Tag: Roe
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Lancashire United Transport – Guy Arab III – MTJ 84 – 440
Lancashire United Transport1951Guy Arab III 6LWRoe C35F MTJ 84 was originally Lancashire United 440. It is a 1951 Guy Arab III with Roe C35F body. It is owned nowadays by Cumbria Classic Coaches, and is regularly used for private hire work especially weddings. It is seen here at Bowber Head, near Kirkby Stephen, just outside…
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Yorkshire Woollen District – Guy Arab II – GKP 4 – 506
Yorkshire Woollen District Transport1943Guy Arab II 6LWRoe H56R Not the best photo but the subject is, this Guy was ex Maidstone & District. From my research there seems to some information that it was re-bodied in 1952 but nine years is not a long time to require a new body unless it was a single…
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County Motors – Guy Arab II – CCX 801 – 70
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. County Motors1945Guy Arab IIRoe L27/26R This photo was taken at the Huddersfield terminus and the bus behind is a Guy Wulfrunian probably owned by West Riding. The Wulfrunian was said to be very advanced for the time, but I have read…
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Yorkshire Woollen District – Guy Arab II – HD 7424 – 500
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Yorkshire Woollen District1943Guy Arab II 6LWRoe H56R Here is a a good shot of a Guy Arab II going about its business in the Yorkshire mill town area of Dewsbury. The 6LW after the make and model means that this bus…
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Blue Line – Guy Arab II – FPT 205
Blue Line (Samuel Morgan) Ltd.1943Guy Arab IIRoe H31/25R Yet another Independent bus operator from the Doncaster area, the Samuel Morgan part of the name is from a take over in 1930, Samuel Morgan operated under the name of Gwen Motors.The above bus was not new to Blue Line it was originally owned by Sunderland District…
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Premier Travel – Guy Arab II – CDR 750 – 110
Premier Travel (Cambridge)1944Guy Arab II 5LWRoe L27/28R By 1957, Premier Travel of Cambridge was looking to replace the remainder of its rather tired ex LPTB STLs and the second hand utility CWA6s from Huddersfield, Glasgow and Mansfield. It turned to the rugged Gardner 5LW powered Guy Arab II, choosing seven ex Southdown highbridge examples with…
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Samuel Ledgard – Guy Arab I – JUA 762
Photographs by “unknown” if you took these photos please go to the copyright page. Samuel LedgardGuy Arab I1943Pickering H30/26RRe-bodied 1953 Roe H31/25R Much has been widely written about World War II utility bodywork and the appearance and durability of the various makes. Possibly the least numerous were the bodies by Pickering of Wishaw, the uppermost…
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East Midland – Guy Arab – GNN 136/437 – D36/7
Copyright R H G Simpson East Midland Motor Services1945Guy ArabRoe L27/28 At first glance, this pair are identical, but not so. See the differing sizes, and positioning, of the headlamps, and also the deeper edge of the canopy on D37 (far Vehicle).These were delivered in 1945, then rebodied by Roe in 1954. I cannot be…
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LUT – Guy Arab III – KTJ 314 – 408
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Lancashire United Transport1949Guy Arab IIIRoe B32F Thanks to Spencer who I think should really be called Sherlock these three have been identified and are here from the “Do You Know” page.The one on the left is as the above specification. L.U.T.…
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Leeds City Transport – Daimler Fleetline – 101 LNW – 101
Leeds City Transport (West Yorkshire PTE)1964Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXRoe H41/29F In June 1978 West Yorkshire PTE transferred five Fleetlines 101 – 105 from Leeds to Calderdale. 101 was a 1964 Commercial Vehicle Motor Show exhibit which was unique amongst the batch with a single piece curved windscreen and twin headlamps. It is shown here at Skircoat…