Old bus photos

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  • Double Deck Tours

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    Now I can hear you all saying “where abouts on the Thames is that?” No, wrong river, wrong country. This shot was taken July 2004 at the Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada it shows one of twenty ex London Transport Routemasters operated by Double Deck Tours. Double Deck Tours owns and operates 20 RCL/RM/…

  • The Venture Transport (Newcastle) Company Ltd

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    Please note: The dynamic gallery slide show is currently not available, since the image files were actually stored on a remote server, and the connection was lost when the original version of the OBP site went “offline”. I will make further efforts to try to find a source of those images, but if anybody does…

  • Derby Trolleybus Destination Blind

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    Please note: Unfortunately the file(s) used to create the dynamic image of the destination blind were stored on an external server, and not on the original OBP site. As such, they cannot now be accessed, so that the destination blind cannot be shown. If anybody has a copy of any of the images, and wishes…

  • Gibson Brothers of Barlestone (Comfort Buses) – 1956 to 1970

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    Not seen Comfort Buses 1941 to 1955 click here ‘Comfort Buses’ carried on buying secondhand double deckers of various types from various operators the last double decker being bought in 1964. From then on it was only single deckers, coaches and dual purpose vehicles, all were bought new and interestingly after thirty eight years there…

  • Gibson Brothers of Barlestone (Comfort Buses) – 1941 to 1955

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    Not seen Comfort Buses 1922 to 1940 click here During the second world war Gibson’s became P.S.V. Ltd buses based in the old telephone exchange in Rutland Street, Leicester. They were used for transporting troops and mail as far as Scotland. Unfortunately but understandably no photographs were taken of vehicles purchased during the 1941-45 period,…

  • Photos from my father’s album

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                See below for details of above vehicles My late Father David & my Mother Sally both worked for Blue Line – Reliance my father for 48 years from 1931 until his retirement in 1978. Below are a selection of my Dads old photographs some of pre-war Reliance in the yard at the rear of the…

  • Eatonways (Hay Mills) circa 1961

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    A few shots of this long gone, long established coach operator. A family run business headed by Fred Eaton, who together with his tyrannical workshop manager who’s name (at the time) I thought would live with me forever, and now after nearly 50 years escapes me, ran a tight ship and had a loyal customer…

  • Iain Simms Jensen Gallery

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    A collection of my model buses scratchbuilt in card to a scale of 1/43rd (7mm scale) the following are a selection of rare late 1940’s Jensen/Sparshatts service buses in a variety of liveries. Drawing of the model produced by Myself in the 1960’s from photographs and an outline drawing. 2 Shells cut out and in…

  • Photos of my father with Northern General

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    Some bus photographs of my father and vehicles he drove. He worked for Northern General from1929 until 1973, prior to this he and my uncle had their own bus business in Hetton. Sunderland Fawcett Street about 1930 with a Midland SOS and a Tramcarin the background My father with his conductor in front of a…

  • Hulls Atlanteans in various liveries

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    Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport purchased four batches of Leyland Atlanteans between 1966 and 1968 as below:-403 – 412 (FRH 403 – 412D) 2/66 PDR1/1 renumbered 203 – 212 12/66213 – 227 (JRH 413 – 4127E) 1-2/67 PDR1/1228 – 243 (NAT 228 – 243F) 1-2/68 PDR1/1244 – 257 (PRH 244 – 257G) 12/68 – 1/69…