Tag: Rotherham Corporation
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Yorkshire Traction – Leyland Tiger Cub – SHE 167 – 1179
Yorkshire Traction Company Ltd1960Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1Metro-Cammell B45F This Yorkshire Traction Tiger Cub, 1179 (SHE 167) is seen in All Saints” Square, Rotherham at the loading barrier for service 27 to Barnsley via Hoyland, joint with Rotherham Corporation, in July 1962. The bus is in “Tracky’s” reversed livery of predominantly cream with red trim, reserved…
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Rotherham Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – MET 125 – 125
Copyright John Stringer Rotherham Corporation1955Daimler CVG6Weymann L27/26R After years of handling crash gearboxed Bristols and latterly Crossleys, Rotherham Corporation’s drivers probably had mixed feelings about being presented with their first preselectors in the form of these 1955 Daimler CVG6’s. In certain respects physically easier to drive than what had gone before, they would have had…
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Rotherham Corporation – Daimler CVG – CET 76C – 76
Rotherham Corporation1965Daimler CVG6LXRoe H39/31F It’s an August Sunday evening in 1967 at the Chapeltown terminus of the service from Rotherham. Huddersfield had batches of almost identical vehicles but these Rotherham ones were classy – they had hopper saloon windows! I never travelled on a Rotherham example but I hope they had more comfortable seats than…
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Rotherham Corporation – Daimler CTE6 – FET 617 – 37
Rotherham Corporation1950Daimler CTE6Roe H40/30R FET 617 is a Daimler CTE6 of 1950, once in the fleet of Rotherham Corporation. Originally it had an East Lancs B38C body but in 1956 it was re-bodied by Roe to H40/30R and at the same time it was renumbered from 17 to 37. It was one of the last…
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Rotherham Corporation – Crossley DD42/8 – HET 509 – 209
Copyright John Stringer Rotherham Corporation1952Crossley DD42/8Crossley H30/26R Lined up at Rotherham Corporation’s rather gloomy depot in 1968 are 211, 212 and 209 – 1952 Crossley DD42/8’s with Crossley bodywork to their later four-bay design. The HET-registered batch were the very last ‘proper’ Crossleys ever built. They must have been near to withdrawal, if not already…
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Rotherham Corporation – Crossley DD42/7 – EET 891 – 191
Rotherham Corporation1949Crossley DD42/7Crossley H30/26R A dull overcast day in Rotherham in summer 1962, and the crew of corporation Crossley 191 appear to be abandoning their charge outside the Angel Hotel in Bridgegate and heading for the busman’s canteen at the back of the Municipal Offices in search of some hot tea. This initial batch of…
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Rotherham Corporation – AEC Renown – 5588 ET – 88
Rotherham Corporation1964AEC Renown 3B3RARoe H39/31F There has also been a 1961 Rotherham Corporation Bridgemaster on site (link here) and the easy way to tell them apart was the front off side mudguard. It is easier to show than describe so the close up on the left is the Renown and the one on the right…
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Rotherham Corporation – AEC Reliance – RET 162 – 162
Rotherham Corporation1957AEC Reliance MU3RAWeymann B45F It looks like it could well be market day in this busy scene in Upper Millgate, Rotherham, looking into All Saint’s Square, in July, 1962. It’s quite likely that 162 is performing as a duplicate on the 37 service to Richmond Park, as this route was normally double-deck operated, in…
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Rotherham Corporation – AEC Bridgemaster – VET 139 – 139
Rotherham Corporation1961AEC BridgemasterPark Royal H43/27F This photo was taken if I remember correctly at Doncaster bus station of a Rotherham Corporation AEC Bridgemaster it shows off well the very square and rather top heavy appearance of the Park Royal body. Although the Bridgemaster was badged as an AEC it was actually designed and developed at…
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Rotherham Corporation – Bristol L5G – CET 561 – 100
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Rotherham Corporation1941Bristol L5GEast Lancs B32C Here’s a nice old one, probable one of the oldest buses in my collection.I obviously didn’t take this picture as the bus was withdrawn in 1957 I did not start taking bus photos till 1965.This bus…