Tag: Birkenhead Corporation
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Birkenhead Corporation – Leyland Titan – FBG 910 – 10
Birkenhead Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/40Massey H31/28R Birkenhead 10 entered service in January 1958 with Birkenhead Corporation Transport. It has bodywork by Massey Brothers of Wigan which had been a major supplier of bus bodies to Birkenhead for various chassis since 1931. From 1957 to 1967 Birkenhead had almost totally standardised on the Leyland PD2s with Massey…
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Birkenhead Corporation – Guy Arab II – BG 8557 – 242
Birkenhead Corporation1944Guy Arab IIMassey H31/28R From the mid 1920s up to the outbreak of WW2, Birkenhead Corporation had been a confirmed Leyland aficionado, specifying Massey bodywork for a significant proportion of the fleet since 1931. With the advent of WW2 and the utility bus era, Birkenhead was allocated the Guy Arab II, hitherto unknown in…