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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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Kitsons – Crossley SD42 – KTE 444
Kitsons (Gee Cross, Hyde)1949Crossley SD42/7Duple C35F I photographed this coach near to Stalybridge Station in March 1966, but until recently, the only information I had was what could be seen in the photograph. Searching the web for more information, the first thing I found was that somehow, someone had got hold of a copy of…
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A. Davies – Crossley SD – FAW 334
A. Davies, Acton Burnell1949Crossley SD 42/7Plaxton C33F Photographed in Piccadilly, London, in 1961 is the Crossley SD42/7 with Plaxton C33F body bought new by A. Davies (Transport) of Acton Burnell near Shrewsbury, Shropshire in March 1949. To address the shortcomings of the Crossley diesel engine the new AEC designed downdraught HOE7/5 began appearing during 1949,…
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Darwen Corporation – Crossley Regent V – 434 BTE – 17
Darwen Corporation1957Crossley Regent V D3RVEast Lancs H31/28R Darwen Corporation was well-known for buying buses which weren’t quite what they seemed, and 434 BTE is typical. “Ah! AEC Regent V with East Lancs body!” I hear. Sorry, folks. 434 BTE is in fact badged as a Crossley. This was something associated with the allocation of spaces…
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Luxicoaches – Crossley DD42 – LNU 953
Luxicoaches1948Crossley DD42Crossley L53R This shot first appeared on the “Do You Know” page of this web site and thanks to the following contributions I have the following information. “The Crossley DD42 was ex Chesterfield Corporation. It was sold to Luxicoaches of Borrowash Derby in the 1960’s. When it was with Chesterfield it had an open…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Crossley DD42/7T – EBK 572 – 35
Portsmouth Corporation1949Crossley DD42/7TCrossley H28/26R Not many Crossley buses ever found themselves too far from their natural habitat of the North-West, but a sprinkling of them worked on the South Coast. Having bought mainly Leyland TD’s during the 1930’s, and PD’s after the war, too, Portsmouth Corporation dabbled in Crossley DD42’s briefly. Four DD42/5T’s were acquired…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Crossley DD42/5 – EBK 28 – 28
Photo reproduced with kind permission of Alan Lambert. Copyright Reading & Co Portsmouth Corporation 1949Crossley DD42/5Reading H52R Portsmouth had four Crossley DD42/5’s (11-14) delivered in 1948 and two (15 & 28) in 1949. The first four had German Imperial Navy-type crosses on the radiators: the last two had CROSSLEY plates on them. They all had…
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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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J Wood & Sons – Crossley DD42 – EVD 406 – 20
Copyright Pete Davies J Wood & Sons (Mirfield) 1949Crossley DD42/7Roe H56R Here is a view of J Wood & Sons of Mirfield preserved Crossley DD42/7 bought in 1953 from Baxter’s of Airdrie where it was delivered new in 1949. She sports a Roe H56R body from either 1954 or 55 there seems to be conflicting information…
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Sheffield Corporation – Crossley – JWJ 737 – 237 & KWA 776 – 576
Sheffield Corporation1947Crossley SD42 & DD42Crossley B32R & H56R Following the end of the war, Sheffield Corporation A fleet took a small number of Crossleys (28 in all) over three years. First to arrive were six single-deckers 237-242 (JWJ 737 – 742) in 1947. In the same year eight double-deck vehicles were added, they were 573…