Tag: Leyland Tiger TS
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Southdown – Leyland Tiger – AUF 851 – 51 (551 from 1937)
Copyright Jack Turley/Dinnages Southdown Motors Services1934Leyland Tiger TS6TShort Bros. B40C (B39C from about 1946) Two of these impressive and handsome vehicles (51 & 52) were purchased in 1934 for the Eastbourne to Beachy Head tourist service. The local authority would only allow the service to operate with single-deckers, so Southdown decided to buy the largest…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Tiger – RH 206 – 158
Copyright Bob Gell East Yorkshire Motor Services1930Leyland Tiger TS2/6Ransomes C26R I received these shots the other day from Bob Gell with the following comment “I visited the Coach and Bus Show at the NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday, and found this amongst the new vehicles.It has been restored by Bluebird Vehicles, based in Scarborough, and is…
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Hunter’s – Leyland Tiger TS7 – JR 6600 – 21
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. H W Hunter and Sons1937Leyland Tiger TS7Burlingham B35F Another from H W Hunter and Sons. New to them in 1937, JR 6600 was a B35F Burlingham bodied Leyland TS7. Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to…
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Ideal Service – Leyland Tiger – DJ 6058
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…
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Lancashire United Transport – Leyland Tiger – CTF 425 – 116
Lancashire United Transport1938Leyland Tiger TS8Roe DP30F Lurking in the back streets by Victoria Coach Station in 1961 and by then owned by a contractor is former Lancashire United Transport No.116, CTF 425, a Leyland TS8 of 1938 fitted with Roe DP30F bodywork. It was withdrawn by LUT in 1957. Lancashire United became a confirmed Leyland…
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Wilts & Dorset – Leyland Tiger – CHR 485
Wilts & Dorset Motor Services1940Leyland Tiger TS8Harrington C32R When photographed at Brighton during the 1970 HCVC Rally, this ex Wilts & Dorset Leyland Tiger TS8 with a Harrington C32R body had been converted into a caravan. A picture of this coach in its former glory may be found here:- www.flickr.com/photos/ingythewingy/ Although the TS8 had nominally been…
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Rye Hill Park Coaches – Leyland Tiger – CKO 979
Rye Hill Park Coaches1936Leyland TS7Harrington C32F In May and June 1936 Maidstone & District bought twenty oil engined Leyland TS7 coaches with Harrington C32F bodies. These proved to be excellent purchases, but after thirteen years, including wartime, of hard work, the Harrington bodies showed signs of fatigue. During 1949 and 1950 the entire batch was…
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Wigan Corporation – Leyland Tiger TS4 – EK 8867 – 81
Wigan Corporation1932Leyland Tiger TS4Santus B32R This picture of Wigan No.81 was taken on a dismal day in Brighton in May 1969 during the HCVC Rally. It shows a Leyland Tiger TS4 with locally Wigan built Santus B32R body delivered in October 1932. It has been established that the peculiarly Wigan name of Santus did not…
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Exeter Corporation – Leyland Tiger – EFJ 666 – 66
Exeter Corporation1938Leyland Tiger TS8Cravens B32R Here we have Exeter City 66, a Leyland Tiger TS8 with Cravens B32R body and dates from 1938. It is owned by Colin Shears and is part of the West of England Transport Collection based at Winkleigh in North Devon. Here it is seen in the late evening working a…
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Wakefields Motors – Leyland Tiger TS8 – FT 45?4 – 104
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wakefields Motors1937Leyland Tiger TS8Duple C30F Regarded by many as one of the most handsome pre war coach bodies, if my information is correct, Wakefields Motors had four of these C30F Duple Coronations. FT 45?4/7 – 104/7, from 1937, were on…