Tag: Willowbrook
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Maidstone & District – Leyland Panther – JKK 199E – S99
Maidstone & District1967Leyland Panther PSUR1/1RWillowbrook B45F This photo of Maidstone & District Leyland Panther No S99 reg JKK 199E with Willowbrook B45F bodywork was new in April 1967 prior to the renumbering to 3099 so was probably taken in the summer of that year outside Southdown’s Pevensey Road bus station. M&D had I believe ninety…
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County Motors – Leyland Leopard PSU3/1R – YCX 539 – 104
County Motors1963Leyland Leopard PSU3/1RWillowbrook B53F Photo taken at the usual Huddersfield bus stop and this buses destination is Dewsbury. The Willowbrook body is very similar to the previous Marshall bodied buses that have been seen on this site or should I say it the other way round as this bus is older than the Marshall…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Leopard – 9769 RH – 769
East Yorkshire Motor Services 1964Leyland Leopard PSU3/1RWillowbrook DP47F This East Yorkshire Leyland Leopard is on route to Bradford either from or via Birmingham I am sure that it was taken at Doncaster or maybe Rotherham it was 40 odd years ago, if you know let me know. This dual purpose or as my East Yorkshire fleet…
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Coventry Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – CDU 348B – 348
Coventry Corporation1965Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2Willowbrook H44/32F This is one of a batch of 22 very contentious Leyland Atlanteans with Willowbrook H44/32F bodies delivered to Coventry Transport in January 1965, the issue being that they were Leylands delivered to the home city of Daimler who since the war had been almost the only supplier of buses to…
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Harper Bros – Guy Arab LUF – 1292 RE – 58
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros19??Guy Arab LUFWillowbrook Viking C??F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
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WMPTE ex-Walsall Corporation – Dennis Loline – 885 LDH – 885
WMPTE/ex-Walsall Corporation1960Dennis Loline II YF10Willowbrook H44/30F On 1st October 1969 the Corporation bus fleets of Birmingham, West Bromwich, Walsall and Wolverhampton were absorbed into the newly formed West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.Due largely to the famously eclectic tastes of its innovative and renowned former General Manager, Mr. R. Edgley Cox, members of the Walsall fleet…
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S Bingley – Dennis Lancet – CRE 938
Copyright Unknown S Bingley (Hemsworth)1935Dennis Lancet IWillowbrook C37F Dennis Lancet I, chassis number 171027, was bodied by Willowbrook (2830) and seated thirty-seven passengers. It was new in 1935 and was operated by Associated Bus Companies Ltd (formed in 1928 of several local independents) prior to the acquisition of that company by Potteries Motor Traction in…
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Luton Corporation – Daimler COG5 – CNM 43 – 68
Copyright John Barringer Luton Corporation Transport1938Daimler COG5Willowbrook L26/26R Probably the only surviving picture of fleet number 68 registration CNM 43 chassis number 10337 taken just after withdrawal in 1952. Luton Corporation Transport purchased a fleet of Daimlers in the early 1930’s to replace the tramway system that had served the town for a number of…
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Blue Bus Services – Daimler COG5-40 – GNU 750
Copyright Ken Jones Blue Bus Services1939Daimler COG5-40Willowbrook C35F GNU 750 is a Daimler COG5-40 (8485) with Willowbrook (3208) C35F body, and dates from 1939. It is preserved in the livery of Blue Bus Services (Tailby & George) who were based at Willington in Derbyshire. You’ll find more history on this company at Stephen Howarths website.…
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Midland Red – BMMO D9 – EHA 415D – 5415
Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1966BMMO D9BMMO/Willowbrook H40/32RD EHA 415D has the unmistakable outline of a Midland Red D9. She has the operator’s own H72RD body, built in collaboration with Willowbrook. Does this mean one designed it and the other built it, or one built the frames and the other added the panels?…