SCT '61 Photo Index
Cravens
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1. VO6806 ... Former Red Bus Service 1931 AEC Regal I VO6806, with a Cravens 32 seat forward entrance body and 6.12 litre engine. It is now preserved by the Science Museum and can be seen at their storage and 'outstation' facility at Wroughton Airfield, Wiltshire.
Photo taken Sun 3 Oct 1982, Leicester City Transport Abbey Park Depot
2. VO6806 ... Photographed at Halifax's Skircoat Road Garage on the occasion of an Omnibus Touring Circle visit was VO6806 an A.E.C. Regal with a Cravens B32F body.
Photo taken Sun 8 Sep 1968, Skircoat Road Garage, Halifax
3. CWB987 ... United AS MC2, CWB987, a Leyland Titan TD4 built in 1936 with Cravens bodywork.
Photo taken July 1969, Haymarket Bus Station, Newcastle
4. RV8312 ... The remaining 76 pre-war trolleys for Portsmouth had Cravens H26/26R bodies on the favoured AEC 661T chassis and were numbered 25-54 RV8307-8336 and 55-100 RV9106-54 and were delivered between 8/36 and 7/37. 30, RV8312, is on Goldsmith Avenue at the Ruskin Rd stop as the (noticeably all male) football fans head up Frogmore Road to Fratton Park.
Photo taken December 1936, Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea
5. RV8320 ... Portsmouth 238, RV8320, had been numbered 38 until 1938. It was an AEC 661T with Cravens H26/26R body new in 1936 and is seen at The Hard in Portsmouth.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, The Hard, Portsmouth
6. RV9106 ... Portsmouth 255, RV9106, had been number 55 until 1938. It was an AEC 661T with Cravens H26/26R body new in 1936 and is seen at The Hard in Portsmouth. The body was rebuilt by Portsmouth incorporating Metal Sections components in 1955.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, The Hard, Portsmouth
7. RV9124 ... This is the lower and upper decks of Cravens all metal bodied AEC 661T 73, RV9124, new to Portsmouth in November 1936.
Photo taken c.October 1936
8. RV9129 ... Back ends of buses galore at The Hard, Portsmouth, featuring 78 RV9129 & 39 RV8321, both AEC 661T/Cravens H26/26R new 11/36 and 8/36 respectively.
Photo taken December 1936, The Hard, Portsmouth
9. RV9129 ... Another angle on Portsmouth 78, RV9129, an AEC 661T Cravens H26/26R trolleybus new 11/36.
Photo taken December 1936, The Hard, Portsmouth
10. RV9133 ... Portsmouth trolleybus 282, RV9133, an AEC661T with Cravens H26/26R body new in 1936 as fleet number 82 and renumbered two years later. It was withdrawn in 1961.
Photo taken emerging from the old depot into Gladys Avenue, Portsmouth
11. RV9141 ... Another street scene (and the back of a trolleybus) from Roger's collection. Portsmouth 1936 AEC 661T/ Cravens 90, RV9141, is stood in Commercial Road at the Surrey Street stop.
Photo taken December 1936, Commercial Road, Portsmouth
12. RV9389 ... RV9389, a Leyland TD4 with a Cravens H26/24R body, new in 1936, was Portsmouth 135.
Photo taken Sun 15 Mar 1959, Northern Road, Cosham
13. RV9400 ... Thirty Leyland TD4s with Cravens H26/24R bodies were delivered to Portsmouth in 1936 as RV9385-9414, with RV9400 being number 146.
Photo taken Sun 15 Mar 1959, Cosham Station
14. DAU454 ... Nottingham Employees’ Canteen 801, DAU454, originally fleet number 75, an AEC Regal with Cravens B32R body new in 1937.
Photo taken 1950s, Southwell Road, Nottingham
15. DAU454 ... Nottingham 801, DAU454, seen at Trent Bridge, was an A.E.C. O662 Regal which had a Cravens DP32R body when used in service.
Photo taken Sat 27 Mar 1965, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
16. DAU455 ... Nottingham converted 776, DAU455, to mobile canteen 812 in 1956, having withdrawn it from passenger service in 1953. It was an AEC Regal with a Cravens DP32R body and was numbered 76 when new in 1937. Renumbered 276 in 1944 and again to 776 in 1948 it is seen here outside Parliament Street garage as 812. It was finally sold for scrap in June 1968.
Photo taken Wed 30 Sep 1959, Parliament Street Garage, Nottingham
17. DFJ560 ... Cut down Leyland TD double decker DFJ560, new to Exeter in 1937, a Leyland TD5 with Craven H30/24R body and withdrawn in 1950.
Photo taken 1950s
18. RV9144 ... RV9144 was number 293 in the Portsmouth fleet. It was one of ten A.E.C. 661T/English Electrics new in 1937 with Cravens H26/26R bodies, as numbers 91-100.
