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  • Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part Four

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    John Stringer and Roger Cox Not read this article from the beginning, click here 262 (PXO 974) AEC Reliance MU3RV / Park Royal ‘Royalist’ C41C, new to Timpson’s, London E6. Following the success of the previous year’s used coach purchase and with the Countryside Tour and Private Hire side doing well, a further five secondhand…

  • Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part Three

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    John Stringer and Roger Cox Not read this article from the beginning, click here 423 (LUA 423) AEC Regent III 9612E / Roe H31/25R, new to Leeds City Transport (423) 1947. (Photo – John Stringer) There was a severe delay in the delivery of more PD2’s intended for 1964/65, due to a protracted labour dispute…

  • Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part Two

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    John Stringer and Roger Cox Not read this article from the beginning, click here 4 (KCP 4) Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster RT3/1 / Weymann B43F, new 1958. (Photo – John Stringer) One-man-operation was brought in on a more serious scale in 1958 when the Siddal, Norton Tower and Washer Lane routes were converted. To provide…

  • Halifax Passenger Transport in the Mid-1960’s – Part One

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    John Stringer and Roger Cox In late 1964 following a spell with London Transport, southern-born Roger Cox took up the position of Traffic Clerk with Halifax Passenger Transport – the combined name for the Halifax Corporation and Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee operations – and spent two years there before returning south to progress his career…

  • Shearings photos

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  • Shearings Coaches

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    Keith Todd Following on from my previous W Pyne & Son Starbeck article. My Father joined Shearings in Easter 1965 covering the Bournemouth tour and driving a new Bedford VAL. This coach was one of 20 purchased from Plaxtons Scarborough, I did have a photo of all these coaches lined up on Marine Drive but…

  • Bristol RE

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    Geoff Pullin As a graduate engineer I found myself training at the Brislington works of Bristol (Commercial Vehicles Ltd) when the RE was about to be constructed – in fact I was on the production line when the first production model was assembled – I took in my Bus and Coach magazine with an exploded…

  • Eastern Counties – selected memories May 1965 – December 1969

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    Geoff Pullin I was appointed Deputy Assistant Engineer to Eastern Counties Omnibus Company on May 17, 1965 at an annual salary of £1,000 after an interview at Fleet Street, London with the Tilling Senior Training Scheme directors followed by one at Norwich with General Manager Len Balls and Chief Engineer Leo Page. Unfortunately I became…

  • Huntingdon Street Bus Station – Part Three

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    Neville Mercer Not seen the beginning of this article click here. My arrivals at Huntingdon Street between 1964 and 1969 were always by means of the North Western/Trent X2 from Manchester. Ribble vehicles could also be found on this service, as some journeys continued through Manchester to Blackpool, relabelled as X60s. As Robin Hood Coaches…

  • Huntingdon Street Bus Station – Part Two

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    Neville Mercer Not seen the beginning of this article click here. At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Nottingham’s Central Bus Station was in much the same condition as when it was built ten years earlier. There were still no shelters or seating on the eight platforms, and the only undercover…