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B.O.A.C. – Leyland Atlantean – LYF 304D
British Overseas Airways Corporation1966Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1MCW CH38/16F In 1940, with Britain at war and civilian air traffic barely existent, Croydon based Imperial Airways formally subsumed the privately owned (though nationally subsidised) British Airways at Heston and became BOAC, though this had been the de facto situation since September 1939. At the end of the war,…
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Manchester Corporation – Leyland PDR1/1 – HVM 914F – 1014
Manchester Corporation1968Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Park Royal H45/28D One of the famous Mancunians which revolutionised the double deck bus in the late 60s is seen turning into Portland Street in May 1968 when just a couple of months old. The stunning livery brightened up Manchester – sad that they soon succumbed to SELNEC orange and white. Photograph…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland A13 – BT 8777 – 54
East Yorkshire Motor Services1923Leyland A13Leyland B26 As photography is my hobby I have been busy restoring the old family photographs and I came across the above shot of my father and the bus he drove, he is the tallest person in the photo, I hope the photo maybe of interest to you. During the First…
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J Fishwick & Sons – Leyland-MCW Olympian – 524 CTF – 28
Copyright Peter Williamson J Fishwick & Sons1957Leyland-MCW OlympianWeymann DP40F This should go nicely with the Fishwick Olympic already posted. The Olympian was to the Tiger Cub what the Olympic was to to the Royal Tiger – in other words it was a lightweight integral with Tiger Cub running units and an MCW Hermes body built…
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J Fishwick & Sons – Leyland-MCW Olympian – 521 CTF – 7
J Fishwick & Sons – Leyland-MCW Olympian – 521 CTF – 7 J Fishwick & Sons1957Leyland-MCW Olympian LW1Weymann B44F This is sad to say the last week of operation for J Fishwick & Sons of Leyland, Lancashire so I thought it would only fitting for one of their vehicles to be posted this Sunday the…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Karrier WL6/2 – TP 4835 – 46
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Copyright CPPTD Portsmouth Corporation1927Karrier WL6/2Brush H32/28R Portsmouth Corporation, primarily a tram operator at this time, having dabbled with some Thornycroft J’s, Guy J’s, Dennis 50 cwt’s, an LGOC B Class, Dennis E’s and a Karrier CL, then decided to go for…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier MS2 – CVH 743 – 543
Copyright Ian Wild Huddersfield Corporation1947 rebodied 1961Karrier MS2East Lancs H40/32R On a day trip to Huddersfield on 30th May 1967 I travelled on service 40 to Bradley, Leeds Road on 543. Trolleybuses were replaced by motor buses on this cross town route to Longwood a few weeks later on 12th July. In those relatively traffic…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 521 – 521
Copyright C Carter Huddersfield Corporation1940Karrier E6Weymann H34/30R One of the large group of Karrier E6 trolleybuses built to a similar style to the larger group of Park Royal trolleybuses to the unique design specified by Huddersfield. These ten Weymann built bodies were longer than the Park Royal ones and 521 also had English Electric motors…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 497 – 497
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Huddersfield Corporation1938Karrier E6Park Royal H?/?R – rebuilt 1950 Roe H36/30R Karrier E6 497 is seen in the mid fifties in Huddersfield Town centre on a through service from Brackenhall to Lockwood. This trolleybus formerly had a Park Royal body and…
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Formby Coach Company – Karrier – MDU 74
Copyright Alan Murray-Rust Formby Coach Company1953KarrierReading C14F After the demise of the W-type trolleybus, the Karrier name remained dormant until the Rootes Group revived it for this compact little 14-seater coach. It was clearly based on Commer units, and according to John Gillham’s ‘Buses and Coaches 1945-1965’ used a 4-cylinder petrol engine. It appears to…