SCT '61 Photo Index
Roberts
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1. CC9424 ... This Dennis GL with Roberts toastrack body, CC9424, was new to Llandudno UDC in 1929. (Sat 13/8/16, North Parade, Llandudno)
2. CC9424 ... New to Llandudno UDC in 1930, this Dennis GL carries a 19 seat toastrack body by Charles Roberts who would go on to build a number of bodies in the post war era as well as Sheffields last trams. (Tue 24/5/05, Whitby)
3. CC9424 ... Latest addition to the English Riviera Sightseeing fleet is CC9424, a 1930 Dennis GL with Roberts T20 body new to Llandudno Corporation. (Tue 5/6/18, Belgrave Road, Torquay)
4. HE7776 ... In 1937 Yorkshire Traction placed thirty Leyland TS7s in service with a mixture of B32F bodies by Roe (551-560, 565-574) and Eastern Coachworks (561-564) or with Burlingham C31F bodies (575-580). The Burlingham bodied ones originally had petrol engines and received Leyland 8.6 litre diesel engines and new Roberts B34F bodies to the B.E.T. Federation specification in 1947/8. HE7776, the last of the Burlingham bodied ones received its new body in March 1948 and was withdrawn in 1957. (Sun 5/8/56, near Barnsley Bus Station)
5. EGA22 ... Glasgow B16, EGA22, an Albion CX19 with a Roberts H30/26R body, is seen in George Square, Glasgow on learner duties. (Mon 11/4/60, George Square, Glasgow)
6. FBC546 ... Leon, Finningley 60, FBC546, was the last of three Daimler CVD6s with Roberts H32/28R bodies acquired from Leicester in October 1961. This one, seen in Glasgow Paddocks, Doncaster, was withdrawn in July 1966. (Mon 16/7/62, Glasgow Paddocks bus station, Doncaster)
7. FBC548 ... Ex-Leicester City Daimler CVD6 73, FBC548, with Roberts H60R body, new in 1948, seen here with contractor Taylor Woodrow. (Sun 28/6/64, Lowestoft)
8. GWY157 ... Samuel Ledgard GWY157, ex-Felix Motors 26, an AEC Regent III with Roberts H30/26R body of 1948. (1965, Troydale Terminus, Pudsey)
9. JTB806 ... New in 1948, Leigh Corporation 21, JTB806, was a Leyland PD2/1 with a Roberts L27/26R body, seen at the Leigh garage. (Sun 10/9/67, Leigh Garage)
10. KWB926 ... Seen on the parking area at Bridge Street Bus Station is Sheffield 326, KWB926, which was an A.E.C. O961 Regent III with a Roberts H30/26R body, new in 1948. (Sat 21/2/59, Bridge Street Bus Station, Sheffield)
11. NVX302 ... Eastern National 1122, NVX302, a Leyland PD1A with Roberts L53R body, new to City Coach Co in 1948 as their LD5, then to Westcliff, then to ENOC in 1955. (Sun 12/8/62, Braintree Bus Park)
12. NVX305 ... 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.
13. FNR273 ... Brown's Blue, Markfield FNR273 was a Daimler CVD6 with a Roberts H30/26R body new to Brown in September 1949. (Sat 9/2/63, St Margaret's Bus Station, Leicester)
14. KNN959 ... Seen at the garage is Gash, Newark DD6, KNN959, which had a Roberts H30/26R body on its Daimler CVD6 chassis when new in August 1949, platform doors being fitted in July 1957. (Sun 13/8/67, Gash's Garage, Bowbridge Road, Newark)
15. KNN959 ... Seen at their garage is Gash. Newark KNN959, which was numbered DD6, and which had a Roberts H30/26R body, new in 1949, to which platform doors had been fitted in July 1957 to become H30/26RD. (Sun 17/5/70, Gash's Garage, Bowbridge Road, Newark)
16. NVX173 ... 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. (Wood Green Coach Station, Lordship Lane)
17. NVX175 ... Eastern National 1220, NVX175, a Daimler CVD6 with Roberts L53R body, originally in the City Coach fleet. (London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend)
18. NVX176 ... Eastern National 1221, NVX176, a Daimler CVD6 with Roberts L53R body, originally in the City Coach fleet. (Wood Green Coach Station, Lordship Lane)
