Old bus photos

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  • Newcastle Corporation – Guy BTX – FVK 109 – 109

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    Newcastle Corporation1937Guy BTXNorthern Coachbuilders H33/27D Once again, these photos are from the Newcastle City Libraries Archives. They are pre delivery publicity shots of FVK 109, a 1937 Guy BTX, and were taken at the Northern Coachbuilders works which was located on Claremont Road Newcastle, my records suggest that the vehicle may have been a one…

  • Newcastle Corporation – Daimler COG5 – HTN 222 – ?

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    Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Newcastle Corporation1939Daimler COG5Northern Coachbuilders H56R What looks like a pre delivery photo of three Daimlers for Newcastle Corporation, “note the blue light to the side of the destination blind” this has been commented on before on this site. Going by…

  • Newcastle Corporation – BUT 9641T – LTN 479 – 479

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    Newcastle Corporation1948BUT 9641TMetro Cammell H40/30R Another from the Job lot of photos I bought a while ago this time an atmospheric shot of Newcastle’s Byker Depot in 1948. An impressive line up of 20 new BUT 9641T’s with Metro Cammell H40/30R bodies, they were LTN 479 – LTN 498 fleet numbers 479/98. Newcastle ordered 70…

  • Newcastle Corporation – AEC Regent V – 158 – 158 AVK

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    Newcastle Corporation1957AEC Regent V MD3RVPark Royal L30/28R In 1956 Newcastle took delivery of 20 AEC Regent V’s with Park Royal H34/28R bodies, they were XVK 137 to XVK 156 and were numbered 137/156. The following year another 20 arrived, registered 157 AVK – 176 AVK and numbered 157/176 – 167/176 were the same as the…

  • Newcastle Corporation – AEC Regent III – NVK 341 – 341

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    Copyright Ronnie Hoye Newcastle Corporation1950AEC Regent III 9612ANorthern Coachbuilders H30/26R Not a very good picture I’m afraid. I got my PSV licence in 1967 with Tynemouth & Wakefields (Northern General). By the time of the Queens Silver Jubilee in 1977 I was with Armstrong Galley, the coaching division of Tyne & Wear PTE. The PTE…

  • Newcastle Corporation – AEC Regent III – KVK 986 – 86

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    Copyright Unknown Copyright Unknown Newcastle Corporation1947AEC Regent IIIRoe H31/25R Before the D.V.L.A. It seems to have been common practice that local authorities would issue registrations to bus companies En-block which would then be allocated as and when required, as a result, vehicles which were two or three years apart could have registrations which were numerically…