Old bus photos

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  • 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…

  • Front Wheel Drive Gilford

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    On Friday 2nd February I received the following photo and mail:- From – E-mail address – Subject – Re the 1931 D Type Gilford double decker see attached view of it under construction and also the contemporaneous single decker Unfortunately as you can see there is no name or email address but it reads as if there should…

  • Nottingham Area Bus Photos

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    I have just spent some time trundling through some memory-inducing pics on your website that include these vehicles. Here is Nottingham City Transport Roberts bodies Regent III during the twilight of its life, in 1966 speeding towards Beeston Square on the 5A/5 circuit. My second picture disproves the “back of a bus” suggestion of ugliness…

  • W Bridgford AEC Regent V’s with Reading Bodies

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    In 1958, West Bridgford UDC took delivery of three AEC Regent V’s, unusually with bodies by Reading & Co, Portsmouth. Most double-deck bodies by Reading were bespoke designs per order and these were no exception, I understand. They were numbered 31-33 (XVO329-331), then, on transfer to NCT in 1968, re-numbered 200-202 respectively.Has anyone got a…