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  • Portsmouth Corporation – Thornycroft J – BK 2986 – 10

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    Portsmouth Corporation 1919 Thornycroft J Dodson O16/18RO BK 2986 is a Thornycroft J, built in 1919 for Portsmouth Corporation. It originally had a Wadham O16/18RO seater body but was rebodied in 1926 with an ex London General AEC B 1920 Dodson O16/18RO body. Having been built in Basingstoke, it is fitting that she is seen…

  • Westminster Omnibus – Sunbeam Sikh – JJ 9215

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    Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Westminster Omnibus Co 1933 Sunbeam Sikh Christopher Dodson (H36/28R) In 1928, Sunbeam designed two prototype passenger chassis, a three-axle sixty-seven seat double-decker bus and a two-axle single-decker bus or coach. Two model names, ‘Sikh’ and ‘Pathan’, were adopted for them. They…

  • Drake & Mc Cowen – Leyland LB2 – XP 435 – B21

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    Drake & Mc.Cowen1923Leyland LB2Dodson O48RO I thought I’d lost this photo until I found it today tucked inside a book.My father was very friendly with Joe Mc.Cowen and I think he fought with his nephew(?) in the war (sadly he was killed in N Africa in 1941).Joe lived at 1 Bonny Street Camden Town NW1…

  • Hastings Tramways – Guy BTX – DY 4965 – 3 – ‘Happy Harold’

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    Copyright Keith Harwood Hastings Tramways1928Guy BTXDodson O30/27R Recent correspondence about Dodson bodies and John Whitaker’s comment that Hastings Tramways were users of them brought this picture to mind. It is a 1928 Guy BT with 56-seat Dodson body. Thanks to Keith Harwood for his kind permission to use it, and to Chris Youhill for the…

  • London General – Dennis 4 ton – XX 9591 – D 142

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    London General Omnibus Company1925Dennis 4 tonDodson O26/22RO Pictured at South Croydon on the May 1972 HCVC London – Brighton rally is Dennis 4 ton XX 9591, D142 of 1925 with the  almost inevitable Dodson O26/22RO bodywork. This bus has a complicated history that is detailed on the London Bus Museum website Although a service was…

  • London Transport – AEC Regent 1 – GJ 2098 – ST 922

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      Copyright Chris Hebbron London Transport1930AEC Regent 1Tilling or Dodson (H27/25RO) “John Whitaker was interested in Christopher Dodson bus bodies built for operators outside London and I mentioned that Tilling had purchased 30 Dodson-bodied AEC Regents for their Brighton operation. I’ve now found out that they were identical to the 191 AEC Regents they operated…