Monthly Meetings
LEICESTER TRANSPORT HERITAGE TRUST in conjunction with BaMMOT hold monthly social meetings, between 10 am and 12.30 pm, at the Braunstone Civic Centre, Kingsway, Braunstone Town, Leicester, LE3 2PP. Local bus and coach photographs together with Trust publications are on sale at these meetings. There is a charge of £4.00 towards the cost of room hire. Free tea, coffee and biscuits are provided at the interval. The venue has a good size car park and Arriva bus service 104 runs every 15 minutes from the City Centre (Haymarket). We would suggest the 9.25 am departure. Alight at the Henley Crescent shops.
Contact email info@ltht.org.uk
2021 Programme
If you wish to present a slide or film show or give a talk at a meeting in 2021, please contact Mike Greenwood by e-mail on mike@photostox.co.uk or by writing to him at 11 Elliott Drive, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, LE3 3FA.
There are currently no planned monthly meetings due to the Corona virus at the Braunstone Civic Centre but there are ‘ZOOM’ online members meetings.
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Donations
Thank you for your interest in supporting the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust. Any financial support you are able to offer would be greatly appreciated and enable the Trust to continue both its current level of activities and to develop new projects.
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Latest News
LTHT “WHEELS” Newsletter and Cancelled Saturday Meetings in April, May & June 2020
Message to LTHT Members The Trust’s “Wheels” production team worked hard and completed the new April edition of the magazine on Friday morning, 3rd April. The artwork was sent to our usual printer, John E Wright, with the hope that they would be able to get printed...
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B&CP Magazine Subscription special offer
BUS & COACH PRESERVATION MAGAZINE The May 2020 Bus & Coach Preservation magazine has a 7 page article on the second restoration of Leicester City Transport, all Leyland PD2/1 No 154 (FJF 193). There is a generous offer of a mini-subscription of...
WE NEED YOUR HELP.
This month we were due to hold our April Running Day at Quorn with our friends at the GCR. We also planned to celebrate 50 years of Confidence Bus & Coach. (And launch a restored PD2 too!) The LTHT rely on the income from the sale of the event...
Bus & Train Spectacular. Saturday 25th April 2020. POSTPONED
Joint statement by Leicester Transport Heritage Trust and the Great Central Railway. In light of the current situation with regard to the Covid 19 virus the Bus and Train Spectacular event due to be held on Saturday 25th April 2020 is postponed and will...
FJF 193 is back
The Leicester Transport Heritage Trust are pleased to report that our Leyland Titan PD2 No.154 has made a return to the road after a major mechanical and body overhaul. The LTHT would like to thank First Leicester for undertaking the majority of the work...
Latest edition of LEICESTER WHEELS
The latest edition of 'LEICESTER WHEELS' the quarterly journal of the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust is out now. Edition number 70 January 2020 features news of the return to Leicester of ex Midland Red D9 double decker 6314 HA. There are also reports of the...
METROPOLITAN OUC 113R
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Another successful LTHT Heritage Bus Running Day.
Saturday 27th July 2019 saw another successful LTHT Heritage Bus Running Day. Despite the wet weather the event which was held at the First Leicester depot on Abbey Lane still attracted many visitors tempted by the attraction of travelling on buses from days passed,...
AEC Renown 329 Bus. 80 years celebration publication
To celebrate the 80th birthday of a rather special AEC double decker the Leicester Transport Heritage Trust have produced a 24 page (A4 size) soft back publication featuring the story of 329. Mike Greenwood and Bob Fleming have researched the history of ex Leicester...
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