Tag: Leyland Tiger PS

  • Leyland Coach

    A friend of mine spotted a half cab Leyland coach at Low Farm, Alvely, near Stourport Reg: HCJ 275. Does any contributor have any idea of its origins, owners, etc.? Allan Machon 25/08/11 – 07:11 Allan, HCJ was a Herefordshire registration mark, first issued in April 1950, so the coach is relatively ‘local’ in origin.…

  • TV bus?

    What was the bus featured in last nights drama, Call The Midwife, single deck Leyland registration GRN 80. I know it’s a Preston registration, and would it be a ‘Tiger’, the livery is open to debate. Anyone know the answer? Dave Knapp 24/02/14 – 16:08 The registration is CRN 80 and it was an East…

  • Websters GBU 37

    Well, all I can say about this is that it has Plaxton bodywork and was registered in Oldham in 1951 as GBU 37. And that’s where the questions start! First of all the radiator cowling isn’t right for a 1951 Venturer on front engined chassis – this design was first shown at the Commercial Motor…

  • Yorkshire Woollen District Extended Tigers

    I am a bus modeller with a lifelong interest in Leyland buses, although other makes also go through my workshops from time to time. Although we are now sixty years on after the event, it seems that there was a heck of a lot of lengthening of single deckers going on within the BET in…

  • Yorkshire Woollen District Tigers and Arabs

    When new, the Willowbrook bodied PS2s (697-725) and OPD2s (728-733) of Yorkshire Woollen District were painted in the old livery of maroon with cream bands above and below the windows. (The maroon was not quite the standard shade). They were unusual in that they were fully lined out with black edging to the cream and…

  • Harper Bros – Leyland Tiger PS2 – LTF 808 – 22

    Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1950Leyland Tiger PS2Harrington C??F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment regarding…

  • West Riding – Leyland Tiger PS 2/12 – EHL 337 – 726

    West Riding Automobile1952Leyland Tiger PS2/12Roe B39F According to my Ian Allan book which I have now found West Riding was the second largest Independent operator in the UK not sure who the first one was LUT perhaps. The book British Bus Fleets no 9 Yorkshire (company operators) was published March 1962 and cost 2s/6d by…

  • West Riding – Leyland Tiger PS2/3 – CHL 746 – 340

    West Riding Automobile1950Leyland Tiger PS2/3Longford C33F This bus was originally owned by J Bullock & sons which merged with West Riding in 1950 this was after a failed attempt of West Riding to sell out to the British Transport Commission.There is another photo of a similar preserved bus all be it 2 years younger and…

  • Yorkshire Woollen District – Leyland Tiger PS1 – HD 7905 – 622

    Photograph G. Brooke Yorkshire Woollen District1948Leyland Tiger PS1Brush B34F This great shot of a superb bus arrived above due to a comment made on another YWD vehicle on this site. The person who made the comment said he owned the only survivor of a batch of 75 Brush bodied Leyland Tiger PS1s. This I had…

  • Reliance of Stainforth – Leyland Tiger PS1 – FWX 799

    Copyright J. B. Platt Reliance (R Store Ltd)1947Leyland Tiger PS1Barnaby C35F This is a great shot of a Tiger owned by Reliance of Stainforth near Doncaster who were taken over by Blue Line (S Morgan Ltd) on April 1st 1949 but carried on operating under their own name. The Reliance livery was an Emerald Green…