Tag: East Lancs
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Hull Corporation – Leyland TB7CN – FRH 564 – 64
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1940Leyland TB7CNEast Lancs H28/26R The Holderness Road trolleybus route conversion was about to get underway, but the outbreak of World War 2, intervened. Much of the overhead equipment was already on hand or on order at this point, added to which the tramway was getting in need of replacement. Hull Corporation…
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Southdown – Leyland Royal Tiger – MCD 515 – 1515
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1953Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13East Lancs DP40C This photo taken in the mid sixties in Pevensey Road Eastbourne shows one of my all time favourites, one of batch of thirty No’s 1510-1539 Reg No’s MCD 510-539 delivered in 1953 it is a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13 with an East Lancs body delivered as…
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Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Panther – LTC 109F – 109
Lancaster City Transport1968Leyland Panther PSUR1/1REast Lancs B53F LTC 109F fleet number 109 is a Leyland Panther PSUR1/1R with East Lancs B53F body, new to Lancaster in 1968. The batch was in maroon and cream livery then, but we see it in ‘post merger’ livery of blue and white, on the sunny evening of 20 May…
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Bolton Corporation – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 – ABN 213C – 213
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Bolton Corporation1965Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1East Lancs H45/33F Here we have two Bolton Corporation Leyland Atlanteans separated by only eleven registration and fleet number but they are both bodied by a different body builder. The one on the left was by East Lancs…
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Southampton Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – OCR 149F – 105
Southampton Corporation1968Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1East Lancs H45/31F OCR 149F entered service with Southampton City Transport on 1 July 1968 as fleet number 105, (note – not Southampton Corporation Transport since elevation to City status in 1964. (But posted here under Corporation to keep the Southampton fleet postings under one heading.) This vehicle acted as a “prototype”…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier MS2 – CVH 743 – 543
Copyright Ian Wild Huddersfield Corporation1947 rebodied 1961Karrier MS2East Lancs H40/32R On a day trip to Huddersfield on 30th May 1967 I travelled on service 40 to Bradley, Leeds Road on 543. Trolleybuses were replaced by motor buses on this cross town route to Longwood a few weeks later on 12th July. In those relatively traffic…
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Ronsway – Guy Wulfrunian – 35 VTF
Copyright David Lennard Ronsway of Hemel Hempstead1961Guy Wulfrunian 6LWEast Lancs H37/29R Along with a group of other enthusiasts in the early 70’s I visited the Provincial Hoeford garage on a trip from Eastbourn. The outing was organised by Clive Wilkin on a most unusual vehicle, namely an East Lancs bodied Guy Wulfrunian. One of the…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Guy Arab IV – PVH 991 – 191
Huddersfield Corporation1959Guy Arab IVEast Lancs H37/28R This bus looked very dated for its actual age if you think about it most Arab IVs had the “Birmingham tin fronts” as they were called which looked more modern. The Leyland Titan on the other hand could get away with the exposed radiator look probably because there was…
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Warrington Corporation – Foden PVD6 – OED 217 – 112
Warrington Corporation1956Foden PVD6East Lancs H30/28R We don’t see many Foden buses south of Birmingham, and we don’t see many Warrington buses down here either, so here is a view which fits both categories. OED 217 is a Foden PVD6 from 1956, when she was built for Warrington (still in Lancashire at that time!) Corporation. She…
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Reading Corporation – Dennis Loline – GRD 576D – 76
Copyright Pete Davies Reading Corporation1966Dennis Loline IIIEast Lancs H38/30F Here is a Reading Corporation Dennis Loline III with an East Lancs H38/30F bodywork, and is seen arriving at Wisley Airfield for the “Cobham” Running Day on 4 April, 2004. The Loline, as most know already, was the Bristol Lodekka built under licence by Dennis of…