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Yorkshire Woollen District – Leyland Tiger PS1 – HD 7905 – 622
Photograph G. Brooke Yorkshire Woollen District1948Leyland Tiger PS1Brush B34F This great shot of a superb bus arrived above due to a comment made on another YWD vehicle on this site. The person who made the comment said he owned the only survivor of a batch of 75 Brush bodied Leyland Tiger PS1s. This I had…
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Blackburn Corporation – Leyland PS1 – BCB 340/EAS 956 – 7
Copyright Duncan Holden Blackburn Corporation Transport1948Leyland Tiger PS1Crossley B32F Blackburn Corporation Transports roots go back to the first services in 1881, the trams, unusually, being wholly steam-hauled for the whole period, with corporation takeover and subsequent electrification in 1901.Bus services started in 1929. Tramway closures started in 1935, but the system’s complete demise was delayed…
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West Midlands PTE – Leyland Tiger – JOJ 252 – 2252
Copyright Ian Wild West Midlands PTE1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Weymann B34F PMT went through various vehicle shortages in 1969/70 mainly as a result of the unreliability of the Roadliner fleet which was sucking maintenance resources from the rest of the fleet. East Midland and Trent loaned Tiger Cubs but a real surprise was the hiring of up…
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Greyhound – Leyland Tiger PS2/1 – MWA 761 – 107
Copyright Ian Wild T D Alexander (Greyhound) Sheffield and Arbroath1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans C32R Sheffield bought eight of these buses in 1950 for the B fleet. Their O.600 engines gave them an enhanced performance compared with the earlier PS1s. These were the only Strachans bodies bought by Sheffield and were the last new half cab single…
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Wallace Arnold Tours – Leyland Tiger – LUB 260
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wallace Arnold Tours Leeds1948Leyland Tiger PS1Duple C33F This photo is another from my dusty collection of postcards bought many years ago, and recently extracted from the proverbial shoebox. This view of Wallace Arnold coach LUB 260 was taken by an unknown…
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Wallace Arnold Tours – Leyland Tiger – LNW 262
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd1947/1950Leyland Tiger PS1Burlingham FC33F This photograph is yet another from my dusty collection, taken by an unknown photographer. It shows Wallace Arnold LNW 262, one of a large batch of Leyland PS1s purchase in the immediate post-war…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Tiger PS1 – KWJ 103 – 103
Sheffield Corporation1949Leyland Tiger PS1 Cawood B34F When the Sheffield Strachan-bodied Leyland Tigers were discussed in a previous posting there was mention of a couple of batches bearing Cawood bodies. 103 was one of five for the Joint Committee (B fleet) another five were delivered to the Corporation (A fleet). I think this is parked outside Leadmill…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Tiger – MWA 757 – 57
Copyright R H G Simpson Sheffield Corporation1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans B34R Despite the low fleet number, 57, this was a B fleet vehicle. The computer hadn’t taken over yet. This was one of a batch of eight delivered in 1950. Seen here in Pond Street Bus Station before the concrete and glass version. It could be…
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Scarlet Pimpernel Motors – Leyland Tiger – JYC 855
Scarlet Pimpernel Motors1947Leyland Tiger PS1Harrington C33F JYC 855 is a Leyland PS1 with a Harrington Fin C33F body dating from 1947 and registered in March 1948 to Scarlet Pimpernel Motors of Minehead in Somerset, and is now part of the Roger Burdett collection.It was new to Porlock Weir Motor Services (trading as Blue Motors) in…