1. ACK727 ... Worth, Enstone acquired ACK727 from Ribble, Preston where it had been number 2394 in 1956. It was a Daimler CWG5 with a Brush L27/26R body new in 1943 and is seen here at Gloucester Green, Oxford. (Wed 20/8/58, Gloucester Green, Oxford)

2. ACK755 ... Everett, South Kirkby (t/a United Services) ACK755, seen in Wakefield Bus Station, departing for Doncaster, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple L27/28R body which had been new as Ribble 2409 in September 1943, and which had been acquired by Everett in May 1957. (Sun 17/8/58, Wakefield Bus Station)

3. AHL11 ... Bullock, Featherstone put two Daimler CWG5s with Brush L27/28R bodies into service in 1943 and 260, AHL11, entered service in July. In September 1950 it passed to West Riding, Wakefield with the Bullock business and retained its fleet number. (Sun 26/2/56, York Street, Leeds)

4. ASD121 ... Kippax Motors ASD121, seen in Leeds Bus Station awaiting its next journey, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Massey H30/26R body which had been new to Western S.M.T., Kilmarnock in 1943. (Fri 13/7/56, Leeds Bus Station)

5. ASD351 ... Western S.M.T., Kilmarnock ASD351, a Daimler CWA6 which had been new with a Duple L27/28R body in October 1943. Fleet number 210 was allotted in 1949 and it was rebodied with an Eastern Coachworks L27/26R body in February 1952. (Fri 8/6/62)

6. BHJ742 ... Southend Daimler 218, BHJ742, numerically the first of 18 new Daimler CWA6's delivered between 1943 and 1946 with a Duple utility body. This photograph was taken post-coordination, sometime between 1955 and 1958 when 218 was withdrawn. (Victoria Circus, Southend)

7. BHJ743 ... Southend 219, BHJ743 (Victoria Circus, Southend)

8. DKY478 ... Seen in Bird's scrapyard at Stratford-upon-Avon is ex-Bradford 478, DKY478. This had been new in 1943 and was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body. (Sat 18/10/58, Bird's scrapyard, Stratford-upon-Avon)

9. DKY479 ... Wartime Bradford Daimler CWA6 479, DKY479, new in November 1943 with Duple UH30/26R body is seen in Manchester Road. (Fri 26/4/57, Manchester Road, Bradford)

10. FOP340 ... Southend open-topper 247, FOP340. (Thu 8/8/63, East Beach, Shoeburyness)

11. FOP340 ... Southend 247, FOP340 (Sun 12/9/65, Shoebury Common, Southend)

12. FOP340 ... Southend 247, FOP340, as originally converted to open-top. (SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

13. FOP340 ... Southend open topper 247, FOP340, a Daimler CWA6, new to Birmingham as a CWG5 in 1943, bought by Southend in 1955 and converted to open top the following year. (Fri 29/8/58, Kursaal, Southend)

14. FOP340 ... Southend 247, FOP340, a Daimler CWG5 with Park Royal body, converted to open-top in 1956. (Sun 20/8/67, Western Esplanade, Southend)

15. FOP364 ... Not long before the takeover by Westcliff, Canvey/Benfleet had purchased a large number of utility bodied Daimlers from Birmingham Corporation, some of which had long careers with Westcliff, Eastern National and finally Southend. FOP364 (Birmingham 1364) was one of these, with Duple body, photographed in the yard of Fairfax Drive depot on 13th February 1955. It is probably in green livery, but with Westcliff fleetname and carries its Eastern National fleet number 1197. (Sun 13/2/55, Fairfax Drive Depot, Southend)

16. FOP417 ... A surprise acquisition by Southend in 1955 was a batch of seven utility bodied Daimlers from Eastern National. These had come from the Canvey and Benfleet fleets in 1951 and all but one had originated with Birmingham Corporation. The six which entered service took the numbers 242-7, previously used by the second hand AECs of the early 1950s. (Sat 21/4/56, Fairfax Drive, Southend)

17. FOP429 ... Southend 244, FOP429, new in 1945, with Birmingham Corporation, then acquired by Canvey & District in 1949, passed to Westcliff-on-Sea and in turn to Eastern National as the various undertakings were taken over. Bought by SCT in 1955 and converted to open-top in 1956, it continued in service until 1970 and is now preserved. (Sun 10/10/99, Canvey Island)

18. FOP452 ... Southend open topper 245, FOP452, a Daimler CWA6 new to Birmingham during the war and passing via Benfleet & District, Westcliff and Eastern National to Southend in 1955 who converted it to open top the following year. (Sat 11/9/65, Ness Road, Shoebury Common, Southend)

19. FOP452 ... Southend 245, FOP452, started life with Birmingham City Transport 1452 and came via Benfleet and District and later Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services 1204 to SCT. (Sat 5/9/70, Kursaal, Southend)

