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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 It was withdrawn by LUT in 1957.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…
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Wilts & Dorset – Leyland Tiger – CHR 485
Wilts & Dorset Motor Services1940Leyland Tiger TS8Harrington C32R When photographed at Brighton during the 1970 HCVC Rally, this ex Wilts & Dorset Leyland Tiger TS8 with a Harrington C32R body had been converted into a caravan. A picture of this coach in its former glory may be found here:- www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/ Although the TS8 had nominally been…
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Rye Hill Park Coaches – Leyland Tiger – CKO 979
Rye Hill Park Coaches1936Leyland TS7Harrington C32F In May and June 1936 Maidstone & District bought twenty oil engined Leyland TS7 coaches with Harrington C32F bodies. These proved to be excellent purchases, but after thirteen years, including wartime, of hard work, the Harrington bodies showed signs of fatigue. During 1949 and 1950 the entire batch was…
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Wigan Corporation – Leyland Tiger TS4 – EK 8867 – 81
Wigan Corporation1932Leyland Tiger TS4Santus B32R This picture of Wigan No.81 was taken on a dismal day in Brighton in May 1969 during the HCVC Rally. It shows a Leyland Tiger TS4 with locally Wigan built Santus B32R body delivered in October 1932. It has been established that the peculiarly Wigan name of Santus did not…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Leyland Tiger – NLJ 267 – 89
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation1953Leyland Tiger PSU1/13Burlingham B41F This shot is from the Ray Soper “Gallery” contribution A Trolleybus tour in Bournemouth click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment regarding this…
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Harper Bros – Leyland Tiger PS2 – LTF 808 – 22
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1950Leyland Tiger PS2Harrington C??F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment regarding…
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West Riding – Leyland Tiger PS 2/12 – EHL 337 – 726
West Riding Automobile1952Leyland Tiger PS2/12Roe B39F According to my Ian Allan book which I have now found West Riding was the second largest Independent operator in the UK not sure who the first one was LUT perhaps. The book British Bus Fleets no 9 Yorkshire (company operators) was published March 1962 and cost 2s/6d by…
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West Riding – Leyland Tiger PS2/3 – CHL 746 – 340
West Riding Automobile1950Leyland Tiger PS2/3Longford C33F This bus was originally owned by J Bullock & sons which merged with West Riding in 1950 this was after a failed attempt of West Riding to sell out to the British Transport Commission.There is another photo of a similar preserved bus all be it 2 years younger and…
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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…