Tag: Gilford

  • Valliant Direct – Gilford 168OT – GW 713

    Copyright E J M Abbott, used with permission. Valliant Direct Coaches1931Gilford 168OTWeymann C30D This is a photo of a 1931 Gilford 168OT coach with Weymann semi-fabric body along Brighton seafront. It is painted in the livery of Valliant Direct Coaches of Ealing, who owned it for many years. The coach was eventually saved by well-known…

  • White Bus Service – Gilford 1680T – EV 7580

     Copyright Chris Youhill. White Bus Service (Wilson and Hughes Ltd. Bridlington) 1932Gilford 1680TWycombe C32F Here is one of my favourite pictures which I took as a teenager with my old roll film box camera. Obviously the standard is very poor, but it brings back lovely memories, for me, of happy times as a devotee of the…

  • Western S M T – Gilford Zeus – WG 1619 – 723

    Western Scottish Motor Traction Co. Limited1933Gilford ZeusStrachans H24/24R The above photograph (from the Dave Jones Collection) is of a Gilford Zeus outside the Bellfield Works in High Wycombe. This was Gilford’s third attempt to get into double decker vehicle market after the 168DOT and the failed front wheel drive double decker which was later converted…

  • Barlow & Fisher – Gilford SD – CN 3795

    Copyright Unknown Barlow & Fisher1929Gilford SD???? B26F This Gilford SD, chassis number 10561 was new to Mason, Gateshead in January 1929 but passed only six months later to Barlow & Fisher of Gleadless, Sheffield. At that time, Gleadless was at the outer edge of Sheffield on the Yorkshire/Derbyshire border.This photo must be immediately after Sheffield…

  • Ideal Service – Gilford 168 OT – YG 7518

    Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1934Gilford 168 OT??? 32 This superb vehicle was supplied new to R Taylor & Sons, t/a Ideal Service, Cudworth, in May 1934. PSVC lists show this to be a Gilford 168 OT, chassis number 12181. It is shown as being a thirtytwo-seater of unknown make. I suspect that the destination…