Category: Photos
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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…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Daimler Fleetline – CRU 188C – 188
Bournemouth Corporation1965Daimler FleetlineWeymann CO43/31F As is with tradition on the south coast of England most open toppers were named, this bus was named “Northumbria” which is a county in the North East of England. All the the other open toppers of the same batch were also called after counties of England, I would be most…
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Blue Bus Services – Daimler Fleetline – 325 YNU
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Blue Bus Services1962Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXNorthern Counties H40/33F Blue Bus Services was the operating name of Tailby & George who were located at Willington in Derbyshire.This bus was the 54th Fleetline chassis built its sister vehicle registration 324 YNU was the first…
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Bury Corporation – Daimler Fleetline – AEN 835C – 135
Bury Corporation1965Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXEast Lancs H43/31F In 1965 when this shot was taken there was only two rear engined double deck vehicles the Daimler Fleetline and the Leyland Atlantean. The Fleetline had one big advantage over the early Atlanteans in that it had a flat central gangway downstairs and the step up from the ground…
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Hebble – Daimler Fleetline – DJX 351D – 351
Copyright Ian Wild Hebble Motor Services1966Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXNorthern Counties H43/31F This was the only new rear engined double decker purchased by Hebble and originally numbered 351 in their feet. In 1970 it was renumbered 625 but in 1971 it passed to Halifax JOC as their 294 when they bought out the Hebble Stage Services. It…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Daimler Fleetline – ALJ 341B – 41
Copyright Diesel Dave Bournemouth Corporation1964Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXMH Cars H44/33F Here are two photos I took in November 1964 at The Square in Bournemouth of one of the corporations unique Daimler Fleetlines fitted with bodies by MH Cars of Belfast the only bodies by this manufacturer delivered to the UK mainland they were part of an…
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S H M D – Daimler Fleetline – ELG 40F – 40
Copyright Ian Wild Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield1968Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXNorthern Counties H41/27D It’s August 1968 and a wet day in Glossop. One of SHMD Board’s recently delivered Walsall inspired short dual entrance Fleetlines is about to turn at the traffic lights outside the Norfolk Arms on a 127 to Stalybridge. North Western’s Glossop Depot is…