City Coach Company
CUL804 was City Coach Company LT10, a six-wheel Leyland TS7T from 1936 rebodied as shown by Heaver in 1947. Later WMS/EN 108 and withdrawn in 1955.
A second view of City Coach Company LT10, CUL804, a six-wheel Leyland TS7T from 1936 rebodied by Heaver in 1947. Later WMS/EN 108 and withdrawn in 1955.
Photo taken Southend Tylers Avenue
City Coach LT18, CYO190, rebodied Leyland Tiger TS7T/Heaver, still in City livery in 1955 - thought to have been one of the last 3 vehicles in their brown and cream
Photo taken 1955, Ingrave Road, Brentwood
Second shot of former City Coach HVW213, a Leyland TEC2 with Duple FC39C body, new in August 1939.
Photo taken Saturday 7 June 1958, Leeds Bus Station
Third shot, a rear view, of former City Coach HVW213, a Leyland TEC2 with Duple FC39C body, new in August 1939.
Photo taken Saturday 7 June 1958, Leeds Bus Station
City Coach G2, HVW213, a 1939 Leyland TEC2 'Gnu' with Duple FC39C body.
Former City Coach HVW213, a Leyland TEC2 with Duple FC39C body, new in August 1939. At the time this photo was taken, the legal lettering on the vehicle was for Symonds, South Kirkby but it is believed that it was with Keeling to whom it is recorded as passing, from Symonds, in June 1958.
Photo taken Saturday 7 June 1958, Leeds Bus Station
City Coach Company G3, HVW214, a 1939 Leyland TEC2 'Gnu' with Duple FC39C body. Numbered 119 by EN before being withdrawn in 1956.
Photo taken Felixstowe
City Coach G4, HVW215, a Leyland TEC2 with Duple FC39C body, new in August 1939.
Photo taken 1950, opposite Newbury Park Underground/Bus Station
Former City Coach HVW216, a Leyland TEC2 with Duple FC39C body, new in August 1939 at Weaver Street, Kirkstall, Leeds - the 'garage' of Keeling to whom it passed from North (dealer) in 1957.
Photo taken Thursday 12 September 1957, Weaver Street, Kirkstall, Leeds
City Coach G6, HVW217, a 1939 Leyland TEC2 'Gnu' with Duple FC39C body.
City Coach B28, KTW241 was a Bedford OB with a Perkins P6 oil engine and a Mulliner B32F body, new in August 1946. Passed to WMS in 1952 but was never renumbered and sold to Hipperson (contractor), Dagenham c. August 1952. Many of this batch lasted into ENOC days and 2 or 3 are thought to have been exported to Cyprus.
Photo taken Laindon Station
Eastern National 2102, LEV917, a Leyland Titan PD1/1 with Leyland/Alexander O33/26R body. It was new to the City Coach Company in 1946, passing to Westcliff and then Eastern National as the respective fleets were taken over.
Photo taken Southend Sea Front, by the pier
Eastern National SD2102, LEV917, a Leyland Titan PD1/1 with Leyland/Alexander O33/26R body. Originally part of the City Coach fleet, it passed to Westcliff-on-Sea in 1952 and then to Eastern National before conversion to open top in 1958. It is seen here during its last summer in the Eastern National fleet.
Photo taken Saturday 31 July 1965, Shoebury Common
Eastern National SD2102, LEV917, a Leyland Titan PD1/1 with Leyland/Alexander O33/26R body. Originally part of the City Coach fleet, passed to Westcliff-on-Sea in 1952 and then to Eastern National before conversion to open top in 1958.
Photo taken Canvey Rally
Eastern National SD1113, LEV918, a Leyland Titan PD1/1 with Leyland/Alexander O33/26R body. Originally part of the City Coach fleet, passed to Westcliff-on-Sea in 1952 and then to Eastern National before conversion to open top in 1958.
Photo taken Saturday 16 May 1964, Southend Western Esplanade
Eastern National 1111, LEV920, a Leyland PD1/1 with Beadle L52R body, new to City Coach Co in 1946, then to Westcliff, then to ENOC. LEV920 was later converted to open-top.
Rose Bros (Primrose) of Chelmsford LHK412, a Leyland PS1/1 with Duple C35F body, new to the City Coach Company in December 1946 but exchanged with Rose for a Daimler CVD6 in May 1950.
Photo taken 1950, opposite Newbury Park Underground/Bus Station
Eastern National 124, LHK414, and probably 123, LHK413, a pair of Leyland PS1s with Duple C35F body, new in 1946 to City Coach Co.
Photo taken April 1960, Colchester
A pair of Eastern National Commers, 157, LPU690 and 161, LPU694, seen at Brentwood depot in March 1956.
