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  • Ideal Service – Leyland Titan PD2 – YWT 572

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    Lower deck facing forward Lower deck facing rearward Upper deck facing forward Upper deck facing rearward Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1959Leyland Titan PD2 (on older Tiger PS1 chassis)Roe L27/28R My thanks to Robert Gomersall for these excellent internal shots of a newly delivered Roe bodied Titan to R Taylor & Sons of Cudworth near…

  • Ideal Service – Leyland Titan – CCK 668 – 16

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    Copyright Unknown Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1949Leyland Titan PD2/3Brush L27/26R New to Ribble Motor Services (No 2691) in 1949 passed to Delaine, Bourne in 1961 as their (No 54) where it served 5 years when it then passed to R Taylor & Sons Cudworth in February 1966 (No 16) part of the Ideal Service…

  • Ideal Service – Leyland Tiger – DJ 6058

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    Picture R F Mack Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1934Leyland Tiger TS6CRoe B36R (1949) Parked in Beastfair Pontefract awaiting for the return journey to Barnsley is DJ 6058 which was a Leyland TS6C new to St Helens corporation in 1934 with an English Electric B32F body. Acquired by R. Taylor and Son Cudworth who ran…

  • Ideal Service – Leyland Royal Tiger – HAV 384

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    Copyright R F Mack Ideal Service (R Taylor & Son)1952Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13Leyland B44F The attached Photograph dating back to the 1950 show HAV 384 in Barnsley Bus station preparing to depart for Pontefract on the Ideal service route run jointly with H Wray & Son. This vehicle was new to Simpsons of Rosehearty before…

  • Ideal Service – Graham-Dodge – WU 2725

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    Ideal Service (R Taylor & Son)1925 Graham-DodgeReynolds B20F This is the oldest vehicle to date to appear on the Old Bus Photos website and what a shot it is, it was contributed by Robert Gomersall who is the great grandson of R Taylor who was the original proprietor of Ideal Service. They had three other Graham-Dodge…

  • Ideal Service – Gilford 168 OT – YG 7518

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    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…