Tag: Yorkshire Woollen
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Yorkshire Woollen – Ford Thames 570E – GHD 215 – 871
Yorkshire Woollen District1961Ford Thames 570EDuple C41F By the time this picture of a Yorkshire Woollen Thames was taken, it was in preservation. Never my favourite Yorkshire coaches, I found them a little slow and a lot noisy. One of them provided the only occasion I experienced where all passengers had to get off and walk…
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Yorkshire Woollen District – AEC Regent V – FHD 121 – 94
Yorkshire Woollen District1961AEC Regent V 2D3RANorthern Counties H39/31F Yorkshire Woollen was fundamentally a Leyland operator, apart from a few Guy Arabs in the early post war years. The first YWD Regent Vs appeared when ten Metro Cammell H39/31F bodied buses of the LD3RA type were delivered in 1958, to be followed by fifteen more in…
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South Wales – AEC Bridgemaster – WCY 890 – 1210
Copyright Bob Gell South Wales Transport1960AEC Bridgemaster 2B3RAPark Royal H43/29F Now here is a shot of a bus somewhat out of its area, the photo of this South Wales Bridgemaster was taken in July 1969, in Dewsbury Bus Station. At the time it was working on Yorkshire Woolen district routes you can see the top…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol K5G – OWT 201 – YDG 88
Copyright Bob Gell West Yorkshire Road Car Company1954Bristol K5G ECW H28/28R A fine vehicle indeed, but quite sad in some ways. This typical ex-Tilling Group Bristol K5G is spending its final days on loan to Yorkshire Woollen District, after its parent company (York-West Yorkshire) had lost its Tilling identity to the National Bus Company. Eleven Bristol…
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Yorkshire Woollen District – Bristol K5G – OWT 204 – 154
Yorkshire Woollen District1939Bristol K5GECW H28/28R (1955) Aliens Land In Dewsbury. Yorkshire Woollen District experienced a severe shortage of vehicles during 1969 and consequently was obliged to acquire some most untypical vehicle types which no doubt caused much displeasure to both engineering and road staff. Seen here at Savile Town depot, Dewsbury in 1970 are a…