Old bus photos

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  • Models – West Yorkshire Plus a Few Others

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    In view of the fact that there are some model buses featured in other galleries and the favourable reaction to them, I thought you might be interested in some of the model buses I have scratch built in 7mm scale. Sorry about the Northern bias! It’s a roots thing! David Rhodes02/2013 22/02/13 – 12:22 One…

  • Gibson Brothers of Barlestone (Comfort Buses) – 1922 to 1940

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    Gibson’s was the brainchild of two brothers, Walter & Edward Gibson. The two miners first came up with the idea of buying a bus in 1919. They used it to ferry themselves and work mates to and from the local coalfields, often parking it up and doing their shift before taking their colleagues home covering…

  • One door or two?

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    This article was originally published on the “Omnibuses Blogspot” site in 2008. That site disappeared a few years later (although some pages can still be seen on the “Wayback Machine“), and although the site principally covered current affairs in the bus industry, this article included an historical perspective. The sixty years mentioned in the introduction…

  • Southampton Corporation

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    Southampton Corporation was one of the few operators to be tempted by the pre war Guy Arab, taking a total of eleven between 1934 and 1936. They proved to be sound purchases, remaining in service with the Corporation for 14 to 16 years. After the Guys, Southampton standardised on Leyland TD4 and TD5 Titans, and,…

  • Annual Works Outings

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    These are all annual works outings official photos which came out of my late father’s effects. Some of them are not labelled on the front, so I will endeavor to explain them to you. Most of these photos are taken on the main Keighley to Skipton road. If they tried to stand at these same…

  • Nottingham Trolleybuses – The Last Years

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    The life and times of the Nottingham trolleybus system have been well documented and photographed over the years and my contribution is as an interested observer in the mid-sixties. My earliest involvement with these vehicles was from familiarity in the early 50s, when my grandparents lived in Ingram Rd, Bulwell, their house backed on to…

  • Massey Bodies with Independents

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    Readers who have read Phil Thoms’ excellent book on Massey Bros of Wigan will have noticed that well over 90% of Massey output, particularly in the post-war period, was destined for municipal operators.After the 1948 nationalisation, the remainder went almost exclusively to independent operators, the exceptions being 10 which were exported to Rhodesia and Mozambique,…

  • Models – Four More

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    Here are four more bus models for you to look at, each very different from the other, including two oddities. One is the Chester Foden and the other is a model of one of those ill-fated Accrington Wulfrunians. I thought the livery would make the bus doubly interesting. Sorry one or two details are misaligned,…

  • Fodens Alpine Fact Finding Tour 1951

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    A note near the bottom of the Foden Works Foden PVRF6 OLG 855 posting about Foden coach OLG 968 inspired me to dig out a pack of photos which used to be my grandfather’s, and then my father’s, and which are now in my keeping.They feature the Foden Alpine Tour of 1951, taken to assess…

  • A Day At The South Yorkshire Transport Museum

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    On the 14th of April this year (2013) I went to the South Yorkshire Transport Museum at Aldwarke near Rotherham. Below are just a few shots I took with my phone, hope you like them. Andy Fisher05/2013 Sheffield (A fleet) 904 a 1959 Leyland Titan PD3 with a Roe H39/30R body. Wester National 1943 a…