20. GLX913 ... Southend 263, GLX913, was withdrawn in June 1962 and transferred to the Southend on Sea County Borough Constabulary, fitted with platform doors and converted as a mobile road safety exhibition unit (visiting schools, etc). Passed to Essex Police in April 1969 and sold in 1974 for preservation. (Sun 10/10/99, Canvey Island)

21. GLX913 ... Ex-London Transport and Southend Daimler GLX913, seen here restored to Southend Corporation colours although I'm not so sure that the four line intermediate destination blind is genuine. (late 1990s, North Weald)

22. GYE76 ... Burrows 82, GYE76, was a former London Transport Daimler CWA6s rebodied with a Burlingham H33/28RD body in 1957. (c.1960, Central Bus Station, Leeds)

23. HGF923 ... Daimler/Massey 267, HGF923, one of the ex-LT vehicles purchased by Southend and rebodied, at the Willson Road terminus of route 9 on 1st October 1955. (Sat 1/10/55, Willson Road, Southend)

24. HGF956 ... Ex-LT utility Daimler D279, HGF956, at the depot of Young, Hornchurch at Grays in April 1957. (April 1957, Grays)

25. JVW480 ... One of the Canvey/Benfleet Duple bodied utility Daimlers bought new, JVW480, after sale. (Mon 3/10/55, Bush Hill Park, London Enfield)

26. BEA737 ... West Bromwich 127, BEA737 , a Daimler CWG5 from 1944 with a 1953 Alexander H56R body, the last of a batch of seven. (August 1968, Lower Queen Street, West Bromwich)

27. BHJ773 ... Southend 224, BHJ773 (c. 1955, Victoria Station, Southend)

28. BHJ773 ... A rear view of utility bodied Daimler 224, BHJ773, inside the Southend Corporation depot on 9th February 1957. (Sat 9/2/57, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

29. BRG916 ... Aberdeen 140, BRG916, was the first of three Daimler CWA6s with Duple H30/26R bodies, new in 1944, which is seen at the King Street Garage. (Thu 29/7/65, King Street Garage, Aberdeen)

30. BRG917 ... A row of Aberdeen's Daimlers with H30/26R bodies at King Street Garage. They are 144, BRG950, a 1945 CWA6 with a Brush body; 147, BRS29 and 151, BRS33, 1945 CWA6s with Duple bodies; 148, BRS30 also a 1945 CWA6 with a Duple body; and 141, BRG917 a 1944 CWA6 with a Duple body. (Thu 29/7/65, King Street Garage, Aberdeen)

31. CTP151 ... Portsmouth 171, CTP151, the first of nine new in 1944, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body which was replaced in 1955 with a Crossley H30/26R body. (Sun 19/8/62, Canoe Lake, Esplanade, Southsea)

32. CTP153 ... Portsmouth 172, CTP153, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body, new in 1944. (Sun 15/3/59, Cosham Station)

33. CTP178 ... Portsmouth 177, CTP178, was a Daimler CWA6 new in 1944 with a Duple H30/26R body. It was rebodied with a Crossley H30/26R body in 1955. (Sat 14/1/61, Guildhall, Portsmouth)

34. CTP180 ... Portsmouth 179, CTP180, the last of nine new in 1944, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body which was replaced in 1955 with a Crossley H30/26R body. (Sun 19/8/62, Canoe Lake, Esplanade, Southsea)

35. CTP180 ... A rare photo of Portsmouth Corporation's 179, CTP180, with original body, one of nine Daimler CWA6 utility vehicles, delivered in 1944 with Duple H30/26 bodies and AEC 7.7 litre engines. (1950s?, The Hard, Portsmouth, very close to the dockyard entrance)

36. DGG919 ... New in 1944, Glasgow Daimler CWA6 DGG919 was numbered 118 and had a Duple H30/26R body. It was rebodied with an East Lancs H30/28R body in May 1954 when it was re-numbered to DR11. (Wed 29/7/59, St Enoch Square, Glasgow)

37. EDK802 ... Passing Martin’s Bank in Rochdale, on a rainy day, Rochdale 192, EDK802, operates to Broad Lane. It was a Daimler CWA6 with a Northern Counties H30/26R body new in 1944. (Mon 29/4/57, Yorkshire Street, Rochdale)

38. EKV944 ... Coventry 344, EKV944, seen at the Harnall Lane garage, was a Daimler CWA6 new in 1944 with Weymann H30/26R body which was rebuilt in 1952 by Bond, Wythenshawe. (Sun 10/5/64, Harnall Lane Garage, Coventry)

39. EKV966 ... Preserved Coventry 366, EKV966 a Daimler CWA6 dating from 1944. It entered service with Coventry Corporation Transport in 1945 with a Duple utility body and gained a new Roe Pullman body in 1951. It was withdrawn in 1959 and has been in storage for a long time but renovation work is about to start. (Sat 12/5/12, at Coventry Transport Museum Reserve collection, Sandy Lane, Coventry)

40. EKV966 ... As promised, three recent pictures showing the excellent restoration of EKV966 - Coventry 366 with hand painted adverts - the nearside being for Atkinson's ales and the offside for Senior Service. (Fri 26/1/18, Private site in Staffordshire)

