Tag: Roe
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Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – NVH 399 – 350
Hanson1958AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28R Here we have yet another Hanson rebuild, they certainly got there moneys worth from their vehicles. My thanks to the HPTG websites Hanson section for the information regarding this bus. This vehicle was originally a 1948 AEC Regal 9621E321 with a Duple C32F half canopy body with the registration DVH 311 and…
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Hebble – AEC Regent III – BJX 57 – 246
Photograph taken by Robert Mack in 1956 copyright held by Don Akrigg Hebble Motor Services1950AEC Regent III 9612ERoe L27/26R This a shot of a Roe lowbridge bodied Regent III owned by Hebble there as been a shot of one of their Willowbrook lowbridge bodied Regents on site before – search for “Hebble” in the “Find”…
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York Pullman – AEC Regent III – JDN 669 – 65
York Pullman Bus Company Ltd1954AEC Regent III 6812A Roe H33/25RD The last in my collection of York Pullman vehicles, that’s worth showing that is, shot into sun again, apart from having my finger in front of the lens I couldn’t have got it more wrong. Anyway this shot does show off York Pullmans distinctive livery, there…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – UWE 765 – 1265
Sheffield Corporation1955AEC Regent III 9613SRoe H33/25R Sheffield bought 86 AEC Regent III in 1955/6 incorporating the new look front more usually associated with the Regent V model.The first to arrive were a batch of 32 for the B fleet numbered 1251 – 1282 with handsome Roe bodies. 1265 is shown outside the Roe premises at…
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Hebble – AEC Regent III – AJX 245 – 30
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Hebble Motor Services1948AEC Regent III 9612ERoe L27/26R I recently came across this photograph. I know very little about its history with Hebble, but it is familiar to me – after sale by Hebble, this and an identical vehicle AJX 281 were…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – RWA 174 – 2174
Sheffield Corporation1953AEC Regent III 9631SRoe H33/25R It’s November 1967 and Sheffield B fleet 2174 is at Central Bus Station ready for an hours journey round the City on the 9 Inner Circle route which is a category A service. The Inner Circle traversed the older inner part of the City through much industry and terraced…
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Newcastle Corporation – AEC Regent III – KVK 986 – 86
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…
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Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – KVH 889 – 347
Hanson1956AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28R This bus was originally a 1938 AEC Regal coach registration ACX903 fleet number 113 and it had a Plaxton C32F body. It was then rebodied by Duple in 1949 to a front entrance bus with 35 seats and renumbered 284. In 1956 the Duple Body was transferred to an ex Bottomleys Motors…
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Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – TVH 497 – 361
Copyright Eric Bawden Hanson1950AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28F Here we have a picture I took at Sandtoft around 1972/3.This bus started life in 1950 with Hanson of Huddersfield as an AEC Regal III 9621E with a Duple C33F body, registration EVH 805 fleet number 295. To ‘modernise it’ in 1954 Hanson had Plaxton remove the front bulkhead…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regal IV – OWB 14 – 214
Copyright ‘unknown’ if you know please get in touch Sheffield Corporation1952AEC Regal IV 9821S Roe B44F Sheffield quickly tried out underfloor engined single deckers when they became available with three Leyland Olympics in 1951 and three of these Roe bodied AEC Regal IV in 1952. Notably, all were for the A fleet although I recall the…