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Milnes-Daimler chassis and body put on at Newton Heath.

1904 worked the Blundell Sands - Crosby and Thornton route and then later the Chorley - Bamber Bridge route as seen here.

Eventually converted to a lorry and worked until 1926.

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Milnes-Daimler chassis and body put on at Newton Heath.

1904 worked alongside B-2085 on the Blundell Sands - Crosby and Thornton route as seen here.

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Commer chassis. Replaced B-2085 working the Chorley - Bamber Bridge route as seen here.

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The fleet of five buses of the Todmorden Motor Bus Committee and crews photographed on the lane leading to the electricity destructor, where the buses where garaged.

An Act of Parliament in 1906 allowed the Corporation to provide a bus service for…

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No 2 bus outside the Town Hall on 1st January 1907 prior to the inaugural run to Steanor Bottom. The Mayor, Alderman Abraham Crossley, is standing at the extreme right surrounded by children and well-wishers. The bus, one of two supplied by…

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A double decker approaching Hungry Wood railway arch, Cornholme in 1934. The sign on the wall reads "Passengers much keep seated when passing this arch". Due to the limited headroom buses had to keep to the centre of the road when negotiating the…

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No 3 bus on Burnley road, near the top entrance to the park 1928-31. The bus was a Leyland Titan TD1, delivered in July 1928, and was the first of 14 buses of this type to enter service with the Todmorden motor bus undertaking. The driver is Jesse…

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No 2 bus at Bridge End, Shade, in 1907. This photograph had special interest for the Steele family who kept the newsagents shop in the background. The bus conductor, with his ticket punch and collecting bag, is Albert Steele and standing on his…

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The first bus to go to the new housing estate at Ashenhurst, Sunday 14 August 1938.

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Driver William Nothard and conductor George Atkinson with No.3 bus at Eastwood, 1907.

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Outside the White Lion & Greyhound, Shade.
An early open top bus with external stairs at the rear to the upper deck and solid rubber tyres. Open top buses were not popular in winter and started to be replaced by covered top deck models from the…

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Buses found it a tight squeeze trying to navigate the narrow streets of Heptonstall. Attempting a three-point turn in July 1963 is an Albion Nimbus watched by musician John R. Turner, who shortly afterwards left to become organist at Glasgow…
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