Photo taken Sun 15 Mar 1959, Cosham Station
19. RV9145 ... Two Portsmouth trolleybuses (and a motor bus STP997) at the Dockyard, the nearer being 234, RV9145, an AEC661T with Cravens H26/26R body, new in 1937.
Photo taken Dockyard, Portsmouth
20. RV9151 ... Portsmouth 297, RV9151, new in 1937 as 97 was renumbered in 1938. It was an AEC 661T with Cravens H26/26R body and is seen at The Hard in Portsmouth. The body was rebuilt by Portsmouth incorporating Metal Sections components in 1952.
Photo taken Sun 15 Jun 1958, The Hard, Portsmouth
21. DDK112 ... DDK112, ex-Rochdale 142, was a Leyland TD5c with a Cravens body which was originally H28/26R, re-seated to H30/24R between 1947 and 1949, but is seen here with a showman at Hunslet Feast, having been modified somewhat since its withdrawal in 1955.
Photo taken Tue 5 Aug 1958, Hunslet Feast
22. EFJ666 ... Prior to the second world war the Sheffield based firm of Cravens built buses for a wide range of customers. One such was Exeter Corporation who bought this Leyland Tiger TS8 in 1938. Part of a batch of five numbered 65-70, 66 EFJ666 was withdrawn from service in Exeter in 1957 and is now preserved.
Photo taken Sun 24 Apr 2011, Brough
23. EFJ666 ... Exeter 66, EFJ666, is the wonderful Leyland TS8 with a Craven B32R body dating from 1938.
Photo taken Sun 10 Aug 1969, Harrogate
24. ERH45 ... Photographed on Chanterlands Avenue North and about to pass the crematorium is Hull Corporation Transport Department Trolley Bus No 45, ERH45, working service 61. No 45 was one of a batch of 20 Crossley TDD4s with Cravens bodies introduced in 1938.
Photo taken Sat 20 May 1961, Chanterlands Avenue North, Hull
25. BWH113 ... Seen at Moor Lane bus station in Bolton, reversing off the stand for services 10 and 11, is Cravens H30/26R bodied Crossley DD42/3 which was Bolton 299, BWH113, one of sixty-seven with Cravens bodies new in 1946.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton
26. BWH121 ... Bolton's only Crossley double-deckers were seventy-five delivered in 1946, sixty-seven with bodies by Cravens and eight with Crossley bodies. 307, BWH121, one of the Cravens H30/26R bodied ones is seen in Bury waiting to depart for the Football Ground, with another of the batch following.
Photo taken Sat 8 Feb 1958, Knowsley Street, Bury
27. BWH68 ... Entering Howell Croft bus station in Bolton is Bolton 254, BWH68, one of sixty-seven Crossley DD42/3s with Cravens H30/26R bodies new in 1946.
Photo taken Thu 24 Mar 1960, Howell Croft Bus Station
28. AWG372 ... To compliment the view of preserved RO607, I photographed FRO586, AWG372, at Kelty Garage sporting the red and cream Fife livery, on the occasion of an official visit to Alexander Fife garages by the Omnibus Society.
Photo taken Sun 16 Apr 1967, Kelty Garage, Fife
29. AWG377 ... When W Alexander & Sons was split in 1961 a batch of 25 Guy Arab IIIs with Cravens H30/26R bodywork dating from 1948 came to the Alexander's (Fife) company where they achieved another 8-9 years of service. FRO591, AWG377, was one of these and had originally been numbered RO591 until the split.
Photo taken 1968, Dunfermline Depot
30. AWG384 ... Alexander's (Fife) L7, AWG384, started life as W Alexander & Sons RO598, a 1948 Guy Arab III with Cravens H30/26R bodywork. Transferred to Fife at the time of the split, it became FRO598. In December 1964 it was converted to a tow wagon at Gallatown Works and based thereafter at Dunfermline depot.
Photo taken 1968, Dunfermline Depot
31. AWG393 ... W Alexander Guy Arab III with Cravens H30/26R body, RO607, AWG393, now preserved, seen in service between Dunfermline and the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond.
Photo taken Sat 19 Aug 2017, SVBM, Lathalmond, Fife
32. JXC190 ... Hill & Paterson, Stevenston (A.1 Service, Ardrossan) 29A, JXC190, had been London Transport RT1427, an A.E.C. O961 Regent III, with a Cravens H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sat 9 Jun 1962, Ardrossan Bus Station
33. JXC192 ... J.H. Murray, Saltcoats (A.1 Service, Ardrossan) JXC192, an A.E.C. O961 Regent III, had been London Transport RT1429 and had a Cravens H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sat 9 Jun 1962, Ardrossan Bus Station
34. KGK747 ... KGK747, York Bros., Northampton 5 seen at their garage was an A.E.C. 0961 Regent III acquired in February 1957 from London Transport Executive.  It had a Cravens H30/26R body. 