Photo taken Monday 26 March 1956, Brentwood depot
City Coach C7, LPU690, a Commer Commando with Perkins P6 engine and Heaver B33F body new in February 1948, one of a batch of 7 new in 1947/8.
Photo taken 1950, opposite Newbury Park Underground/Bus Station
City Coach Commer Q4 (P6 engined)/Heaver LPU691, believed to show one of only two single deckers still in City livery in 1955.
Photo taken Monday 28 February 1955, Brentwood
What is almost certainly an official pre-delivery shot of City Coach Company LD8, NVX305, a Leyland PD1A with Roberts L27/26R body, new in 1948 - clues are the absence of any licenses in the license holder in the cab and missing unladen weight figures.
NVX170 was City Coach Company G7, a unique Leyland PS2/11 with Heaver B39C body which had to have an extra axle as it was 30ft long but had this removed when the law changed in 1950. Numbered 132 by EN, withdrawn in 1959, it was sold to Barton and rebodied as a double-decker, lasting until the 1970's with Lloyd of Nuneaton.
City Coach Company Daimler CVD6 D3, NVX173, new to them in 1949 with a Roberts L53R body. Numbered 1218 by EN and withdrawn in 1962.
Photo taken Wood Green
Eastern National 1220, NVX175, a Daimler CVD6 with Roberts L53R body, originally in the City Coach fleet.
Photo taken London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend
A great photo, taken in the June sunshine, of Eastern National SD1221, NVX 176, a Daimler CVD6 with Roberts L27/26R body, one of a batch of six new to City Coach in 1949.
Photo taken Sunday 14 June 1959, Southend Victoria Station forecourt
Eastern National 1221, NVX176, a Daimler CVD6 with Roberts L53R body, originally in the City Coach fleet.
Photo taken London Wood Green
Eastern National 1122, NVX302, a Leyland PD1A with Roberts L53R body, new to City Coach Co in 1948, then to Westcliff, then to ENOC.
City Coach Co Leyland PD1/Roberts LD8, NVX305, seen on 28 February 1955 outside the Yorkshire Grey PH in Brentwood, with an all-Leyland PD2 behind - one of the FJN batch ordered by City and delivered in their livery, but here repainted Tilling green with Westcliff fleetnames. This is believed to have been the last double deck in City livery.
Photo taken Monday 28 February 1955, Brentwood
Eastern National SD2108, NVX308, Leyland Titan PD1A with Beadle O33/26R body. Originally part of the Westcliff-on-Sea fleet before conversion to open top.
Photo taken Sunday 18 July 1965, Shoebury Common
Eastern National BD1135, FJN201, one of the six 1952 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Leyland L27/26R bodies ordered by City Coach but delivered after they were taken over by Westcliff (which is why they had Southend registrations) and in turn absorbed into the Eastern National fleet in 1955.
Photo taken London Wood Green
Eastern National BE2117, FJN202, a Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland L27/26R body from 1952, originally in the Westcliff-on-Sea fleet.
Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Braintree Bus Station
Eastern National BD1137, FJN202, a Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland L27/26R body from 1952 with a LT trolleybus in the background.
Photo taken London Wood Green
City Coach Company Leyland PD, LD21, FJN202, in City livery as delivered to WMS. Numbered 1137/2117 by EN and after withdrawal operated by Smaller of Barton-on-Humber and Alexander of Sheffield and Arbroath before finally being scrapped in 1969.
Eastern National HH2114, FJN203, a Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland L27/26R body from 1952, originally in the Westcliff-on-Sea fleet.
Photo taken Friday 26 March 1965, Southend Lifstans Way/Woodgrange Drive junction
Eastern National HH2114, FJN203, rear view.
Photo taken Friday 26 March 1965, Southend Lifstans Way/Woodgrange Drive junction
Another view of Eastern National 2119, FJN205, a Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland L27/26R body from 1952, originally in the Westcliff-on-Sea fleet
Photo taken Saturday 19 September 1964, Prittlewell Garage
Eastern National Leyland PD2/12 1139, FJN205
Photo taken Wood Green
Eastern National SD1139, FJN205, a Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland L27/26R body from 1952, originally in the Westcliff-on-Sea fleet
Photo taken Tuesday 7 April 1964, Sutton Road at junction with Southchurch Road
City Coach Company Leyland PD2/12, LD25, FJN206, later ENOC 1138 and 2118. Then operated by Super of Upminster and PVS before being scrapped in 1970.
Photo taken Wickford
Eastern National 137, FJN208, a Leyland PSU1/13 with Burlingham C39F body, was one of a batch ordered by City Coach Co but by the time they were delivered in 1952, they had been absorbed by Westcliff, hence the Southend registration.
Photo taken c. 1962/3, Victoria Station forecourt, Southend