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  • Samuel Ledgards ex London Transport “Sutton Depot” Daimler CWA6s

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    Chris Youhill Here are some happy reminiscences from personal experience on a class of Daimler vehicles which hold a very special place in Samuel Ledgard history. During 1953/4 no less than twenty four London Transport Daimler CWA6s were purchased. Two of these, GYL 291 and HGF 805, are not part of this account and so…

  • Monday at The Moorfield, Kid ??

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    Chris Youhill Every Thursday at Bondgate Mr. Jack Tapscott would publish the following week’s work for the two garages at Otley and Ilkley including, as far as was possible in advance, any rest day working and overtime. Jack’s typing may admittedly have left a lot to be desired, but the accuracy of the weekly A4…

  • The Brooklands School Bus

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    Stephen Ford In 1954 when I was 5, we moved from Nottingham to Long Eaton, about 7 miles to south west. At the age of 8 I transferred from the infants school which was about 2 minutes walk from home to Brooklands junior school, which was about a mile away. In those days it was…

  • New Years Day out in Winchester

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    David Oldfield What does Ebenezer do for New Year? He goes to bed early so that he can get to Winchester for 08:30 on New Year’s Day. Family commitments kept me in Sheffield until New Year’s day until the death of my mother about three years ago. A ‘Friends of King Alfred bus’ virgin until…

  • To Birmingham – and beyond

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    Mel Harwood I blame my dad. He just happened to be an inspector with Potteries Motor Traction in Stoke-on-Trent when I was growing up, and as a result of my going with him to work when he was on late turn (to collect his pay) I saw just about every new bus PMT had delivered…

  • Sheffield Bus Bodies

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    David Oldfield A lot has been said about Sheffield not having a standard bus – unlike London, Manchester and Birmingham. This may have been true but, apart from those quirky deliveries to spice up the life of a gricer, Sheffield did adhere to a fairly strict dual order policy. From the ’20s until mid ’60s…

  • If only…

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    Ian Thompson Like most of us, I’ve got a long “If only…” list. Among my regrets are that, as far as I know, no pre-war Guy Arabs survive; no double-deck Thornycrofts or Maudslays or Tilling-Stevens; that the low floor Gilford double-decker and the Leyland TB10 trolleybus were scrapped; that I didn’t save ex-Leeds PD1 JUG…

  • Why I Became a Bus Enthusiast or “Buses Galore on Route 54” – Route map

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    Map courtesy of Google Maps

  • Why I Became a Bus Enthusiast or “Buses Galore on Route 54” Part 3

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    Paul Haywood To read Part 2 Click here or Part 1 Click here Until recently, the Corn Exchange was the terminal point for West Riding’s unusual centre-entrance AEC Regent IIIs running over what was once their tram route all the way from there to Rothwell, Wakefield and Sandal until 1932. Buses serving these former tram…

  • Why I Became a Bus Enthusiast or “Buses Galore on Route 54” Part 2

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    Paul Haywood Not read Part 1 Click here As we got nearer to the city centre, at Wellington Bridge, we joined Tong Road. Here we saw further Leeds buses, mainly on the former tram routes from Whingate and New Inn, using a mix of Roe or Weymann-bodied AECs and Leylands, as well as routes 42…