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Aldershot & District – Dennis Falcon P5 – POR 428 – 282
Aldershot & District Traction Co1956Dennis Falcon P5Strachans B30F In the 1930s, Dennis manufactured a bewildering choice of small buses for lightly trafficked routes – Dart, Pike, Arrow Minor, Ace and Mace. These were all replaced in 1938 by a single model, the Falcon, available in normal or forward control, with the engine options of Dennis…
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Southdown – Dennis Falcon – FUF 181 – 181
Southdown Motor Services1939Dennis Falcon P4Harrington B30C In 1938, Dennis replaced its multiplicity of of small buses for lightly trafficked routes – Dart, Pike, Arrow Minor, Ace and Mace – with one model, the Falcon. This was offered with normal or forward control, the engine options being Dennis 3.77 side valve petrol, or Gardner 4LK or…
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Aldershot & District – Dennis Dominant – HOU 900 – 174
Copyright Roger Cox Aldershot & District1950Dennis DominantStrachans B41C The Dominant represented the initial attempt by Dennis to offer an underfloor engined single deck chassis. Like the contemporary Regal IV, Royal Tiger, Freeline and Arab UF models, the Dominant was a heavy beast, but, unlike those competitors, it never achieved quantity production. The engine was a…
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Prince of Wales Tours – Dennis Dart – TJ 836
Prince of Wales Tours1933Dennis DartDuple C20R So far as I am aware, Entwhistle & Sons of Morecambe, trading as Prince of Wales tours, only ever had two vehicles. I offered a view of ETC 760B a while ago. Here are two views of their first, a 1933 Dennis Dart with Duple C20R body, with door.…
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Southern National – Dennis Ace – YD 9533 – 3650
Copyright Roger Cox Southern National1934Dennis AceDennis B20F Few of us realise just how major the task of bus preservation can be in terms of effort and expense. Back in the late 1960s I was a member of a group that bought 1934 ex Southern National Dennis Ace YD 9533 with Dennis B20F body, which had…
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London General – Dennis 4 ton – XX 9591 – D 142
London General Omnibus Company1925Dennis 4 tonDodson O26/22RO Pictured at South Croydon on the May 1972 HCVC London – Brighton rally is Dennis 4 ton XX 9591, D142 of 1925 with the almost inevitable Dodson O26/22RO bodywork. This bus has a complicated history that is detailed on the London Bus Museum website Although a service was…
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Blue Bus Services – Daimler Freeline – 120 JRB – Dr 18
Blue Bus Services1959Daimler Freeline CD650HBurlingham Seagull C37F The above photograph was given to me by the ex Blue Bus Inspector the late Ken Baker, when I worked for Derby Borough Transport, and was in charge of the Blue Bus operation at Willington, before the fire.He had no idea where it was taken, but he thought…
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W Gash & Sons – Daimler Freeline – NAL 783
Copyright Roger Cox W Gash & Sons1952Daimler Freeline D650HSBurlingham C41C After the posting of a W Gash & Sons T.I.M. ticket and the very interesting copy from Stephen Ford on the Old Bus Tickets website yesterday here is the Old Bus Photos contribution to the W Gash & Sons of Newark, Notts weekend. It is…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Daimler Fleetline – CRU 188C – 188
Bournemouth Corporation1965Daimler FleetlineWeymann CO43/31F As is with tradition on the south coast of England most open toppers were named, this bus was named “Northumbria” which is a county in the North East of England. All the the other open toppers of the same batch were also called after counties of England, I would be most…
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Blue Bus Services – Daimler Fleetline – 325 YNU
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Blue Bus Services1962Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXNorthern Counties H40/33F Blue Bus Services was the operating name of Tailby & George who were located at Willington in Derbyshire.This bus was the 54th Fleetline chassis built its sister vehicle registration 324 YNU was the first…