Tag: Bristol K
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Samuel Ledgard – Bristol K6A – GHN 840
Photograph from The late Robert F Mack collection. Samuel Ledgard1945Bristol K6AECW L27/26R As featured in “An Arresting Experience” by Chris Youhill on the “articles” page here we have the vehicle in question. This vehicle was ex-United Automobile Services fleet number BAL 8 new to them in 1945 acquired by Samuel Ledgard in 1959 and served…
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Rotherham Corporation – Bristol K6B – EET 580 – 180
Copyright Ian Wild Rotherham Corporation1949Bristol K6BEast Lancs H30/26R Rotherham was an enthusiastic Bristol operator until they became no longer available to non Tilling Companies. 180 is one of a batch of four Bristol L6B originally with Bruce B32C bodies delivered in 1949 and all rebodied in 1951 (only two years later) by East Lancs as…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol K5G – OWT 201 – YDG 88
Copyright Bob Gell West Yorkshire Road Car Company1954Bristol K5G ECW H28/28R A fine vehicle indeed, but quite sad in some ways. This typical ex-Tilling Group Bristol K5G is spending its final days on loan to Yorkshire Woollen District, after its parent company (York-West Yorkshire) had lost its Tilling identity to the National Bus Company. Eleven Bristol…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol K6B – HWW 863 – 774
Copyright Roy Marshall West Yorkshire Road Car Company1950Bristol K6BECW L27/28R West Yorkshire 774 (DB 36) Bristol K6B is seen new at Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford on the Ilkley stand in 1950 on the 63 service via Manningham Lane to Shipley, an intermediate place before Ilkley. The service at this time ran every 30 minutes…
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York – West Yorkshire – Bristol K5G – OWT 201 – YDG 88
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. York – West Yorkshire Road Car Company1939Bristol K5GECW H30/26 re-bodied H28/28R in 1955 This bus is not what it seems as it started life as a 1939 Bristol K5G with ECW H30/26 body, numbered Y 702 (YDG 72) and registered DWU…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol K5G – LKH 255 – KNG 255
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1950Bristol K5GECW H56R This is a picture taken in my teen-age years of one of my favourite K5G’s which used to regularly run the route 92A to my home council estate in Norwich. Taken in Surrey Street garage on 23rd August 1969 it rests for the night.The bus was withdrawn at the…
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Western National – Bristol K6B – KUO 972 – 959
Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1950Bristol K6BECW L27/28R KUO 972 is former Western National 959 dating from 1950. It is a K6B with ECW L27/28R body that has undergone full restoration. It was withdrawn in 1970 after spending all it’s working life for Western National in Cornwall. It is seen in service at Brislington on 10th…
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Maidstone & District – Bristol K6A – HKE 860 – DH 152
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1945Bristol K6AWeymann H30/26R In the years before the BAT-Tilling rift in 1942, the Maidstone & District company developed quite a liking for the Bristol double deck chassis. Initially, the GO5G type was tried, 12 going to the main fleet and 4 to the Chatham & District subsidiary in 1936. They…
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Keighley – West Yorkshire – Bristol K5G – CWX 671 – KDG 26
Keighley – West Yorkshire1938Bristol K5GRoe L27/28R Keighley – West Yorkshire was established as a branch of West Yorkshire Road Car in 1930, if we believe the entry on Wikipedia. CWX 671 was new to KWY in 1938 and is a Bristol K5G, but the bodywork is not what one might expect, being by Roe rather…