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Portsmouth Bus - TAS00103
Bus No 2 takes a photo call on a very muddy road leading to Portsmouth. The Trade plate letters depict 'B' for Lancashire and 'P' for the manufacturer, Pilkingtons.
Special Bus - Leyland No 2 - TAS00242
This used to be in the ownership of Todmorden Antiquarian Society
The Bird i'th Hand, Rochdale Road, Warland - TAS00119
A regular truck stop for hungry lorry drivers, much the same as modern day service areas on our motorways. Standing outside the doorway of the Bird i'th Hand inn is a Leyland very similar to the one owned and used by the LMS Railway at Todmorden…
Timetable covers - TAS00215
Covers for the timetables produced by Todmorden Omnibus Committee including the years 1928, 1937 and 1960.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00106
Possibly in the area of Walsden known as Bottoms, or near Lane Bottom.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00107
W.U. 8362. Bus No 11 was a Leyland Leviathon. New in 1926/7 appears to be at the Summit Terminus.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00108
Posed for a photograph in front of the main Todmorden gas works gas holder are the first five buses, c1907, because C-1503, the Critchley-Norris has had its body changed to a single deck arrangement following an accident at Lobb Mill.
Millwood…
Millwood…
Todmorden Bus - TAS00111
Bus B-5628 was allocated Fleet No 8 when it arrived brand new from Leyland on the 31st July 1913. It was later requisitioned by the government for war work, conveying troops to the front line in WWI. Many such vehicles never returned.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00112
An early Todmorden Corporation bus. Does not show any headlamp or rear lamps.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00117
Todmorden No 9 was a Leyland GH7 known as an RAF type. It was purchased through a Burnley dealer after WWI, c1920, hence the Burnley registration no, CW-1948. It was allocated Fleet No 9 and is seen here at the bus offices on Church Street. Note the…
Todmorden Bus - TAS00118
WT 4437, a Leyland SG2, Fleet number 23 seen here, prior to delivery from Leyland in May 1924. Body shown is a FO48R type.
Leyland photographed all their new vehicles here at Worden Park, originally the 150 acre estate of the Farington family.
Leyland photographed all their new vehicles here at Worden Park, originally the 150 acre estate of the Farington family.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00120
Bus number 23, registration number WT4437, seen here at the Town Hall terminus is of May 1924 vintage. It is a Leyland SG2 model, chassis number 18198 carrying a Leyland body. It was an open top and was variously quoted as being either a 48 or 52…
Todmorden Bus - TAS00121
The bus registered WT1843 , fleet number 20 is waiting for departure to Bacup from here outside the Church Street Bus & Parcels Office. It was a Leyland SGH2, being delivered in 1924 along with number 21. First recorded as having a Hickman body but…
Todmorden Bus - TAS00122
This single deck WT7268, a 30 seater with doors (B30D), dates back to May 1924. It was a Leyland GH7 and the photographs suggest it was on Cockhill Moor between Hebden Bridge and Oxenhope on a damp foggy day.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00123
WU7307, No10, was new in 1926 and was a Leyland LG1.with a Leyland body. Shown as seating 52 passengers and is photographed in Worden Park where Leyland Motors photographed all their new models.
Todmorden Bus - TAS00124
An interesting shot of WT1843, new in May 1924. A Leyland SGH2 with a Phoenix body built locally at the body building/repair shed on Phoenix Street, Todmorden, across the main road from Millwood Depot. Seen here making a left turn into Rochdale Road…
Todmorden Bus - TAS00126
Another view of Fleet number 26, WT7268 believed to be seen here on Cockhill Moor on a murky day. No 26 was shown as a B30D, meaning that it was a bus with seating for 30 passengers and had doors fitted. It is of course another Leyland GH7 model. New…
Todmorden Bus - TAS00127
This Bus was Number 1. It was to have made the inaugural run from the Town Hall at 1400hrs on January 1st 1907. but its wheels had frozen to the ground overnight, so number 2 was brought in to replace it on that very first run. Number one had been to…