Old bus photos

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  • West Riding – Dennis Loline III – FCP 303E – 552

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    West Riding Automobile1967Dennis Lowline IIINorthern Counties H41/33F During the mid-1960’s with the recent arrival of Geoffrey Hilditch as General Manager at Halifax Corporation, the Joint Omnibus Committee had begun to develop its tour and private hire operations, acquiring a number of secondhand coaches to that end. A works contract had been obtained requiring a number…

  • Middlesbrough Corporation – Dennis Loline II – LXG 243 – 43

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    Middlesbrough Corporation1960Dennis Loline IINorthern Counties FH39/31F The Loline came a bit late really if Dennis had got the licence to build the Lodekka under the name of the Loline sooner I’m sure there would of been a lot more of them than there was. Unfortunately for the Loline in fact for any front engine bus…

  • WMPTE ex-Walsall Corporation – Dennis Loline – 885 LDH – 885

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    WMPTE/ex-Walsall Corporation1960Dennis Loline II YF10Willowbrook H44/30F On 1st October 1969 the Corporation bus fleets of Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wolverhampton were absorbed into the newly formed West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.Due largely to the famously eclectic tastes of its innovative and renowned former General Manager, Mr. R. Edgley Cox, members of the Walsall fleet…

  • Barton Transport – Dennis Loline – 861 HAL – 861

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    Barton Transport1961Dennis Loline IINorthern Counties FL37/31F 861 HAL is the famous ‘limbo dancing’ Dennis Loline II from the Barton fleet. It has an ultra lowbridge Northern Counties FL68F body and we see it at the Netley rally on 13 July 1986. How low can you go? Well, King Alfred’s WCG 104, Tiger Cub, is alongside…

  • Middlesbrough Corporation – Dennis Loline I – JDC 599 – 99

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    Middlesbrough Corporation1958Dennis Loline 1Northern Counties H36/31RD Photo taken on a trip to the Transporter bridge which I walked across the top of I presume it is still there or did they really sell it to the Red Indians. This bus is actually a preservation vehicle loads of information here. I seem to remember at the…

  • United Services – Dennis Loline Mk I – SOU 473

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    Copyright John Stringer United Services1958Dennis Loline MkI 6LWEast Lancs. H37/31RD One of a batch of 34 Lolines delivered to Aldershot & District in 1958 numbered 336-369 (SOU 445-477), SOU 473 was withdrawn by them in 1969. It was then bought by W. R. & P. Bingley of Kinsley, who along with Cooper’s of South Elmsall…

  • East Kent – Dennis Lancet – HJG 6

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    East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd.1954 – 1957Dennis Lancet UF – Guy Arab IVDuple C41C – Park Royal H33/28RD East Kent’s first foray into underfloor engined vehicles occurred in 1951 when six Leyland Royal Tigers with ornate but rather uncertainly styled Park Royal coach bodies arrived in 1951. In 1953 came two more Royal Tigers,…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet – EDP 818

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    Copyright Roger Cox Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1950Dennis Lancet J3Duple C35F This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet – EDP 819

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    Copyright Roger Cox Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1950Dennis Lancet J3Duple C35F This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…

  • Smiths Luxury Coaches – Dennis Lancet – EDP 820

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    Copyright Roger Cox Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1950Dennis Lancet J3Duple FC33F This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…