergency exit in the middle at the back. It went around Kenilworth, Warwick, then out to Barford, Wasperton, and Wellesbourne before getting to Stratford. I remember seeing buses like the ones out of "On the Buses" with the front door behind the engine at Stratford. Does any one have any pics of the single decker Midland Reds ?

I use to catch the Midland Red on Wheelwright Lane to Bedworth, just down from the railway lines, opposite the Hub pub in the seventies from Cov to Bedworth via Ash Green, that used to run a double decker also single decker.

I love the way people parked their cars down the middle of the road between those small central reservations. This happened in Trinity Street too. Imagine what the reaction would be if this were to happen now!

This photograph is described as Pool Meadow, 1940, a lovely sign and hut in the background,

The 1954 photo is a winner Dutchman! I have found one of some girls off on holiday from Pool Meadow, 1962. The weather looked fair, no sign of snow for December 1962. Had to put this one on of the Cafe, 1962