41. EWT956 ... South Yorkshire Motors 53, EWT956, seen in Leeds Central Bus Station, was a Daimler CWA6 with Brush UL27/26R body, new in 1944. (Sat 6/4/57, Leeds Central Bus Station)

42. EWU247 ... Kippax & District EWU247 was a Daimler CWA6 of 1944, rebodied with a Roe H30/26R body in 1953. (1966, Ring Road, Whitkirk)

43. EWU247 ... When new in 1944 as Kippax & District 12, EWU247 had a Roe H30/26R body. It was rebodied with a new Roe H31/25R body in 1953 and numbered 16. (Sat 21/7/56, Leeds Bus Station)

44. FOP340 ... Southend Corporation Daimler 247, FOP340, as originally converted to open-top in the previous year. (June 1957, Kursaal, Southend)

45. FOP452 ... Southend open topper 245, FOP452, a Daimler CWA6 new to Birmingham in 1944, bought by Southend in 1955 and converted to open top the following year. (Fri 29/8/58, Kursaal, Southend)

46. FOP462 ... Southend 242, FOP462, was an ex-Birmingham Daimler CWA6 with a Park Royal H30/26R body acquired in 1955 from Westcliff-on-Sea where it had been number 1207. It was rebuilt by Southend in 1956 to PO30/26R and again to PO33/26R in 1963. (Sun 13/9/64, Kursaal, Southend)

47. GFJ50 ... Three Merthyr Daimlers, with 78, GFJ50, in the front, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple H30/26R body new to Exeter in 1944, one of seven bought by Merthyr in 1955. (Merthyr Depot)

48. GHA968 ... Samuel Ledgard GHA968 was new in 1944 as Midland Red 2533, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple H30/26R body. It arrived with Ledgard in 1957 and was withdrawn in 1960. (Sat 20/4/57, Park Place, Leeds)

49. GHA968 ... Ledgard, Armley GHA968, which was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body, is seen at the King Street terminus in Leeds. (Sun 3/3/57, King Street, Leeds)

50. GKP266 ... New to Maidstone & District in 1944 as DH40, GKP266 was acquired by Premier Travel, Cambridge along with two others, in June 1959 and numbered 116. Originally having a Weymann H30/26R body of utility style, it was rebodied with a Weymann H30/26R body in 1951. (Sun 5/7/59, Chrishall Depot)

51. GXE587 ... GXE587, a Daimler CWA6 which entered service in September 1944 from Merton Garage as London Transport D10 fitted with a Duple H30/26R body, was acquired by Transport Motor Services, Bishop Auckland in 1953 and is seen in Bishop Auckland Market Place on the service to Middlesbrough. (Sat 1/8/59, Bishop Auckland Market Place)

52. GYE100 ... Southend Corporation 274, GYE100, another ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6, bought by Southend in 1954, rebodied by Massey, entering service at the end of July that year. (Fri 29/8/58, Broadway Market, Victoria Circus, Southend)

53. GYE60 ... Southend Corporation 270, GYE60, an ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6, bought by Southend in 1954 and rebodied by Massey, on another group of routes that terminated in Broadway Market, those that ran east of Southend to villages like Great Wakering. (Fri 29/8/58, Broadway Market, Victoria Circus, Southend)

54. HKE281 ... Maidstone and District DH45, HKE281, a wartime Daimler CWA6 rebodied by Weymann H56R in the early 1950s. (Fri 21/8/64, Mill Street, Maidstone)

55. HMA527 ... HMA527 seen outside the garage in Tame Street, Stalybridge was a Daimler CWA6 new in 1944 with a Northern Counties H30/26R body and was number 195 in the S.H.M.D. fleet. One of three (194-196), it was withdrawn in 1960 and sold to Max Speed Transportation (dealer), London for scrap. (Sat 28/2/59, Tame Street Garage, Stalybridge)

56. HMA529 ... S.H.M.D. 197, HMA529, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body new in 1944 which was seen in the Park Road garage in Stalybridge. (Sat 28/2/59, Park Road Garage, Stalybridge)

57. JUA918 ... Samuel Ledgard JUA918 is a Daimler CWA6 with Roe H30/26RD body which was new in 1944 (the doors being fitted in January 1955) and which was sold for scrap in 1959. (Sun 6/5/56, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford)

58. JVW561 ... Southend 246, JVW561 (Sun 19/9/65, Shoebury Common, Southend)

59. JVW561 ... Two Southend Daimler open-toppers with 246, JVW561 in the lead. (1970, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

60. JVW561 ... Southend 246, JVW561, after conversion to open-topper. It is seen here as originally converted - in 1963 the 5 open-toppers were modified with a raised wind shield at the front upstairs and new windows downstairs.

