Tag: Plaxton
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Priory Coaches – Bedford VAL 14 – BFT 942D – 50
Priory Coaches of North Shields1966Bedford VAL 14Plaxton C52F George Chapman established Priory Coaches of North Shields in 1929. North Shields is located in what was the County Borough of Tynemouth, and the name and company logo relate to Tynemouth Priory, which is an ancient monument situated within the grounds of Tynemouth Castle. By the early…
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Wakefields Motors – Bedford SB5 – HFT 264 – 264
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wakefields Motors Ltd1963Bedford SB5Plaxton C41F The coach fleets of Northern General Transport and its subsidiaries was pretty much as you would expect from a BET company, usually an AEC, Guy or Leyland chassis, and a mixture of high quality bodies from…
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Princess Coaches – Bedford SB5 – 103 GAA
Princess Coaches (Southampton)1963Bedford SB5Plaxton C41F Here we have another example of what a coat of paint can do to a vehicle’s appearance. In the first view, 103 GAA is in the Southsea rally on 10 June 1990, in the livery of Fishwick, Darlington. She is a Bedford SB5 with Plaxton C41F body from 1963. The…
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Gem Luxury Coaches – Bedford OB – ETL 221
Gem Luxury Coaches1950Bedford OBPlaxton C29F A rare sight today is this Bedford OB. Rare because it carries a Plaxton body rather than than the ubiquitous Duple Vista which survives in greater numbers. Chassis number 134198, body number 579 was new to C W Blankley (Gem Luxury Coaches) Colsterworth in June 1950. It is now owned…
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Dickson – Austin K8CVC – BYJ 904 – 14
Dickson (Dundee)1952Austin K8CVCPlaxton C14F BYJ 904 is an Austin K8CVC with Plaxton C14F bodywork, dating from 1952. She was new to Dickson and is seen here on Southsea Common for the rally on 11 June 1995. According to the PSVC list for 2012, she has emigrated to the Netherlands as BE-67-57. Photograph and Copy contributed…
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Chiltern Queens – AEC Reliance – KBV 778
Chiltern Queens of Woodcote1958AEC Reliance MU3RVPlaxton Consort C41C The above AEC Reliance chassis No 1598 fitted with a Plaxton Consort C41C body No 2355 was supplied new to Batty Holt Ribblesdale of Blackburn Lancashire in 1958.I bought the coach off a preservationist in Farnham Surrey in 1982 who had acquired it from Chiltern Queens of…
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Boddys Coaches – AEC Reliance – VBT 893
Copyright Bob Gell Boddy’s Coaches (Bridlington)1958AEC Reliance MU3RVYeates C41F This photograph was taken on 26 June 1958 at North Landing, Flamborough, adjacent to the terminus of the East Yorkshire route from Bridlington.It is one of my very first transport photographs, taken during a family holiday at Flamborough. One attraction would no doubt have been the…
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Hunter’s – AEC Reliance – VTY 360 – 26
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. H W Hunter and Sons1962AEC Reliance 2MU3RVPlaxton Highway B45F Still with H W Hunter. Looking a bit grubby with the days road dirt still wet, VTY 360 was new to Hunter’s in April 1962 and was their second AEC 2MU3RV Plaxton…
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Sheffield United Tours – AEC Reliance – SWJ 395F – 395
Sheffield United Tours1968AEC Reliance 6U3ZRPlaxton C45F Definitely not taken on a tour, this is PMT Stoke No1 Garage underneath the Essex bus washing machine on 19th April 1970. PMT was going through a reliability crisis and amongst other vehicles (see Birmingham 2252 elsewhere on this site) hired in some coaches from Sheffield United Tours in…
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Economic Bus Service – AEC Reliance – 8031 PT – 5
Economic Bus Service1962 EconomicAEC Reliance 4MU3RAPlaxton B55F The fad for changing registrations – for whatever reason – strikes again. 8031 PT is a 1962 AEC Reliance 4MU3RA with Plaxton B55F body, built for Economic of Whitburn, Tyneside We see in the rear view that there is an alternative plate, WNL 259A. Seen in Showbus at…