SCT'61
The Dulux Bus

Photo © John Stringer. Please do not re-post without permission.

On the right is East Yorkshire 581, MKH90, a Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Roe FH28/26RD (originally FCH30/20RD) body, new in 1952. Withdrawn in 1968 it passed to North's the dealer in 4/69 and was scrapped by Johnson's of Goldthorpe later that year.
The line-up on the left includes 505 (JRH978), a Leyland Titan PD1A with Roe L28/26R body, new in 1949, withdrawn in 1962, passing to Price, Romsley, and scrapped by Hibbins of Ramsey in 1964; 672 (VKH672), a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1 with Park Royal B39F body new in 1957, withdrawn 1968, passing via P. Sykes (dealer) to Samuel Eynon, Trimsaran; 636 (VKH36), an AEC Regent V MD3RV with Willowbrook H30/26RD body new in 1956, withdrawn 1971, passing to P.Sykes (dealer) in 1972 for scrap; 659 (HWF659), an AEC Regal III 9621E with Harrington B35F body, originally ordered by West Bridgford UDC but delivered to Everingham Bros., Pocklington (59) in 1950, taken over by EYMS in 1953, withdrawn in 1962, passing via Frank Cowley (dealer) to Hussey, Egan and Pickmere (contractor), Birmingham.
A recently rediscovered photo from the family album, taken by me when I was nine. We had just arrived here in Bridlington Bus Station on 581, having travelled up the coast from Ulrome where we were staying in a caravan. Now who's got the keys to the time machine ?

Photo taken by John Stringer, July 1961, Bridlington Bus Station

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