Tag: Bristol
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Bristol Omnibus – Bristol K5G – FAE 51 – W85
Bristol Omnibus1939Bristol K5GECW H30/26R I can’t recall seeing the rounded lines of the pre-war ECW highbridge double decker in OBP, so thought you might like to see FAE 51 in July 1961. The vehicle was new (blue livery?) to Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd in 1939 as C3132, survived the war and by this…
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Southern Vectis – Bristol K5G – DDL 50 – 703
Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1940Bristol K5GECW O30/26R In 1937 Southern Vectis took two examples of the Bristol GO5G chassis, and then ordered two examples of the later K5G design. CDL 899, which arrived in July 1939 with fleet number 702, was followed in January 1940 by DDL 50, number 703 which, like its predecessors, had ECW…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol JO5G – BWT 765 – 970
Copyright Roy Marshall West Yorkshire Road Car Company1937Bristol JO5GECW B32F West Yorkshire Bristol JO5G 970 with Eastern Coach Works (ECW) B32F body built in 1937 is also seen at Bradford Chester Street Bus Station about 1950. It would appear to being used as a temporary crew rest room after a duty on a service from…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol JO5G – AWW 165 – 925
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company1936Bristol JO5GECOC B32F Bristol JO5G 925 is seen operating on a local service in Harrogate about 1950. This bus was one of sixty built by the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in 1935/36 and is of the…
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Bristol Tramways – Bristol J – AHU 803 – J134-759-2355
Copyright Ken Jones Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Limited1934Bristol JBristol B35RD AHU 803 (2355) was built as Bristol J134 in 1934 by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company as a private hire coach. It is one of only three preserved Bristol ‘J’ types, and the only one that has been preserved of those that operated…
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Western National – Bristol H5G – FJ 8967 – 137
Copyright Ken Jones Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1933Bristol H5GBristol B35R Here is a sepia tone picture of Colin Billington’s restored Bristol H vehicle taken in the South Hams district of South Devon on the 19th September 2009 seen heading towards Kingsbridge, with Colin at the wheel.Originally FJ 8967 was a Bristol H4B with a Brush…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol GO5G – YG 8986 – 306
Copyright Roy Marshall West Yorkshire Road Car Company1935Bristol GO5GEastern Counties L53R West Yorkshire Bristol GO5G 306 with Eastern Counties L53R body built in 1935 is seen at Bradford Chester Street Bus Station about 1950. It is ready to depart to Baildon via Canal Road and this information is clearly displayed on its “bible” indicator. For…
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York – West Yorkshire – Bristol GO5G – BWT 806 – Y 345
Copyright Keith A Jenkinson York – West Yorkshire1937Bristol GO5GECW H54R It was John Whitaker’s amusing recollection, (posting of East Yorkshire Leyland PD1), of his agonising journey from York to Leeds on a 1935 York-West Yorkshire GO5G that prompted this submission. It is taken from Keith A Jenkinson’s excellent book ‘York City Buses’, (my grateful thanks…
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York – West Yorkshire – Bristol GO5G – AWW 27 – Y 327
Copyright Keith A Jenkinson York – West Yorkshire1935Bristol GO5GECOC H58R This picture was taken at York Station in 1937, and shows the vehicle, in its original livery, on the ‘Circle’ route – 1/8, Tang Hall – Beckfield Lane – Burton Stone Lane. The vertical line in the middle of the ‘bible’ indicator clearly suggests that…
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Pontypridd UDC – Bristol E – HY 2391 – 9
Copyright Brizzle Born and Bred Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Pontypridd Urban District Council1931Bristol EBeadle H60R Some time ago, I posted an item about a Portsmouth Corporation trolleybus, one a several which were lent to Pontypridd during the war. Hull did so, too.Pontypridd UDC had a…