61. JVW561 ... Southend 246, JVW561, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple H30/26R body was new to Benfleet and District in 1944, passed to Westcliff in March 1951 when they took over Benfleet and District and then passed in turn to Eastern National in January 1955 when they absorbed Westcliff. (c.1955, London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend)

62. JVW561 ... Southend open topper 246, JVW561, a Daimler CWA6 new to Benfleet and District in 1944, bought by Southend in 1955 and converted to open top the following year. (Fri 29/8/58, Kursaal, Southend)

63. JVW561 ... A later vist to Canvey, Leigh Beck saw me driving Southend Transport 246, JVW561, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple H30/26R bodywork new to Benfleet & District in 1944 and later converted to OT30/26R by Southend to operate the sea front services. (Summer 1970, Point Road, Leigh Beck Farm, Canvey)

64. JVW561 ... Southend Corporation 246, JVW561, a Daimler CWA6 new to Benfleet and District in 1944, bought by Southend in 1955 and converted to open top the following year. (Sat 7/9/63, Kursaal, Southend)

65. ... Two Dundee Corporation Daimlers with different body types. In front is one of the 1943 Massey bodied CWA6s, 93 (originally 28), YJ7953, while behind is 87 (originally 22), YJ7996, also a CWA6 but this time with a Northern Counties body, new in 1944. (Maryfield Depot, Forfar Road, Dundee)

66. ... Three graceful old ladies enjoy the afternoon sunshine during their last summer in Southend, being replaced the following year by newly converted lowbridge Massey bodied PD3s. (Summer 1970, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

67. AHL97 ... West Riding 272, AHL97, came with the Bullock business in 1950. It had been new in 1945 and was a Daimler CWD6 with Duple L27/28R body which was much rebuilt by Roe and reseated to L27/26R in 1953 hence the familiar Roe waistrail. (Sat 8/9/56, Beastfair, Pontefract)

68. BEA723 ... Originally carrying a Brush H30/26R body when new in 1945 West Bromwich 123, BEA723, was rebodied in 1953 with an Alexander H30/26R body. It was a Daimler CWA6 and is seen at the Oak Lane garage. (Sun 22/3/64, Oak Lane Garage, West Bromwich)

69. BHJ775 ... Southend 226, BHJ775, a Daimler CWA6 with Brush L27/28R utility body new in March 1945 and the last unrebodied survivor in the fleet of 19 Daimlers received in the last two years of the war. (Sat 29/8/59, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

70. BHJ777 ... Southend utility bodied Daimler 228, BHJ777, turns out of Fairfax Drive to climb Prittlewell Hill towards Southend and the Eastern Circular on route 29 in February 1957. (Fri 8/2/57, Prittlewell Hill, Southend)

71. BHJ777 ... A scrapyard view of Southend 228, BHJ777, a Daimler CW with Brush utility body

72. BHJ804 ... Southend rebodied Daimler CW 230, BHJ804 (Sat 10/10/64, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

73. BHJ804 ... Southend rebodied Daimler 230, BHJ804, returning to Southend from Foulness on route 18 (May 1962, Bournes Green, Southend)

74. BHJ805 ... Southend rebodied Daimler 231, BHJ805, taken just before it was withdrawn from service. (Sat 3/4/65, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

75. BHJ805 ... Southend Daimler 231, BHJ805 (Fri 26/3/65, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

76. BHJ805 ... Southend rebodied Daimler CW 231, BHJ805, on the old Eastern/Western Circular, a remnant of the trolleybus system, 13 days before it disappeared when the routes were reorganised. (Mon 6/4/64, Southchurch Road, Southend)

77. BHJ805 ... Southend Daimler CW 231, BHJ805, rebodied by Massey in 1953. (Victoria Avenue, Victoria Circus, Southend)

78. BHJ805 ... One of Southend's last (1945) batch of utility bodied Daimlers, 231, BHJ805, at Rectory Grove, Leigh sometime between 1949 and 1952. (c.1949-52, Rectory Grove, Leigh-on-Sea)

79. BHJ806 ... Southend rebodied wartime Daimler 232, BHJ806, followed by Eastern National Lodekka 1496, 267GVW. (Tue 7/4/64, Southchurch Road/Bournemouth Park Road, Southend)

80. BHJ806 ... Southend 232, BHJ806, a wartime Daimler rebodied by Massey in 1953. (Fri 29/8/58, Victoria Circus, Southend)

81. BHJ806 ... Southend 232, BHJ806, a Daimler CWA6 with a Massey L29/28R body. (Sat 18/5/63, Central Station Approach, Southend)

82. BHJ807 ... Southend Daimler 233, BHJ807, heading towards Southend despite the destination shown on the rear indicator. (Sat 3/10/64, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

83. BHJ807 ... Southend 233, BHJ807, just a few days before withdrawal (Sat 27/3/65, Southchurch Road, Southend)

84. BHJ807 ... Southend Daimler 233, BHJ807 (Sat 3/10/64, Southchurch Road/Bournemouth Park Road, Southend)

85. BHJ807 ... Southend rebodied Daimler CWs after withdrawal from service, from left to right 233, 266, 267, 268, 235, 269 and 230 (Sat 22/5/65, Tunbridge Avenue Works, Southend)

