Buses and Trams Around Leeds

Buses and Trams Around Leeds

Author: John Law

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2024-11-15

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1398118443

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Explore rare and previously unpublished photographs illustrating Leeds City Transport bus and tram scene.


British Buses & Coaches in the 1960s

British Buses & Coaches in the 1960s

Author: Jim Blake

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2021-08-30

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1473867835

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A pictorial history of buses and coaches of the period, drawn from a British transport photographer’s vast collection. British Buses and Coaches in the 1960s is an overview of the bus and coach scene during a decade of great social and economic change in Britain’s history. This volume looks at the interesting and varied number of bus and coach operators that still existed, before and just after the formation of the National Bus Company in 1968. With around 300 photos, Jim Blake has compiled an informative volume of material from his extensive collection of negatives taken during that period, which give a flavor of how things were at that time of great transformation.


Buses in Essex

Buses in Essex

Author: David Christie

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1445677482

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Explore a stunning collection of photographs of buses in Essex during this golden age of bus travel.


British Independent Bus and Coach Operators

British Independent Bus and Coach Operators

Author: Jim Blake

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2020-08-19

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1473857171

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During the 1960s, a large number of independent bus and coach fleets existed, which varied enormously in size and scope of operation. They ranged from major operators such as Barton Transport (Nottinghamshire); Lancashire United and West Riding who operated stage carriage services as well as coach fleets; or Wallace Arnold Tours of Leeds, a major coach touring company in Britain and Continental Europe; to small operators who possessed just a handful of vehicles. The latter were sometimes involved only in private hire work, for such things as outings to sporting events or theaters, school or industrial contracts or often a combination of both. Smaller operators were based throughout the country, sometimes in tiny villages but also in the heart of large cities. Often the smaller operators bought redundant buses and coaches from major operators, whether BET, BTC (Tilling) or municipal concerns, or London Transport. Many got bargains from the latter, with surplus RT and RTL double-deckers sold following the disastrous bus strike and service cuts of 1958. Conversely, redundant vehicles bought by independent fleets often brought types that came from as far away as Scotland to London and the south east. In the 1960s, the oldest buses and coaches with independent fleets were those employed on school or industrial contracts. These were not subject to the rigorous tests governing those carrying fare-paying passengers, so could be kept going until they were literally falling apart! These were known as ‘non-PSVs’, i.e. non-public service vehicles. On the other hand, some very small independent fleets, often with the title ‘Luxury Coaches’, took great pride in their fleets. They would purchase new coaches every two or three years and keep them in immaculate condition. The net result was that British independent bus and coach operators in the 1960s had a fascinating variety of chassis and body makes and styles, as well as liveries. This book shows many of these as they were between fifty and sixty years ago.


Bradford Buses

Bradford Buses

Author: Keith A. Jenkinson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2017-10-15

Total Pages: 155

ISBN-13: 1445674793

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Keith A. Jenkinson offers a richly illustrated look at the buses of Bradford.


London's Exiled Buses

London's Exiled Buses

Author: Keith A. Jenkinson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1445678888

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A fascinating, lavishly illustrated look at London buses that have found service in other parts of the country.


AEC Double-Deckers

AEC Double-Deckers

Author: Howard Berry

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1445677601

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Howard Berry of the AEC Society offers a lavishly illustrated look at the company's double-decker output.