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Oxford Diecast Regent Swan Motors Closed Top
Product Code: RT024
Production Details:
1.76 Scale Regent Swan Motors Closed Top Bus.
In the 1920’s Swan Motors had two ancient buses named ‘Naboth’ and ‘The Old
Swan’, with regular services from Bishopston via Murton. The company was
swallowed up by the United Welsh Services Swansea in 1952. Some vehicles
were taken into stock and repainted. United Welsh were taken over in 1971 by
South Wales Transport Co Ltd and today they operate as part of First Bus."
The advertising on one side shows Macowards which was a well-known Swansea
department store, which operated on the premises that had originally been
set up by John S Brown an ironmongers in 1893. Between 1929 and 1960 it
became Macowards. The ornate facade has hardly changed in all that time, an
impressive tower has been removed from the centre section on the roof but
the lions still remain. The other side has Co-op advertising.
Discontinued
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