Old bus photos

Tag: Hanson

  • Hanson’s Buses 1947

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    I thought you might be interested in this postcard. I came across it when clearing a desk at West Vale Baptist Church some years ago now, the church hired the buses for their annual Sunday School Outings. The post card actually has blotting paper on the back (absorbent paper used for soaking up excess ink…

  • Hanson – Albion Valkyrie CX13 – DCX 886 – 236

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    Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Hanson1947Albion Valkyrie CX13H.V. Burlingham B35F Seen at the end of its days this Albion Valkyrie of the Huddersfield independent “Hanson” what a sad sight. The CX13 bus chassis was first built in 1937 production lasted three years to 1940 and then…

  • Hanson – AEC Reliance – BCX 486B – 383

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    Hanson1964AEC/Hanson RelianceRoe B41F My first black & white photo and what a good one it is, on the face of it this bus looks like any normal “AEC Reliance” of 1964 but believe you me when it comes to Hansons nothing is what it seems. This bus is actually a rebodied  “AEC Reliance” registration JCX…

  • Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – NVH 399 – 350

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    Hanson1958AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28R Here we have yet another Hanson rebuild, they certainly got there moneys worth from their vehicles. My thanks to the HPTG websites Hanson section for the information regarding this bus. This vehicle was originally a 1948 AEC Regal 9621E321 with a Duple C32F half canopy body with the registration DVH 311 and…

  • Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – KVH 889 – 347

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    Hanson1956AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28R This bus was originally a 1938 AEC Regal coach registration ACX903 fleet number 113 and it had a Plaxton C32F body. It was then rebodied by Duple in 1949 to a front entrance bus with 35 seats and renumbered 284. In 1956 the Duple Body was transferred to an ex Bottomleys Motors…

  • Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – TVH 497 – 361

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    Copyright Eric Bawden Hanson1950AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28F Here we have a picture I took at Sandtoft around 1972/3.This bus started life in 1950 with Hanson of Huddersfield as an AEC Regal III 9621E with a Duple C33F body, registration EVH 805 fleet number 295. To ‘modernise it’ in 1954 Hanson had Plaxton remove the front bulkhead…