86. BHJ808 ... Another of Southend's last (1945) batch of utility bodied Daimlers, 234, BHJ808, after rebodying with a new Massey body in 1952. (Sat 9/2/57, Fairfax Drive, Southend)

87. BHJ808 ... Southend 234, BHJ808, a Daimler CWA6 new in 1945 and rebodied by Massey L29/28R in late 1952. (Sat 29/8/59, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

88. BHJ809 ... Daimler double decker 235, BHJ809, new in 1945 with a Duple utility body but seen here after rebodying by Massey, in Southchurch Road on a 63B East Circular (originally a trolleybus route) on 9th January 1955. (Sun 9/1/55, Southchurch Road, Victoria Circus, Southend)

89. BRS37 ... Scotland's capital city can boast of several museums and galleries, but no transport museum since the small one housed in the Shrubhill works was closed several years ago. Along with Edinburgh tram 35 and FSC182, Aberdeen BRS37, a Daimler CWD6 with a Duple body was also displayed. (Mon 11/4/77, Shrubhill Works, Edinburgh)

90. BRS37 ... Aberdeen Corporation 155, BRS37, a 1945 Daimler CWD6 with Duple H30/26R bodywork at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Day at Lathalmond (Sun 19/5/19, Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond)

91. CCX777 ... Preserved former Huddersfield 217, CCX777, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple L55R body, built to relaxed utility standards in July 1945. (Mon 1/1/07, The Broadway, Winchester)

92. CCX777 ... Although with no local connections to the Kingsbridge Running Day, ex-Huddersfield utility Daimler/Duple 217 CCX777 is owned by Quantock Motor Services, so was fairly close to home. It is at the moment masquerading as the very similar LT D130, having been painted in LT livery for a filming job and is seen running down the hill into Kingsbridge from the south. (Sat 21/9/13, Kingsbridge)

93. CCX777 ... Former Huddersfield 217, CCX777, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple L55R body, built to relaxed utility standards in July 1945, now carrying London Transport livery, loads up with passengers in the bus station. 217 was sold in 1955 to West Bridgeford District Council who operated it for a further 12 years before being rescued for preservation. (Wed 1/1/14, Winchester Bus Station)

94. EDK921 ... Seen in Glasgow Paddocks in Doncaster is Leon, Finningley 42, EDK921, a Daimler CWA6 with a Massey H30/26R body which had been new in 1945 as Rochdale 21. (Wed 31/7/57, Glasgow Paddocks bus station, Doncaster)

95. FMN954 ... Douglas Corporation buses from left to right 73 (VMN665), 60 (JMN724), 12 (WMN488) and 51 (FMN954). (May 1960, Douglas, Isle of Man)

96. FMN954 ... Douglas Corporation 51, FMN954, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body, one of two new in 1945. (Sun 27/6/65, Douglas, I.O.M.)

97. FMN955 ... Douglas 52, FWW188J (formerly FMN955), a Daimler CWA6 built in 1945 with Duple H30/26R bodywork. (July 1977, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum)

98. FOP340 ... Southend open-topper 247, FOP340, is to the west of the gasworks as it heads for Shoebury East Beach on a 68 in summer 1970. (Summer 1970, Eastern Esplanade, Southend)

99. FOP417 ... Southend 243, FOP417 was one of six second-hand utility Daimlers bought from Eastern National in 1955 but 243 was the only one of the batch not to be converted to open-top the following year. (Victoria Circus, Southend)

100. FOP429 ... Southend open-topper 244, FOP429, in its final form (1969, Kursaal, Southend)

101. FOP429 ... Southend 244, FOP429, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple body, converted to open-top in 1956. (Sun 20/8/67, Western Esplanade, Southend)

102. FOP429 ... Southend Corporation Transport 244, FOP429, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple O30/26R seen on the sea front in the 1950s. (mid/late 1950s, Southend Sea Front)

103. FOP429 ... Southend open-top Daimlers 246, JVW561, and 244, FOP429, ready for the new season following a 'wash & brush up'. (late 1960s, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

104. FOP462 ... Southend converted their last Daimler to open-top in 1957, 242, FOP462. Unlike the other four converted the year before, it had an upper deck windscreen from the beginning. (Mon 24/6/57, Sutherland Boulevard, Leigh-on-Sea)

105. FOP462 ... Southend 242, FOP462, an ex-Birmingham Daimler CWA6 with a Park Royal body acquired in 1955 from Eastern National. It was rebuilt by Southend in 1956 to PO30/26R and again to PO33/26R in 1963. (Sat 29/8/59, Kursaal, Southend)

106. FOP465 ... Westcliff FOP465, a Daimler CWA6 with Park Royal H30/26R body, taken over with the operations of Benfleet and District in March 1951 and originally new in 1945 to Birmingham as their 1465. (c.1951, Victoria Circus, Southend)

