Old bus photos

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  • Whippet Coaches

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  • West Riding Guy Wulfrunians

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    The West Riding Automobile Company painted its fleet in two distinct liveries – red for the former tram routes of the original Yorkshire (West Riding) Tramways Company, and green for the West Riding Automobile routes which were added to the system in 1922. This livery variety delighted the enthusiasts, but its retention for so long…

  • The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom

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    The 1958 London bus strike saw the complete withdrawal of all Central and Country areas buses from 5th May to 20th June. Initially, no alternative bus transport whatsoever was available, and travellers had to rely on lifts from public spirited motorists. As the first few weeks passed, however, and it became evident that the strike…

  • Smith’s Luxury Coaches Dennis Lancets

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    Here are some pictures of four of the Dennis Lancet fleet of Smith’s Luxury Coaches of Reading. They were taken at Hampton Court in 1961 (I think), where they arrived together carrying an excursion or private party. EDP 818 and 819 both seem to have a splendid Duple body of the style (wasn’t it called…

  • Halifax Coaches

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    Here are pictures of some of the Halifax secondhand Reliance MU3RV coaches. Four of these Reliances originated from the fleet of Bourne and Balmer, who had premises at Dingwall Road, Croydon, and in Crayford High Street. The firm was taken over by Timpsons in the late 1950s, but continued much as before, though eventually it…

  • Halifax Parade 1968

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    I have, at last, processed all the pictures from the Halifax Parade held in 1968 to commemorate the running of the first tram in the Borough in 1898. Sadly, it would seem that some of these buses are no longer in existence:- ONW 2 and HUP 662 are both thought to have been scrapped, and…

  • Doncaster Independents

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    In response to the enquiry from David Smith on the Q&As page, here are nine pictures showing eight vehicles of the fascinating Independent operators of the Doncaster area before the onset of the PTE era. They were taken on a rather gloomy day in 1966, hence the indifferent quality of some of them. Samuel Morgan…

  • Gosport and Fareham (Provincial)

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    I first experienced the fascinating fleet of Gosport and Fareham, otherwise known as “Provincial”, when I moved from rural Kent to the Gosport area as an eight year old in the summer of 1949. Some of the Provincial AEC Regents and Regals seemed to me to be a bit elderly – I did not then…

  • Reading Corporation Transport

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    Reading’s first motor buses were AEC YC types, and these were followed over the years by Guy and Karrier machines, including some of the decidedly dubious six wheelers from both makers. In 1929, the first of eleven Leyland TD1s arrived, and then from 1933, the Corporation turned to the AEC Regent, which, apart from four…

  • Southampton Corporation

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    Southampton Corporation was one of the few operators to be tempted by the pre war Guy Arab, taking a total of eleven between 1934 and 1936. They proved to be sound purchases, remaining in service with the Corporation for 14 to 16 years. After the Guys, Southampton standardised on Leyland TD4 and TD5 Titans, and,…