Photo taken Sun 14 Mar 1965, Garage, Northampton
35. JXC167 ... Barton, Chilwell 884, JXC167, seen in Huntingdon Street, outside the bus station, was an A.E.C. 0961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sun 25 Aug 1963, Huntingdon Street, Nottingham
36. JXC167 ... Another shot of JXC167 of the Cream Bus Service. As quoted in the caption to another shot on here, McKechnie & Cole (Cream Bus Service), Stamford 16, JXC167, was a Cravens H30/26R bodied A.E.C. Regent III acquired from London Transport RT1404 in May 1957.
Photo taken Bishop's Road Bus Station, Peterborough
37. JXC177 ... Former London Transport RT1414, JXC177, new in 1949, was one of the Cravens bodied buses. It was sold to Black & White of Harvingdon, before coming to Charlton-on-Otmoor Services (G.P. Holder) in August 1961.
Photo taken Mon 29 Mar 1971, Depot, High Street, Charlton-on-Otmoor
38. JXC177 ... Holder, Charlton-on-Otmoor JXC177, an A.E.C. O961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body, had been acquired in August 1961 from Black & White, Harvington, originally new in 1949 to London Transport as RT1414.
Photo taken Sun 7 Apr 1963, High Street, Charlton-on-Otmoor
39. JXC181 ... Delivered in 1949 as RT1418 in the London Transport fleet, JXC181 was one of the 120 AEC Regent IIIs with Cravens H30/26R bodies.
Photo taken Shettleston Road/McNair Street, Glasgow
40. JXC181 ... JXC181 was number BB1 in the Scottish Omnibuses fleet having been acquired from Lowland Motorways, in January 1958. It was a Cravens H30/26R bodied A.E.C. Regent III which originated with London Transport as RT1422 in 1949.
Photo taken Wed 29 Jul 1959, Killermont Street, Glasgow
41. JXC194 ... London by the sea - AEC/PRV Routmaster prototype RM1, SLT56, dating from 1956 is seen here with Ensign Bus JXC194, which is ex London Transport RT1431, a Cravens bodied Regent III
Photo taken Sun 31 Jul 2005, Marine Parade, Worthing
42. KGK724 ... Stevenson, Spath 14, KGK724, was an A.E.C. 0961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body, ex- London Transport Executive RT1465 in March 1957.
Photo taken Sun 14 Jul 1963, Horninglow Street, Burton
43. KGK731 ... Another shot of Cream Bus Service KGK731. Quoting the caption to the other photo:
Photo taken Bishop's Road Bus Station, Peterborough
44. KGK732 ... Dundee 219, KGK732, was an A.E.C. 0961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body which had been new in August 1949 as London Transport RT1473.
Photo taken Wed 28 Jul 1965, Dundee
45. KGK739 ... KGK739 was a Cravens H30/26R bodied A.E.C. O961 Regent III acquired from London Transport RT1480 to become Garelochhead Coach Services 35.
Photo taken Sat 15 Aug 1964
46. KGK758 ... Former London Transport Cravens bodied RT1499, KGK758, new in November 1949, now owned and immaculately preserved by Ensign bus
Photo taken Sat 2 Dec 2006, Ensignbus X80 Running Day, Grays
47. KGK758 ... London Transport RT1499, KGK758, an A.E.C. O961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body new in November 1949 is seen on the H.C.V.C. Rally.
Photo taken Sun 2 May 1971
48. KGK765 ... Seen here at the Parkhouse Stance, Ardrossan, KGK765, a Cravens H30/26R bodied A.E.C. O961 Regent III which was new in December 1949 had been acquired by Brown, Dreghorn (A.1. Service) from London Transport in May 1957 and was withdrawn in 1965.
Photo taken Tue 11 Aug 1964, Parkhouse Stance, Ardrossan
49. KGK768 ... Scottish Omnibuses BB6, KGK768, acquired in January 1958 from Lowland Motorways, Glasgow was an A.E.C. 0961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body which had been new in December 1949 to the London Transport Executive as RT1509.
Photo taken Wed 19 Jun 1963
50. KGK772 ... Hill & Paterson, Stevenston (A1 Service, Ardrossan) KGK772 was an A.E.C. 0961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body seen in Saltcoats and had been new as London Transport RT1513, passing to Hill & Paterson, Stevenston 30 in May 1956 via Bird (dealer), Stratford-upon-Avon.
Photo taken Wed 5 Aug 1970, Vernon Street, Saltcoats
51. KGK771 ... Seen leaving the Parkhouse Stance, Ardrossan is ex-London Transport KGK771 which was an A.E.C. O961 Regent III with a Cravens H30/26R body new in January 1950. It is seen in the service of Murray, Saltcoats(A.1. Service).
Photo taken Tue 11 Aug 1964, Parkhouse Stance, Ardrossan
52. LWB746 ... Sheffield 246, LWB746, an A.E.C. 9612E Regent III, dating from March 1950, had a Cravens H30/26R body and was seen in Pond Street, with the tram lines in the foreground.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Pond Street, Sheffield