107. GFJ85 ... Exeter Corporation 89, GFJ85, a 1945 built Brush bodied Daimler CWA6 seen here under what looks like a new and unusual washing plant. (1954, Exeter Garage)

108. GLX913 ... Ex-London Transport Daimler GLX913 seen here after its original body had been removed before heading off to Massey to gain its new lowbridge body. It entered service as Southend Corporation 263 early the next year. (Sun 13/9/53, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

109. GXV764 ... London Transport D53, GXV764, seen here in original condition with wartime window netting and blackout paint. It became Southend 273. (1945, London Albert Embankment)

110. GYE60 ... Southend Daimler CWA6 270, GYE60, started life with a Brush utility body with London Transport (numbered D71). Sold to Southend in 1954 and rebodied, it was withdrawn from passenger service in October 1963 and converted to a conductor training school (lower deck) cum uniform store (upper deck). (Sat 11/12/76, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend)

111. GYE74 ... Burrows 81, GYE74, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple UH30/26R body new in April 1945, was acquired from London Transport (D84) in June 1953. (Sat 29/12/56, Leeds Central Bus Station)

112. GYE76 ... Burrows 82, GYE76, was the second of three Daimler CWA6s with Duple UH30/26R bodies acquired from London Transport in 1953 (their D86). It is seen here in Leeds Bus Station a month after being rebodied with a Burlingham H33/28RD body. (Sat 8/6/57, Leeds Central Bus Station)

113. GYL291 ... Samuel Ledgard GYL291 was new to London Transport as D126 in 1945 and arrived with Ledgard via Bee Line, West Hartlepool in 1956. A Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body, seen here in the West Yorkshire Bus Station at Leeds Vicar Lane, it was withdrawn in 1960. (Sun 24/3/57, Vicar Lane Bus Station, Leeds)

114. HGC263 ... London Transport D136, HGC263, seen on route 157 just two months before it was withdrawn and sold to Southend Corporation who gave it a new Massey body and fleet number 271 (Sat 19/9/53, Wrythe Lane, St Helier, near Mitcham)

115. HGF803 ... Leon, Finningley ran HGF803 an ex-London Daimler CWA6 with Duple H30/26R body seen approaching its Doncaster terminal point. (Sun 2/6/57, Waterdale, Doncaster)

116. HWB306 ... Sheffield Transport Dept No. 506, HWB306, a 1945 Daimler CWA6 with Brush H56R utility bodywork. (1953, Pond Street Bus Station, Sheffield)

117. JUB577 ... Leeds 77, JUB577, the first of a batch of seven Daimler CWA6/Park Royal H30/26R photographed at Lupton Avenue adjacent to Torre Road Garage. 77 was new in September 1945 and was withdrawn in February 1957. (Sat 15/10/55, Lupton Avenue)

118. JUB578 ... Leeds 78, JUB578, was one of seven Daimler CWA6s which were rebodied using 1934/5 bodies from A.E.C. Regents, this one coming from 157, ANW670, and being fitted in September 1955. (Sat 22/10/55, Lowfields Road, Leeds)

119. JUB580 ... Seen abandoned in the entrance to Leeds Central Bus Station is Leeds 80, JUB580, which was a Daimler CWA6 with a Park Royal H30/26R body. (Sat 25/8/56, Leeds Central Bus Station)

120. JUB583 ... Seen at the terminus in Vicar Lane, Leeds of the 58 Hyde Park Circular, is Leeds 83, JUB583, a Daimler CWA6 new in September 1945 with a Park Royal H30/26R body, the last of seven which had been new between July and September 1945. (Sat 30/7/55, Vicar Lane, Leeds)

121. JUB584 ... Leeds 84, JUB584, is seen parked in the Central Bus Station, having presumably worked a journey from Eastgate to Eastgate on the 61 East End Park circular. (Sat 30/7/55, Leeds Central Bus Station)

122. JUB586 ... With building work taking place in Eastgate, Leeds 86, JUB586, a Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body new in September 1945 is seen operating one of the two East End Park Circular routes (61/2). (Sun 26/6/55, Eastgate, Leeds)

123. JUB588 ... Leeds 88, JUB588, Daimler CWA6/Roe H30/26R photographed leaving Rockingham Street Bus Station. (Fri 22/2/57, Rockingham Street Bus Station, Leeds)

124. JUB589 ... Leeds 89, JUB589, a Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body, new in September 1945, is seen at the Bramley Station stop in Stanningley Road on its way to Half Mile Lane. (Thu 29/7/54, Stanningley Road, Bramley Station)

125. JUB594 ... Seen in Vicar Lane, Leeds, opposite the West Yorkshire Bus Station, is Leeds 94, JUB594, which is operating on the 59 circular service, one of four such services, 57, 58, 59 and 60 which served Hyde Park via two routes, each operating in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions. (Sun 9/10/55, Vicar Lane, Leeds)

126. JUB598 ... Seen at Platform B in Leeds Bus Station is 515, JUB598, a Daimler CWD6 with a Brush H30/26R body which had been new in November 1945 as number 98. (Thu 23/6/55, Leeds Bus Station)

