Old bus photos

Category: Questions

  • Bedford Mulliner?

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    I found this at a garage on the Long Causeway about halfway between Burnley and Hebden Bridge.The photo was taken in 2008 but I’m sure it was still there late last year.The garage owner told me it was a Mulliner body do you know if he was correct. John Lomas 22/07/14 – 06:51 The bus…

  • Info for a Dennis Required

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    I am writing to you from Johannesburg and would like to know whether anyone can identify the year of manufacture of the bus in the attached photo please.Our family hails from Walsall and my dear old Dad, Sidney Lockley, pictured in the photo, used to drive buses for Walsall Transport prior to WWII and after…

  • Six Wheel Holiday Caravan

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    I found this photo ages ago. Sorry, but no idea about copyright. It looks like early post war cliff top location, possibly East Coast of Yorkshire.The bus looks like a Guy CX of c. 1927, but can any sleuths out there identify the bus and location?It beats me, and I spent many years in my…

  • Christ Church Bridlington Outing in the late 1940s

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    I was wondering if anyone knew if the two buses on the photograph belonged to Williamson’s Bus Company in Bridlington. I have this photograph showing my brother David Williamson Gt Gt Grandson of John Williamson the founder of the Bus service and it would be taken in the late 1940s when Williamson’s Bus service was…

  • Bickers – Maudslay Mk III

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    Although there is no difficulty in identifying this as a Maudslay, I have no record of who the bodybuilder was, nor of any previous history, so would be grateful for any additional information. The internet is singularly uninformative except to provide an indication that they also owned OHK 612. Alan Murray-Rust 24/03/15 – 15:28 I…

  • Milburn’s Tours

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    This photo courtesy of Northumberland County Council archives is of FBU 493 one of the classic Bedford OB coaches, it carries the name ‘Milburn’s Tours’ other than that I don’t have any details about it. Some of the older ones among us may think they recognise the person in the photo, it is in fact…

  • Burwell & District Bedford WLB

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    Since not being able to get out and about much recently I have tried to fill in some gaps in the history of Burwell & District vehicles. One bus that I am still uncertain about is Bedford WLB HA 9797. The PSV Circle records it as having a Bush & Twiddy body C20F new in…

  • Mystery Saloon Bus Williamson Bridlington

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    I am trying to trace a mystery Daimler saloon bus possibly a CK type or that era.It came from the Lincoln area the registration is unclear but might read FE 211? Lincoln city did not have a bus fleet as far as I know. A register search would be unrealistic with out a full or…

  • Double Gangway Lowbridge Layout

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    It seems that upstairs there were 8 rows of 3 seats each, and the rearward-looking view of the lower saloon reveals a low arch (but not quite as low as the side gangways) just as you step down onto the platform, which would be the consequence of having a partly-sunken cross-gangway across the forward end…

  • Doncaster Six Wheelers

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    Further to recent posts re Doncaster Six Wheelers. these buses in Bridlington, with Williamson etc, I have recently seen a photo of one of the 1938 batch (I think) running for Yorkshire Traction. Poor photo, so cannot be exact, but does anyone know how this happened? Secondly, 1920s Guy designations. Can anyone clear up the…