The Trust membership scheme currently has almost 300 members who share an interest in Ribble Motor Services and the work we do to preserve the company’s history. The annual subscription is £25 and members receive a full colour magazine four times a year as well as access to our members Facebook page and the chance to participate in our work.
You can apply for membership by completing the application form via the Contact Page
As well as supporting our overall aims members also have the chance to work directly with the Trust. A whole range of opportunities awaits – some members work regularly at our depot on vehicle preparation, regular maintenance and vehicle restoration. We have plenty of tasks for those with specific skills and those who help in a more general way. Others help out at events by conducting on the bus service, carrying out marshalling, talking to visitors. There’s plenty of enjoyment as well as hard work and a lot of satisfaction in helping a restoration project to completion or successfully delivering a major event.
If you would like to know more and possibly take a look around do get in touch.
2101 Leyland Olympian
Reg: GFR 101W
Chassis: Leyland Olympian
Body: ECW H77F
2101 is historically significant as it was the first production Olympian. The Olympian proved to be the last high volume double deck chassis produced by Leyland although initially it was developed at the Bristol factory as a replacement for the Bristol VR range. The chassis of 2101 itself was built at Bristol.
It entered service with Ribble in August 1981 and was still in service 20 years later when the east Lancashire operations of Ribble were sold to the Blazefield group. When withdrawn a few years later it was bought for private preservation and given an extensive refurbishment which included repaint into original NBC poppy red livery. Shortly after that the owner sold it to some RVPT members and it was added to our collection. It regularly attends rallies and related transport and heritage events.