Old bus photos

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  • A Day Trip to Southsea

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    Nigel Edwards After my recent piece for the Old Bus Photos ‘Galleries’ page relating to my driving days with Eatonways of Hays Mill, many memories resurfaced. Some just personal recollections of the long hard days doing day trips, the hat being passed around for tips as we approached base etc etc. However, one particular event…

  • Halifax Corporation Livery

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    Philip Halstead The Halifax Corporation livery was similar to the Glasgow Corporation livery because it was adopted after Halifax borrowed a Glasgow liveried bus as a demonstrator. The fleet had worn a blue and white livery until, in 1924, the new General Manager prompted a change to red and cream. The Glasgow Corporation livery of…

  • English Electric Bus Bodies

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    John Whitaker The English Electric Company, and its predecessors in the Dick Kerr group, were the largest producers of tramcar bodies in the UK, and had established a sound business platform in the successor business of bus and trolleybus bodies by 1932. In 1932, a standard 6 bay composite double deck body was produced with…

  • Goose Fair

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    Stephen Ford It is easy to forget how heavily we relied on buses during the 1950s when car ownership was so much lower than it is today. Any major function was an occasion to run a special bus service. Many cities’ blinds featured such exotic destinations as “Football Ground” and “Races” as well as the…

  • The Horseless Horse Bus Mystery

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    John Barringer I found this picture in a house clearance store some time ago and it has puzzled me ever since. Although I was at one time a member of The Omnibus Society, I have never seen any reference to the LGOC ever experimenting with the conversion of horse buses to petrol power. Looking back…

  • The Mystery of the Second Sheffield No 12

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    Ian Gibbs This is a tale of coincidence and collaboration that shows how shared research between enthusiasts can solve mysteries. In July 1997 I began what was to become a fascinating exchange of letters with the late Charles C Hall of Sheffield. It began simply enough with a request from me for a copy of…

  • Sheffield Buses in the Snow

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    Ian Wild Monday 1st January 1968 A heavy snowfall starting about 18:00hrs was the prelude to an hour of chaos on services 61/63 on Greystones Road between 19:00 and 20:00hrs. The 19:03 ex Hunters Bar on service 61 operated by 813 became stuck at the Greystones Grange Road bus stop. The driver telephoned for assistance…

  • Metal Tyred Primitive

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    John Barringer I have owned the above picture of a Motor Traction Co. Ltd. bus for over fifty five years and have yet to find anyone who can identify the make of this vehicle with any certainty. It is amazing, but true, that as a nation we seem to have more knowledge of Roman chariot…

  • Hants & Dorset 1945 Bristol K6A

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    John Barringer This is a picture of my own Bristol K6A that I owned in the period 1984/5. From looking at the excellent web based H & D fleet list it appears to have started life as a covered top Strachan bodied half-cab machine with the code L27/28R and fleet number TD776, this calculated from…

  • A Rare find

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    Roy Dodsworth In July 2002 I spent some time working in Scotland and travelled home by many routes. One such journey was on a B road in Central Scotland and I saw a derelict coach parked in an orchard. I could not see sufficient detail to identify the coach so I made a note to…