Old bus photos

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  • Photos from my father’s album

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                See below for details of above vehicles My late Father David & my Mother Sally both worked for Blue Line – Reliance my father for 48 years from 1931 until his retirement in 1978. Below are a selection of my Dads old photographs some of pre-war Reliance in the yard at the rear of the…

  • Eatonways (Hay Mills) circa 1961

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    A few shots of this long gone, long established coach operator. A family run business headed by Fred Eaton, who together with his tyrannical workshop manager who’s name (at the time) I thought would live with me forever, and now after nearly 50 years escapes me, ran a tight ship and had a loyal customer…

  • Iain Simms Jensen Gallery

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    A collection of my model buses scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale) the following are a selection of rare late 1940’s Jensen/Sparshatts service buses in a variety of liveries. Drawing of the model produced by Myself in the 1960’s from photographs and an outline drawing. 2 Shells cut out and in…

  • Photos of my father with Northern General

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    Some bus photographs of my father and vehicles he drove. He worked for Northern General from1929 until 1973, prior to this he and my uncle had their own bus business in Hetton. Sunderland Fawcett Street about 1930 with a Midland SOS and a Tramcarin the background My father with his conductor in front of a…

  • Hulls Atlanteans in various liveries

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    Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport purchased four batches of Leyland Atlanteans between 1966 and 1968 as below:-403 – 412 (FRH 403 – 412D) 2/66 PDR1/1 renumbered 203 – 212 12/66213 – 227 (JRH 413 – 4127E) 1-2/67 PDR1/1228 – 243 (NAT 228 – 243F) 1-2/68 PDR1/1244 – 257 (PRH 244 – 257G) 12/68 – 1/69…

  • Southsea Spectacular 1975

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    In 1975, the year before I left Portsmouth, I visited this show of preserved buses, which had been organised by my colleague and good friend, the late Dave Chalker. It was the first one ever and the only one to be held in the grounds of Southsea Castle and not on the adjacent Southsea Common…

  • A Trolleybus Tour in Bournemouth

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    I thought that you might like to see the following pictures which were taken on a trolleybus tour in Bournemouth sometime around 1960. When we all used to bundle into a coach and go to a pre-arranged meeting with various bus companies. It was at a time when such things could be done without “health…

  • Enjoyable Weekend

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    I’ve just had a very enjoyable weekend: Saturday, North West Museum of Road Transport at St Helens; Sunday, Dewsbury Running Day. I wish I could have squeezed in Aldwarke too, but that’s for another time DV. This magnificent Albion was running between the Museum at Ravensthorpe and Dewsbury bus station. I first saw it in…

  • Red and White Guy L1749 – Part Three

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    Not seen Part One click hereor Part Two click here This is the third and final part of my gallery regarding preserved Red & White Guy Arab III L1749. It shows her in the condition she is in today, I have also included a selection of internal shots which depict the lowbridge seating arrangement and…

  • Red and White Guy L1749 – Part Two

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    Not seen Part One click here This is the second part of my gallery regarding preserved Red & White Guy Arab III L1749. It shows photographs of chassis and body restoration ending with a complete respray to the original livery of Red & White pre the BTC Tillings take over. Ken Morgan04/2011 Under Preservation After…