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Aldershot & District – Dennis Lance – GOU 845 – 145
Aldershot & District Traction Co1950Dennis Lance K3East Lancs L25/26R Aldershot & District Dennis K3 fleet number 145 seen above at Alton Station, Hants celebrates its 50th year in preservation with Tim Stubbs by running an hourly service between Hindhead (145’s home garage) and Haslemere, Surrey, this coming Saturday, July 19.First departures are from Haslemere Station…
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Llandudno UDC – Dennis GL – CC 8671
Copyright Pete Davies Llandudno Urban District Council1929Dennis GLRoberts 19 seat Toastrack Here is a view of CC 8671. This Dennis GL was built in 1929 for Llandudno UDC and carries a J Roberts (not to be confused with Charles Roberts) toastrack body seating 19. She has been in the care of Southampton University for many…
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Aldershot & District – Dennis Falcon P5 – POR 428 – 282
Aldershot & District Traction Co1956Dennis Falcon P5Strachans B30F In the 1930s, Dennis manufactured a bewildering choice of small buses for lightly trafficked routes – Dart, Pike, Arrow Minor, Ace and Mace. These were all replaced in 1938 by a single model, the Falcon, available in normal or forward control, with the engine options of Dennis…
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Southdown – Dennis Falcon – FUF 181 – 181
Southdown Motor Services1939Dennis Falcon P4Harrington B30C In 1938, Dennis replaced its multiplicity of of small buses for lightly trafficked routes – Dart, Pike, Arrow Minor, Ace and Mace – with one model, the Falcon. This was offered with normal or forward control, the engine options being Dennis 3.77 side valve petrol, or Gardner 4LK or…
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Aldershot & District – Dennis Dominant – HOU 900 – 174
Copyright Roger Cox Aldershot & District1950Dennis DominantStrachans B41C The Dominant represented the initial attempt by Dennis to offer an underfloor engined single deck chassis. Like the contemporary Regal IV, Royal Tiger, Freeline and Arab UF models, the Dominant was a heavy beast, but, unlike those competitors, it never achieved quantity production. The engine was a…
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Prince of Wales Tours – Dennis Dart – TJ 836
Prince of Wales Tours1933Dennis DartDuple C20R So far as I am aware, Entwhistle & Sons of Morecambe, trading as Prince of Wales tours, only ever had two vehicles. I offered a view of ETC 760B a while ago. Here are two views of their first, a 1933 Dennis Dart with Duple C20R body, with door.…
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Southern National – Dennis Ace – YD 9533 – 3650
Copyright Roger Cox Southern National1934Dennis AceDennis B20F Few of us realise just how major the task of bus preservation can be in terms of effort and expense. Back in the late 1960s I was a member of a group that bought 1934 ex Southern National Dennis Ace YD 9533 with Dennis B20F body, which had…
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London General – Dennis 4 ton – XX 9591 – D 142
London General Omnibus Company1925Dennis 4 tonDodson O26/22RO Pictured at South Croydon on the May 1972 HCVC London – Brighton rally is Dennis 4 ton XX 9591, D142 of 1925 with the almost inevitable Dodson O26/22RO bodywork. This bus has a complicated history that is detailed on the London Bus Museum website Although a service was…
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Blue Bus Services – Daimler Freeline – 120 JRB – Dr 18
Blue Bus Services1959Daimler Freeline CD650HBurlingham Seagull C37F The above photograph was given to me by the ex Blue Bus Inspector the late Ken Baker, when I worked for Derby Borough Transport, and was in charge of the Blue Bus operation at Willington, before the fire.He had no idea where it was taken, but he thought…
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W Gash & Sons – Daimler Freeline – NAL 783
Copyright Roger Cox W Gash & Sons1952Daimler Freeline D650HSBurlingham C41C After the posting of a W Gash & Sons T.I.M. ticket and the very interesting copy from Stephen Ford on the Old Bus Tickets website yesterday here is the Old Bus Photos contribution to the W Gash & Sons of Newark, Notts weekend. It is…