127. JUB647 ... JUB647 was new to Samuel Ledgard in 1945 and was withdrawn in 1962. It was a Daimler CWD6 with a Duple H30/26RD body (the doors being fitted in 1954) and is seen here at Horsforth. (Sun 27/1/57, New Road Side, Horsforth)

128. JUB651 ... Daimler CWA6 JUB651 had a Duple H30/26R body and was new to Samuel Ledgard in 1945. Seen here at Horsforth it remained in the fleet until 1962. (Sat 15/6/57, Horsforth)

129. JUB659 ... Ledgard JUB659, seen at the King Street terminus in Leeds, was the last Daimler CWA6 new to Ledgards. It carried a Duple H30/26R body, and was new in 1945. (Sun 24/3/57, King Street, Leeds)

130. JVW561 ... Benfleet Daimler heads for home! This 1971 view shows 246, JVW561, a CWA6 with utility Duple bodywork leaving the town centre on service 3 to Benfleet where it began life in the Benfleet & District fleet as a CWG5. (Sun 31/1/71, Victoria Circus, London Road, Southend)

131. KHK864 ... The majority of the Canvey/Benfleet fleet at the time of the takeover by Westcliff in 1951 were utility bodied Daimler double deckers. KHK864, with Brush body, is one of those delivered new to Canvey, photographed outside Fairfax Drive depot in February 1955. (Tue 22/2/55, Fairfax Drive, Southend)

132. VV8934 ... Northampton 129, VV8934, a 1945 Daimler CWD6 with Duple H30/26R body, built to 'relaxed' utility standards. (Sun 4/11/12, Lincoln)

133. VV8934 ... Northampton 129, VV8934, a 1945 Daimler CWD6 with Duple H30/26R body was one of two Northampton vehicles in service at the Lincoln running day. They ran several trips together, here it is seen at the end of a solo run. (Sun 5/11/17, LVVS Lincoln)

134. AHL392 ... West Riding 273, AHL392, a Daimler CWD6 with a Duple L27/26R body was the first of two new to Bullock, Featherstone in July 1946 when they were L27/28R, being re-seated later. (Tue 24/7/56, Leeds Central Bus Station)

135. AHL392 ... West Riding 273, AHL392, was a Daimler CWD6 with a Duple L27/26R body, seen in Leeds Bus Station. (Sun 21/9/58, Leeds Bus Station)

136. GMN242 ... Douglas Corporation 53, GMN242, was new in 1946 and was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body. (Sun 27/6/65, Douglas, I.O.M.)

137. HGC263 ... Ex London Transport Daimler, Southend 271, HGC263 (Victoria Station, Southend)

138. HGC263 ... Southend Corporation 271, HGC263, another ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6, bought by Southend in 1954 and rebodied by Massey on the Eastern Circular with behind one of Eastern National's first batch of Lodekkas on the Western Circular. (Fri 29/8/58, Victoria Circus, Southend)

139. HGC276 ... Southend Corporation 264, HGC276, one of the ex-London Transport Daimler CWs bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey. (Fri 29/8/58, Victoria Station, Southend)

140. HGC280 ... T Burrows and Sons number 83, HGC280, a Daimler CWA6 with Burlingham H65R body. (Mon 9/8/65, in front of the Quarry Hill Flats, outside Leeds Central Bus Station)

141. HGC286 ... Southend 268, HGC286, just before it was withdrawn (Sat 6/2/65, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

142. HGC286 ... Southend 268, HGC286 (Victoria Circus, Southend)

143. HGC286 ... Southend 268, HGC286, a Daimler CWA6, new in 1946 to London Transport, to Southend in 1953/4 and rebodied in 1954 by Massey L27/28R. (Mon 9/7/62, Victoria Circus, London Road, Southend)

144. HGC286 ... Southend Corporation 268, HGC286, a Daimler CWA6, new in 1946 to London Transport with a Duple body as D159, bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey L27/28R in March 1954, entering service at the start of June that year. (Sat 7/9/63, Broadway Market, Southend)

145. HGF879 ... Southend Daimler CW 269, HGF879, new in 1946 to London Transport, bought by Southend and rebodied by Massey, entering service on the 1st July 1954. (Thu 8/8/63, Southchurch Avenue/High Street, Shoeburyness)

146. HGF879 ... Southend 269, HGF879, a Daimler CWA6, new to London Transport as D202 in 1946 and bought by Southend and rebodied in 1954 for trolleybus replacement - the original trolleybus poles (probably tram poles before that?) are still visible in the background. (Sat 10/10/64, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

147. HGF879 ... Southend Corporation 269, HGF879, a Daimler CWA6, new in 1946 to London Transport with a Park Royal body as D202, bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey L27/28R in April 1954, entering service at the start of July that year. (Sat 7/9/63, Victoria Circus, Southend)

