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  • A Freak Accident

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    A nasty accident which occurred in 1947 in Bondgate, Otley. This fine Samuel Ledgard all Leyland TD4 was just pulling over to the right to turn into the Crossgate Bus Station when the lorry emerged from the narrowest of alleys with this ridiculous and illegally unmarked pole protruding into the road as shown. Mercifully no…

  • Missing registration number

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    I took the above shot some time during the 60s. Can anyone fill in the rest of the registration number of the neighbouring Titan, which I failed to include in full? Ian Thompson 02/10/11 – 15:20 On the assumption that the buses shown are those of Samuel Ledgard, the fleet list  shown at this link…

  • The Ledgard Debate

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    From comments received for the Samuel Ledgard – AEC Regent III RT – MXX 148 posting.Samuel Ledgard was an independent bus operator in the Leeds Bradford area of West Yorkshire, if you want a more in depth history it can be found on Peter Goulds excellent website here. I’ve never been able to understand why…

  • Blythe & Berwick and B & B Tours

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    Blythe & Berwick of Bradford was I believe the basis of what became the Bradford operation of West Yorkshire Road Car.In the early 50’s B & B Tours became the Samuel Ledgard Bradford operation.Was there some link historically between Blythe & Berwick and B & B Tours ?? Gordon Green 07/11/13 – 11:47 I’m not…

  • Remembering Samuel Ledgard – 45 Years on

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    In October of this year it will 45 years since the last Samuel Ledgard bus turned into the depot and ended an era.The company was missed by many for quite a while afterwards, and by a significant few for the whole 45 years. There can be few other long defunct independent bus operators who have…

  • Some Samuel Ledgard Gems

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    I hope the members find it of interest – of all the thousands of Ledgard pictures, literally, I tried to select just a few with something special about them. Chris Youhill02/2016 Pausing for refreshments on an arduous day excursion from Leeds to Blackpool, these charabancs are in Gisburn and include Mr. Ledgard’s initial fleet from…

  • Samuel Ledgards ex London Transport “Sutton Depot” Daimler CWA6s

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    Here are some happy reminiscences from personal experience on a class of Daimler vehicles which hold a very special place in Samuel Ledgard history. During 1953/4 no less than twenty four London Transport Daimler CWA6s were purchased. Two of these, GYL 291 and HGF 805, are not part of this account and so “may leave…

  • Monday at The Moorfield, Kid ??

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    Every Thursday at Bondgate Mr. Jack Tapscott would publish the following week’s work for the two garages at Otley and Ilkley including, as far as was possible in advance, any rest day working and overtime. Jack’s typing may admittedly have left a lot to be desired, but the accuracy of the weekly A4 page was…

  • The Stowaway

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    …one of many happy memories from ‘On the Buses’ One night when I was a young conductor for Samuel Ledgard we arrived in Leeds (King Street) at 10.45pm and nipped along for a coffee at ‘The American Coffee Bar’ beneath Wellington Street. Returning to the bus at 11.00pm we found the usual full load on…

  • An Arresting Experience

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    As a conductor in the Spring of 1960 I was off duty one fine Sunday and decided to visit a friend in Leeds for the evening. When I got on the bus in Burley in Wharfedale it was full to capacity with day trippers from Ilkley and so I rode on the platform chatting to…