Buses on Screen - Carry On Films

Carry On Abroad AKA A Mad Holiday(1972)

Features two coaches, the first a Harrington Cavalier-bodied AEC Reliance of Jack Crump of Pinewood Road, Iver Heath.

the second a very impressive red and cream foreign coach. (thanks Clive Lacey and Grant Morton)

Jon Price identifies the Reliance/Harrington as Jack Crump's BMK 341A, and notes the European (Spanish or Portugese) bodied coach he suggests was borrowed from AEC, since the 'foreign' scenes appear to have been shot in Britain.

Carry On Behind (1975)

"Near the beginning when Elke Sommer crashes her car into a caravan there is a very brief shot of a red Leyland National in the far distance." (thanks Jon Price)

Carry On Cabby AKA Call Me a Cab (1963)

London Transport AEC Regent III RTs are glimpsed in the opening and closing credits. (thanks Bob Wingrove)

Carry On Camping (1969)

The girls' school travels to the campsite in a white/black AEC Reliance/Plaxton Panorama I coach DJH737F. (noted by Denise Annells and confirmed as on of a pair from the fleet of Jack Crump of Iver Heath.

Carry On At Your Convenience (1971)

(added screen captures) Plaxton Elite-bodied Ford R226 coach ONM871H is used on a works day trip to Brighton. In white/black livery the coach is named 'Sally' and is operated by Jack Crump of Pinewood Road, Iver Heath.

During the day out the coach is seen on Brighton seafront at the head of a line of Southdown coaches.

........and on the trip home it stops outside a pub called the Red Lion where a Harrington-bodied coach is already parked, also supplied by Jack Crump.

(thanks Clive Lacey, Grant Morton and Graeme Selway)

Carry On Doctor (1967)

First few minutes show a C-registration Thames Valley Bristol Lodekka FLF/ECW on service 69 following another bus. Bob Palmer believes this was shot on the roundabout outside Slough Bus Station.

A rooftop scene includes views of Maidenhead bus station, including more Thames Valley buses. Here Anita Harris looks out of a skylight.

Footage of a fire tender, however, has a London Transport AEC Regent III RT in the background! (thanks Clive Lacey and Grant Morton)

Carry On Girls (1973)

A green/black Plaxton Elite-bodied coach of Robinsons, Great Harwood (identified by Ewood Eddie) passes the hotel in an early sequence. Mike Lloyd suggests this coach is almost certain to have been with Rambler of Hastings, whose livery was similar, and who were frequent visitors to nearby Brighton. The closing chase scene has a Southdown Leyland Titan PD3/4/Northern Counties in what seems to be a red/green allover advertising livery, but earlier another 'Queen Mary' is glimpsed in true Southdown colours. (thanks Clive Lacey)
Jon Price identifies the red liveried Southdown Leyland Titan PD3/4/Northern Counties 'Queen Mary' as an all over advertiser for the Roberts Off Licence chain - this would make it 915; it also featured on a TPC 'Pike Card' postcard.

Carry On Loving (1970)

An early scene features a Thames Valley Bristol Lodekka FS/Eastern Coachworks followed on a roundabout by a London Country AEC Regent III RT; the front destination indicator has been faked up to show 'Guildhall'.

Bob Palmer believes this was shot on the roundabout outside Slough Bus Station. The interior of the Lodekka is also shown:

(thanks Clive Lacey and Grant Morton) A Duple Commander-bodied coach is also glimpsed at a railway station identified by Mike Lloyd as Windsor, and a London Country AEC RF also appears on route 458:

Carry On Regardless (1961)

Glimpse of an unidentified London Transport AEC Regal RF/MCW (thanks Bob Wingrove).

Carry On Films:

Maurice Bateman comments: "Jack Crump was indeed a coach operator who traded as Denham Coaches. Although his formal address was at Pinner, Middlesex his 'operating centre' was actually in the grounds of Pinewood Studios! Much of his work entailed taking the production teams on location and of course he provided coaches for filming as required. Additionally for a period he had 2 ex City of Oxford Regents painted in the Rank Organisation colours which operated a staff service between the Studios and Uxbridge Station. His fleet colours were cream & black although towards the end with the ex Glenton AECs the Glenton colours were retained. So Denham Coaches can be found in many films over the years, often in the background. In the early 70s I had the pleasure of calling on Jack in a professional capacity at the Studios, in those days I worked for Plaxtons!"

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