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East Yorkshire – Leyland Titan PD1 – JAT 455 – 487
Copyright both shots Bob Gell East Yorkshire Motor Services1949Leyland PD1Roe H?RSeen on 25 June 1958 at the North Landing terminus of route 31 from Bridlington are these classic members of the East Yorkshire fleet. At that time, I remember them as regular performers both on the North Landing service and the then separate service to the…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Titan PD1 – DTP 822 – 188
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Portsmouth Corporation1948Leyland Titan PD1/1AWeymann H30/26R # One of 19 identical PD1/1A’s delivered in 1948, 188 still looks very smart in its glossy maroon and white paint, with roof of grey, paint dipping at the corners a la London Transport’s post-war STL…
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Warrington Corporation – Leyland Titan – EED 8 – 24
Warrington Corporation1947Leyland Titan PD1Leyland H30/26R EED 8 is a Leyland Titan PD1 and according to others on the web it is said to have a Leyland/Alexander H56R body new in 1947 to Warrington as their number 24. Maybe Leyland were busy at the time and it was a Leyland body assembled by Alexander.It is at…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan PD1 – GUF 669 – 269
Southdown Motor Services1946Leyland Titan PD1Park Royal H26/26R Taken with my rather primitive Comet S camera in Brighton in 1960, this picture is not one of my best. There were twenty five of these PD1s delivered between June and September 1946, and 269, GUF 669, arrived with Southdown in July. 269 was withdrawn in 1963 and…
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Williamson’s – Leyland Titanic – DT 9643
Copyright Robert F Mack Williamson’s (Bridlington)1938Leyland Titanic TT5cRoe H32/28R Here is the picture of Williamson’s ex Doncaster Titanic (76 – DT 9643) in action in Queen Street. Unfortunately the destination blind is obscured by the sun but would say either “The Quay and Queensgate” or “Old Town and The Quay”, depending on whether it was…
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Southdown – Leyland Tiger – AUF 851 – 51 (551 from 1937)
Copyright Jack Turley/Dinnages Southdown Motors Services1934Leyland Tiger TS6TShort Bros. B40C (B39C from about 1946) Two of these impressive and handsome vehicles (51 & 52) were purchased in 1934 for the Eastbourne to Beachy Head tourist service. The local authority would only allow the service to operate with single-deckers, so Southdown decided to buy the largest…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Tiger – RH 206 – 158
Copyright Bob Gell East Yorkshire Motor Services1930Leyland Tiger TS2/6Ransomes C26R I received these shots the other day from Bob Gell with the following comment “I visited the Coach and Bus Show at the NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday, and found this amongst the new vehicles.It has been restored by Bluebird Vehicles, based in Scarborough, and is…
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Hunter’s – Leyland Tiger TS7 – JR 6600 – 21
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. H W Hunter and Sons1937Leyland Tiger TS7Burlingham B35F Another from H W Hunter and Sons. New to them in 1937, JR 6600 was a B35F Burlingham bodied Leyland TS7. Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to…
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Ideal Service – Leyland Tiger – DJ 6058
Picture R F Mack Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1934Leyland Tiger TS6CRoe B36R (1949) Parked in Beastfair Pontefract awaiting for the return journey to Barnsley is DJ 6058 which was a Leyland TS6C new to St Helens corporation in 1934 with an English Electric B32F body. Acquired by R. Taylor and Son Cudworth who ran…
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Lancashire United Transport – Leyland Tiger – CTF 425 – 116
Lancashire United Transport1938Leyland Tiger TS8Roe DP30F Lurking in the back streets by Victoria Coach Station in 1961 and by then owned by a contractor is former Lancashire United Transport No.116, CTF 425, a Leyland TS8 of 1938 fitted with Roe DP30F bodywork. It was withdrawn by LUT in 1957. Lancashire United became a confirmed Leyland…