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Date of Registration
Hi I was hoping that if anyone is able to date the bus in the attached photo I think the registration number is CAV 203 any info will be gratefully accepted. Dod 08/01/12 – 16:39 The CAV plate of the AEC Regal was issued by Aberdeenshire, but the Austin Princess, which was produced from 1947,…
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Simpsons EPL 628
This is a Ron Doig image copyright Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust. Does anyone know anything about the vehicle? Stephen Allcroft 28/10/15 – 13:30 Zooming in on the top of the rad there appears to be a rectangular makers name plate, though it gets too pixelated to read.Could it be Dennis? Anon 28/10/15 – 13:30 What…
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Trent Double Decker
Sorry this is only half a Trent bus but could anyone tell me more about it please? The vehicle registration no is CH 4073, the number on the driver’s door is 207 and the destination board reads ‘Matlock’.The conductor lived in Scotland until March 1924 so the photo must have been taken after that date.I’d…
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Bedford SB Strachan Pacesaver RTK 109T
Was this style of ‘perforated’ grille only used on Government ‘Pacesavers’. My local operator had one which had come from the Royal Navy, and like this one, had no chrome trim on the front. I’m unable to get a clear picture of the legal lettering on this but RTK was a Dorset CC registration. Les…
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London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) Political Setup
I’ve always been unclear about London Transport’s financial makeup. I assume it was in some sort of public ownership, yet it seemed to have shareholders, because Frank Pick resigned from his post in 1940 because he felt that they were not getting a fair deal at that time. If anybody can shed light on this,…
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Eatonways (Hay Mills) circa 1961
A few shots of this long gone, long established coach operator. A family run business headed by Fred Eaton, who together with his tyrannical workshop manager who’s name (at the time) I thought would live with me forever, and now after nearly 50 years escapes me, ran a tight ship and had a loyal customer…
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Iain Simms Jensen Gallery
A collection of my model buses scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale) the following are a selection of rare late 1940’s Jensen/Sparshatts service buses in a variety of liveries. Drawing of the model produced by Myself in the 1960’s from photographs and an outline drawing. 2 Shells cut out and in…
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Photos of my father with Northern General
Some bus photographs of my father and vehicles he drove. He worked for Northern General from1929 until 1973, prior to this he and my uncle had their own bus business in Hetton. Sunderland Fawcett Street about 1930 with a Midland SOS and a Tramcarin the background My father with his conductor in front of a…
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Hulls Atlanteans in various liveries
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport purchased four batches of Leyland Atlanteans between 1966 and 1968 as below:-403 – 412 (FRH 403 – 412D) 2/66 PDR1/1 renumbered 203 – 212 12/66213 – 227 (JRH 413 – 4127E) 1-2/67 PDR1/1228 – 243 (NAT 228 – 243F) 1-2/68 PDR1/1244 – 257 (PRH 244 – 257G) 12/68 – 1/69…
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Southsea Spectacular 1975
In 1975, the year before I left Portsmouth, I visited this show of preserved buses, which had been organised by my colleague and good friend, the late Dave Chalker. It was the first one ever and the only one to be held in the grounds of Southsea Castle and not on the adjacent Southsea Common…