Old bus photos

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  • Old Llanelli Bus

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    We at Llanelli Community Heritage have received the above photograph of a bus in Llanelli taken circa 1920s. Given the limited information in the scene, are you able to enlighten us on some of the details of the bus in the background?Many thanks and good luck. Lyn JohnVice Chair 22/11/12 – 10:10 Re the advertisement…

  • 6357 AD Bedford SB Duple Super Vega

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    Richards Bros, Moylegrove livery suits this handsome vehicle well. The reg is Gloucestershire I think and has a feel of Black & White. Can anyone tell me its history please.This pic was bought from East Pennine TG and is from the R. Marshall Collection. Les Dickinson 12/08/12 – 07:34 Again, this is only my opinion,…

  • Doncaster Independent

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    I recently came across one of my mums old photos, it is of her dad Rowland Burge and the bus he was the driver of. She seems to think that the photo was taken in 1936. She can not remember the company he drove for but she knows it was an independent which had its…

  • Leyland WN 7754

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    This machine looked marvellous in Wooliscroft’s silver and blue livery. It obviously started life in the immediate Swansea area as neighbouring Llanelli and Carmarthen had their own marks. Most likely is South Wales Transport, or maybe it was one of the small units that were taken into United Welsh. Picture from RHG Simpson. Who can…

  • Bus Line Up

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    Can anyone make any sense of this one, I would say a line up from about the mid 20’s, in the bottom corner you can make out what looks like Maidstone, the first bus has a destination of Wallsend so where’s the connection? New buses for Tyneside’s fleet perhaps?’ but they’re registered in Brighton and…

  • What Can You Tell Me?

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    This is a photo of my father William Taylor (the conductor). He was born 1912 and worked for a while in Blucher Pit, Walbottle before this job, so I suspect this is about 1930?Any further details of this coach registration TY 5951 and this firm Robert Emmerson Co Ltd would be gratefully received. I believe…

  • Newcastle Bus Lost in London

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    Here is a strange one for you, (VK 2399) is a pre war Newcastle Corporation AEC complete with advert for our local rag, so what’s so strange about that when it comes from me? Take a look at that bus stop, isn’t that a London Transport compulsory stop, so how did a Newcastle bus end…

  • Northumberland Street

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    Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne 1969Taken with an Instamatic Camera from the footbridge that was there at that time.I started on the buses in 1970 as a conductor, then in August 1971 I passed my bus driving test in a Leyland Atlantean.I was based at Slatyford Depot until I took early retirement in 2008. Brian…

  • Front Engined Chassis

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    This is probably a silly question, but it’s something that I don’t recall seeing covered in any of the writings on the subject (perhaps the authors assumed that it was so obvious as to not require explanation).We all know that the AEC Regal was the single-deck version of the double-deck Regent, and that similarly the…

  • Tillings Transport/Travel Confusion

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    My first post here, but I have been browsing the site on several occasions and have enjoyed both the photos and the varied and detailed postings and comments immensely. I’ve been studying the PSV Circle’s Eastern National fleet history recently and it contains several references to vehicles going out to and coming in from Tillings…