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26 site news items added in 2012.

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07/05/12	29 new vehicles were added to the database this morning, along with a couple of previously un-reported bus company taxis from the 1980s/1990s. I haven't had a chance to process any photos recently, although there have been surprisingly few contributions in the past fortnight. Well, it has been very wet. The sightings count is edging towards the 50,000 mark. Another landmark was achieved today when I started the first actual page coding tests for the next version of this website. Don't hold your breath though!
30/04/12	I have just added some more vehicles to the database, including some operated by Luton and District (and others) many years ago, plus the more recent fleet of Centrebus. I have also updated the links to photos where relevant.
29/04/12	After a busy week I had a few free hours today so I have uploaded yet another dozen photographs. It was either that or try and wrestle with the LTSV3 database structure problem!
22/04/12	For the third time in three days I can report the addition of another 12 photographs. These include some excellent vintage shots (I think the 1980s can now be classed as 'vintage'!).
21/04/12	I had a bit of free time this morning, so I have uploaded another 12 photos. There is still a bit of a backlog to get through though....
20/04/12	I've just uploaded another dozen photos and added yet more newly reported vehicles to the database. A record-breaking 97 vehicles have been added in the past month. Ref the photos, I have loads more to put up but I find that doing them in batches of 12 makes the process more manageable. Many thanks to everyone who has been sending in pictures recently.
15/04/12	A large amount of historical information has become available over the past few months, meaning I am now in a position to capture the full allocation histories (including modifications, etc) for central fleet vehicles between 1939 and about 1980. However, I have realised that the current LTSV database structure is not fully suitable. Showing all the information is not a problem, but making it findable is. For example, a vehicle can be shown as having been operated by Grey Green and Arriva, but the searchable part can only contain one entry. The same applies to changes of livery, registration, body, etc. I am working on a solution to this but in the meantime I have decided to update the database with some of the other information now available. This will mainly be making the 'in' and 'out' dates more accurate, and adding (where available) the names of the suppliers and subsequent buyers of each vehicle.
13/04/12	Another set of 12 new photographs has been added, along with details of yet more new vehicles.
11/04/12	There go another twelve photos!
08/04/12	I've just pushed up twelve new photographs, selected at random from the large amount I intend to publish over the next few days/weeks.
07/04/12	I have just updated the database with lots of new additions, a few withdrawals and other amendments (plus my own sightings). The next batch of photos will be slightly delayed. I finally found some time to catalogue the recent submissions and select a set for publication. However, I found that I had 87 worth putting up, and more have come in since! I will probably try and do a dozen or so at a time. Of long term interest, I have acquired yet more archive information, this time covering the 1939 to 1956 period.
21/03/12	Twenty-one new vehicles have been added to the database today.
16/03/12	A large amount of vehicle entries have been added today, these being the 1,683 'Private Cars' bought or operated by London Transport between 1933 and 1985. For more information, see the posting in the 'LT un-numbered' section of the forum. Notably this change takes the vehicle database (comfortably) through the 10,000 entries mark. This is the first stage in a range of planned changes. Other aspects include full allocation histories for LT vehicles, indexes of trade plates and pre-1939 numbers, and various improvements to the design of the database and web pages. More details will be made available soon.
14/03/12	I've just done a partial database update, with 8 more additions. Other changes, and commentary, will have to wait until later today.
04/03/12	I have just put up another batch of 30 pictures (they're dated 3rd March but I'm running a couple of hours late!). These cover recent developments plus a bunch of 1980s gems from John Marshall's collection.
29/02/12	Another single photo today, getting the first 12 reg SV on-line a day before any appear on the road. More pics and data soon.
22/02/12	I have added a single photo today, showing a new lorry for the central fleet (more 'scoop' points go to Ray again). Quite a few interesting pictures have been received in the past week or so, and these will be put up shortly.
19/02/12	20 more photos have just been added.
17/02/12	A small database update has just been done, with a few additions and withdrawals. I have been busy gathering allocation information for LT service vehicles in the 1960s today. The results won't be on-line just yet but they are an important part of my plans for improvements to the site.
05/02/12	A batch of 25 photographs has just been published, including some archive shots from the 1980s and some interesting views taken this year at Eastleigh.
28/01/12	Thirteen new vehicles have been added to the database (all central fleet ones), while a dozen have been marked as withdrawn.
22/01/12	54 new photographs have been published today, and they are a rather mixed batch. About half are from the 1970s, with further contributions from John Marshall and also some early shots by our own Ray Monk. Pushing the boundaries of what defines a service vehicle, I have included 5 photos of St John (LT Corps) Ambulances. There's one photo from the 1980s (of a 1930s tanker!), a couple from the provinces in the 1990s, then straight up-to-date with a look at recent developments.
21/01/12	I have gone slightly overboard with the pictures again this month, the latest batch comprising 54 photos. Just bear with me while I try and write 54 informative, witty and well-researched captions...!
21/01/12	I am in the process of preparing some photos to be added to the website very soon. For now, the database has again been refreshed with a further 10 additions, along with almost 40 withdrawals and a few other updates.
17/01/12	The database has been updated with 10 more new vehicles plus reported withdrawals. I have also posted some fleet news and also a review of SV happenings in 2011 (see here). The photos - once again - are next on my list!
06/01/12	I have brought the database up to date (apart from a couple of SORNs still to mark as withdrawn). Photos will be done next.

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