Tag: Crossley
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Penny wise, pound foolish
A pioneer in the the teaching of English to foreign learners once declared that he never taught proverbs; he felt they were folksy and old-fashioned. Well, I thoroughly disagree with him. The anecdote below exemplifies at least the following handful: “A penny wise and a pound foolish.”“Better safe than sorry.”“Many a true word spoken in…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NBU 508 – 408
Oldham Corporation1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Crossley H33/28R This picture shows Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Transport XTC 855 and Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport NBU 508 in Oldham’s Wallshaw Street Depot. The photograph shows the cast fleet number plate that was a feature of the Oldham fleet at that time.In this view 408s Coat of Arms is on the lower deck…
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Liverpool City Transport – Leyland Titan – VKB 711 – L255
Liverpool City Transport1956Leyland Titan PD2/20Crossley H33/29R New in November 1956, L255 was one of a batch of 65 Leyland Titan PD2/20 chassis that had been ordered back in 1955, partly to enable the 19 & 44 tram routes to be converted to bus operation. It was originally painted in the Dark green livery with two…
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Blackburn Corporation – Leyland PS1 – BCB 340/EAS 956 – 7
Copyright Duncan Holden Blackburn Corporation Transport1948Leyland Tiger PS1Crossley B32F Blackburn Corporation Transports roots go back to the first services in 1881, the trams, unusually, being wholly steam-hauled for the whole period, with corporation takeover and subsequent electrification in 1901.Bus services started in 1929. Tramway closures started in 1935, but the system’s complete demise was delayed…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NBU 508 – 408
Oldham Corporation1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Crossley H33/28R This picture shows Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Transport XTC 855 and Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport NBU 508 in Oldham’s Wallshaw Street Depot. The photograph shows the cast fleet number plate that was a feature of the Oldham fleet at that time.In this view 408s Coat of Arms is on the lower deck…
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Blackburn Corporation – Guy Arab III – CBV 433 – 133
< Blackburn Corporation1949Guy Arab III 6LWCrossley H30/26R On the 12th September 2015, a heritage weekend in Blackburn featured four classic buses operating free tours of the town two of them are seen here. Blackburn Corporation 133 (CBV 433) is a 1948 Guy Arab III with Crossley H30/26R body, generally to the Manchester Corporation Style but…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Daimler CWA6 – CTP 180 – 179
Copyright D Clark Portsmouth Corporation1944Daimler CWA6Crossley H30/26R (after re-bodying in 1955) The austerity Daimler CWA6 parked behind my earlier posting of Portsmouth Corporation’s Leyland Cheetah provoked some discussion and Chris Barker asked if anyone had a photo of one after re-bodying. Here is a nice one, shiny, shorn of adverts and looking fairly clean, despite…
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Lancaster City Transport – Daimler CWG5 – FTD 70 – 70
Lancaster City Transport1943Daimler CWG5Crossley (1952) H30/26R I’ve looked at the website several times, and made a few comments. I’ve decided to offer a few of my colour slides for inclusion in the forums. Sadly, the black and white prints I once had (taken on a 2s 6d camera bought from Woolworths in 1962) were not…
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Lancaster City Transport – Crossley SD42/3 -HTC 614 – 614
Copyright Roy Cox Lancaster City Transport1947Crossley SD42/3Crossley B36R This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
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Harper Bros – Crossley SD42 – LDE 340 – 14
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1949Crossley SD42Silcox rebodied by Harpers in 1959 B37F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to…