Old bus photos

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  • KHCT Regent II HAT 245

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    I could do with some help please.Hull 245 – HAT 245 is a 1946 AEC Regent II with a Weymann body. It has been acquired for full restoration by an enthusiast in Nottinghamshire who has the skills and facilities. We don’t know a great deal about the history of this bus except that it was…

  • Royal Coaches

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    Another RHG Simpson picture for the “Bus Detectives”.The name in the top glass, driver’s side, says “Royal Coaches” I think. There is also a number 15 in the nearside window. Perhaps this is on a multi-coach works outing, or maybe acting as a service bus on some-one’s route 15. Does anyone know? Les Dickinson 26/04/13…

  • Amalgamated Passenger Transport

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    In all the comments about Todmorden and Halifax buses I notice that there has not been any mention of APT. I recall that the registered office was at the YWD Offices at Saville Town Dewsbury. Perhaps John Stringer could explain what happened to this firm. Philip Carlton 04/07/13 – 12:19 The National Bus Company formed…

  • Whittle Bus

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    Went to West Midland Safari Park a couple of days ago and, nearby, passed a Whittle bus (two coloured ticks formed the ‘W’). Wondered who they were and, lo, they are an outpost of East Yorkshire Chris Hebbron 09/08/13 – 13:10 You’re not saying that you’d never heard of Whittle are you Chris? Another highly…

  • Grove Park Depot

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    This is Grove Park depot, Harrogate, on a Sunday morning in 1962. It contains K6B, KS6B and KSW6B. The lone Lodekka is DX2, which was one of the test batch, pre-production. Although West Yorkshire fitted all their Lodekkas with standard short grilles, they couldn’t disguise the fact that this was a pre-production one because it…

  • USAF N 1011

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    I have never seen one like this before. It is serving with US Air Force in UK. My first thought was that maybe they brought it with them, however, I would suggest that, other than the front, the bodywork is undeniably British. Does the front end have a Mann Egerton feel about it? Can anyone…

  • Royal Tiger MTE 837

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    This “narrow” Leyland PSU1/11 Royal Tiger with a Beccols C41C body started life with Taylor of Earlestown in 1951 and the bodywork is to a completely different design to the better known batch of “LYL registered” Royal Tigers bodied by Beccols. In this shot it is with a later operator using the fleet-name “TRS”. Can…

  • Hants & Dorset Southampton Depot

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    The above two shots just turned up with no comment apart from the ‘Subject’ which I have used as the heading. There was a name with the mail but as there was no comment I think at this moment anonymity maybe the order of the day. Peter 07/10/13 – 14:05 It looks as if the…

  • A Freak Accident

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    A nasty accident which occurred in 1947 in Bondgate, Otley. This fine Samuel Ledgard all Leyland TD4 was just pulling over to the right to turn into the Crossgate Bus Station when the lorry emerged from the narrowest of alleys with this ridiculous and illegally unmarked pole protruding into the road as shown. Mercifully no…

  • Moortown to Shadwell Bus, Leeds

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    Can you tell me anything about the bus above? I know the number plate dates between 1904 and 1929, but I would like to narrow the date down if possible. I understand that these buses had a petrol engine which was used to drive a dynamo which, in turn, fed an electric motor driving the…