Tag: West Yorkshire
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West Yorkshire – Bristol KSW6B – KWU 376 – DBW 20
West Yorkshire Road Car Company1951Bristol KSW6BECW L55R Photo taken from the upper deck of an Hebble Regent V in the old Bradford bus station. This West Yorkshire has a blue disc in front of the fleet number denoting that it is from the Bradford depot. Blue disc – Bradford depotGreen disc – Harrogate depotGrey disc…
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Grove Park Depot
This is Grove Park depot, Harrogate, on a Sunday morning in 1962. It contains K6B, KS6B and KSW6B. The lone Lodekka is DX2, which was one of the test batch, pre-production. Although West Yorkshire fitted all their Lodekkas with standard short grilles, they couldn’t disguise the fact that this was a pre-production one because it…
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Blythe & Berwick and B & B Tours
Blythe & Berwick of Bradford was I believe the basis of what became the Bradford operation of West Yorkshire Road Car.In the early 50’s B & B Tours became the Samuel Ledgard Bradford operation.Was there some link historically between Blythe & Berwick and B & B Tours ?? Gordon Green 07/11/13 – 11:47 I’m not…
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Models – West Yorkshire Plus a Few Others
In view of the fact that there are some model buses featured in other galleries and the favourable reaction to them, I thought you might be interested in some of the model buses I have scratch built in 7mm scale. Sorry about the Northern bias! It’s a roots thing! David Rhodes02/2013 22/02/13 – 12:22 One…
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Annual Works Outings
These are all annual works outings official photos which came out of my late father’s effects. Some of them are not labelled on the front, so I will endeavor to explain them to you. Most of these photos are taken on the main Keighley to Skipton road. If they tried to stand at these same…
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West Yorkshire Road Car Company
Four West Yorkshire photos from the bought album for your perusal. Roy Dodsworth12/2015 Registration JYG 726 fleet number 432 to become SBW14 was a 1951 Bristol LWL6B with ECW B39R bodywork. Registration LWR 425 fleet number 859 to become DGW5 was a 1953 Bristol KSW6G with ECW L27/28RD bodywork. Registration SLA 759 fleet number CUG44…
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Why I Became a Bus Enthusiast or “Buses Galore on Route 54” Part 1
Paul Haywood In the 1950s, use of public transport was a daily experience for most people. As a child, I obviously used the buses, trams and trains in my area for school and leisure, but to understand why this daily use converted into enthusiasm is not easy to answer. However, I’m convinced that a major…
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An Amusing Memory
Roy Burke There are many things about old buses that interest us fans, and for me this includes memories of the people who worked them. As a student, I worked as a conductor for West Yorkshire for about ten months in total, and so met lots of fascinating staff. A recent posting on the Old…
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West Yorkshire – Bedford OB – FWX 547 – SP1
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company1948Bedford OBBeadle B30F West Yorkshire needed a few small buses for certain routes to replace there pre-war Leyland and Dennis small buses. Bristol who were the main supplier of buses to West Yorkshire as they were…