Tag: Yeates
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William Ivens and Sons – Crossley – LWE 669
William Ivens and Sons1949Crossley SD42/7Yeates C35F William Ivens and Sons (Timber Merchants) Limited of Rugby had in 1961 a works service from the Long Buckby, Northampton direction into Rugby and the bus was usually was parked up nightly in the Corporation Street car park. The two shades of blue Crossley SD42/7 with Yeates C35F body…
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Whippet Coaches – Bedford VAL 14 – 390 GEW
Whippet Coaches1963Bedford VAL14Yeates C52F Taken on Sunday April 21st 1963 at a somewhat wet Brighton coach rally this photo shows a Bedford VAL 14 with a Yeates Fiesta C52F body of Whippet Coaches from Hilton in Cambridgeshire Registration No 390 GEW. This was one of only eleven VAL’s bodied by Yeates at least six of…
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Mid-Wales Motorways – Bedford SB3- RCT 2
Mid-Wales Motorways1960Bedford SB3YeatEs C41F Mid-Wales Motorways was a medium sized independent operator working in the Welsh Marches. Based at Newtown, the fleet operated some lengthy routes, some of which crossed the border into England. Here we see RCT 2, a Bedford SB3 with Yeates bodywork, which was new to Delaine, Bourne, but spent most of…
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Don’s Coaches – Bedford SB – NKY 161
Don’s Coaches (Great Dunmow)1957Bedford SBGYeates C41F NKY 161 started life with Fairways of Bradford in 1957. It is a Bedford SBG with Yeates C41F body. By the time of this view, at Duxford on 24th September 1995, It was with Don’s Coaches Great Dunmow Essex. Great Dunmow is one of the once-delightful villages near Stansted…
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Ribblesdale – AEC Reliance – KBV 251
Ribblesdale1958AEC Reliance MU3RV Yeates C41F Here is another photo taken with parents 127 Kodak at Scarborough coach station in the summer of 1965 I am afraid it is a little out of focus. Each of this pair of AEC Reliances according to what I can find out were owned by separate companies but garaged under the…
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Boddys Coaches – AEC Reliance – VBT 893
Copyright Bob Gell Boddy’s Coaches (Bridlington)1958AEC Reliance MU3RVYeates C41F This photograph was taken on 26 June 1958 at North Landing, Flamborough, adjacent to the terminus of the East Yorkshire route from Bridlington.It is one of my very first transport photographs, taken during a family holiday at Flamborough. One attraction would no doubt have been the…
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Boddy’s Coaches – AEC Reliance – VBT 191
Copyright K Easton Boddy’s Coaches (Bridlington)1958AEC Reliance MU3RVYeates C41F In 1958, Boddy’s Motors (John Boddy & Son) purchased a trio of AEC Reliances type MU3RV, which were bodied by Yeates with their Europa bodywork. There was seating for 41 passengers and was fitted with front entrance and exit doors. The first two VBT 191/2, were…