19. NVX176 ... A great photo, taken in the June sunshine, of Eastern National SD1221, NVX176, a Daimler CVD6 with Roberts L27/26R body, one of a batch of six new to City Coach in 1949. (Sun 14/6/59, Victoria Station, Southend)
20. NVX302 ... Eastern National 1122, NVX302, a Leyland PD1A with Roberts L53R body, new to City Coach Co in 1948, then to Westcliff, then to ENOC. (Leigh Beck Garage, Canvey Island)
21. NVX303 ... T.D. Alexander (Greyhound), Arbroath ran NVX303 a Roberts L27/26R bodied Leyland PD1A which had previously been Eastern National 1123 and before that Westcliff-on-Sea 1123, having been new in 1949 as City Coach Co. LD6. (Wed 28/7/65, Hill Place, Arbroath)
22. NVX303 ... Eastern National 1123, NVX303, a Leyland PD1A with Roberts L53R body new to City Coach as their LD6 and first registered on 1st January 1949. (1959/60, Brentwood Garage Yard)
23. NVX305 ... 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. (Mon 28/2/55, High Street, Brentwood)
24. OHK429 ... Colchester 1, OHK429, was a Daimler CVD6 with a Roberts H30/26R body, and is seen in Colchester. (Sat 28/1/61, High Street, Colchester)
25. OHK432 ... Colchester Corporation 4, OHK432, a 1949 Daimler CVD6 with Roberts H30/26R body, seen here at Brighton after being preserved. (Sun 2/5/71, at Madeira Drive, Brighton)
26. OHK432 ... Colchester Coporation bought a mixture of chassis after the second world war. Amongst these were a small batch of five Daimler CVD6 with body by Roberts of Wakefield which were delivered in 1949. The batch was withdrawn between 1966 and 1968. Number 4, OHK432, was saved for posterity and has been restored to its original colour scheme (2003, Meadowhall, Sheffield)
27. OHK432 ... OHK432 is Colchester number 4, a 1949 Daimler CVD6 with Roberts H30/26R body, part of the LVVS collection. (Sun 1/11/09, near LVVS Road Transport Museum, Lincoln)
28. OHK432 ... Colchester 4, OHK432, was a Daimler CVD6 new in April 1949 with a Roberts H30/26R body and was seen in Brighton on the H.C.V.C. Rally. (Sun 2/5/71, Madeira Drive, Brighton)
29. OHK432 ... Colchester Corporation No.4, OHK432, a Daimler CVD6/Roberts H56R, new 1949 and withdrawn in 1968. (Sat 2/6/18)
30. OHK433 ... A selection of cars of the period and a bus. This Colchester Corporation H30/26R Daimler CVD6 with Roberts body arrived at Colchester in 1949 and was believed to have been withdrawn in 1966. 5, OHK433 is seen climbing North Hill, Colchester, a hill I learnt to drive on. (Sun 13/3/60, North Hill, Colchester)
31. KTV330 ... Seen in the small bus station/parking area? off Granby Street is Nottingham 330, KTV330. (Sat 6/10/62, off Granby Street, Nottingham)
32. KTV339 ... Nottingham 339, KTV339, crossing Trent Bridge was a Roberts H30/26R bodied AEC Regent III. (Sat 27/3/65, Trent Bridge, Nottingham)
33. OHN496 ... Darlington Corporation 86, OHN496, a Guy Arab III from 1951 with Roberts H30/26R bodywork. (March 1970, Haughton Road Depot, Darlington)
34. OHN497 ... Darlington Corporation 87, OHN497, a Guy Arab III built in 1951 with Roberts H30/26R bodywork. (April 1968, Tubwell Row, Darlington)
35. OHN501 ... Darlington Corporation 91, OHN501, a Guy Arab III built in 1951 with Roberts H30/26R bodywork. (April 1968, Tubwell Row, Darlington)
36. ... Blackpool 315 (latterly 651) was one of the twenty-five Roberts-bodied "Coronation" cars of 1953. They were fitted with the infamously unreliable and expensive Vambac control system - replaced with conventional equipment in the late 1960s. (Sat 1/6/63, South Promenade, Blackpool)
37. BWW654B ... The business of Severn, Dunscroft had been acquired by South Yorkshire P.T.E. on 30th March 1979, but the vehicles continued to be licensed to Severn until they ceased operation on 24th August 1980. Thus 1156, BWW 654B, at the time of this photograph continued to be licensed to Severn and was still in Severn livery. (Tue 14/8/79)