148. HGF904 ... Seen in Park Place in Leeds is Ledgard, Armley HGF904, a Daimler CWA6 with a Park Royal H30/26R body new in 1946 as London Passenger Transport Board D227. It was one of fourteen acquired in 1953 and was withdrawn in 1960 passing in August to Bolland (dealer), Wakefield for scrap. (Sat 6/7/57, Park Place, Leeds)

149. HGF905 ... London Transport D228, HGF905, a Daimler CWA6 with Park Royal body, new in 1946, seen shortly before it was withdrawn from service and sold to Southend Corporation becoming their 275. (1953, High Street, Sutton)

150. HGF905 ... Ex London Transport Daimler, Southend 275, HGF905. (Victoria Circus, Southend)

151. HGF914 ... Samuel Ledgard ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6 HGF914 with a Park Royal H30/26RD body new in 1946, the doors being fitted before it entered service with Ledgard in 1954. (Sun 31/3/57, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford)

152. HGF918 ... Southend Daimler 266, HGF918, a few weeks before it was withdrawn. (Sat 23/1/65, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

153. HGF918 ... Southend Daimler CW 266, HGF918, new to London Transport as D241 in 1946 and bought by Southend and rebodied in 1954. (Sat 19/9/64, Prittlewell Hill, Southend)

154. HGF918 ... Southend 266, HGF918 (Sat 3/10/64, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

155. HGF918 ... Southend 266, HGF918, outnumbered by three ENOC Lodekkas (May 1961, London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend)

156. HGF918 ... Southend 266, HGF918 with Regent 257 behind (Broadway Market, Victoria Circus, Southend)

157. HGF918 ... A pre-delivery photo of Southend Corporation 266, HGF918, a Daimler CWA6 new to London Transport in September 1946 as D241, the first of 13 bought by Southend in March 1953 for trolleybus replacement and rebodied by Massey before entering service in 1954. (1953, near or outside Massey's works in Pemberton, Wigan)

158. HGF918 ... Southend Corporation 266, HGF918, one of the ex-London Transport Daimler CWs bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey (Fri 29/8/58, Victoria Station, Southend)

159. HGF918 ... Southend 266, HGF918, an ex-London Daimler CWA6, D241, new in 1946 and seen here with a 1954 Massey L27/28R body was one of thirteen chassis acquired from London Transport Executive in 1954 which were rebodied before entering service. (Sun 13/9/64, Victoria Station Forecourt, Southend)

160. HGF918 ... Southend Corporation 266, HGF918, a Daimler CWA6, new in 1946 to London Transport with a Park Royal body as D241, bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey L27/28R in February 1954, entering service at the start of April that year. (Sat 7/9/63, Victoria Circus, Southend)

161. HGF923 ... Southend Daimler 267, HGF923, just before it was withdrawn (Sat 6/2/65, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend)

162. HGF923 ... Southend Corporation 267, HGF923, another ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6, bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey. (Fri 29/8/58, Victoria Circus, Southend)

163. HGF948 ... This is the end result of what started life as a Maudslay SF40 and a Daimler CWA6. The chassis is that of HGF948, a Daimler CWA6 new as London Transport D271 in October 1946 with a Park Royal H30/26R body. Acquired from London Transport by Ledgard, Armley, along with another twenty-two, it was immediately rebodied by Rhodes of Bingley with the Brush C36C body from Ledgard's Maudslay SF40, CUB1 new in October 1935 and the resultant combination entered service in April 1954. (Mon 28/9/59, Foundry Approach, Oak Tree Drive, Harehills, Leeds)

164. HGF952 ... Southend 265, HGF952, in very sad condition after withdrawal from service the previous year after an accident. (Fri 26/3/65, Tunbridge Avenue Works, Southend)

165. JRA983 ... Tailby & George (Blue Bus), Willington DR9, JRA983, seen in the Bus Station in Derby was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple L27/26R body. (Thu 1/10/59, Bus Station, Derby)

166. JRA983 ... Seen at their garage premises is Tailby & George (t/a Blue Bus Services), Willington DR9, JRA983, which was the sole vehicle new to them in 1946 and was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple L27/28R body new in September. (Sun 14/7/63, Garage, Repton Road, Willington)

167. JRA983 ... JRA983 Daimler CWA6 with Duple body New to Blue Bus in 1946. (The Old Garage, Repton Road, Willington)

168. JUB593 ... Leeds 93, JUB593, Daimler CWA6/Brush H30/26R, entered service in January 1946, pictured in the original Leeds Bus Station in the summer of 1956. It was withdrawn later that year. (Sun 17/6/56, Leeds Central Bus Station)

169. JUB600 ... Leeds 97, JUB600, one of three Daimler CWA6/Duple H30/26R new in May 1946 photographed at the Half Mile Lane terminus at Stanningley. (Fri 18/5/56, Half Mile Lane Terminus, Stanningley)

170. JUB600 ... Leeds 97, JUB600, seen in the Central Bus Station, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body new in May 1946. (Tue 3/4/56, Central Bus Station, Leeds)

171. JUG104 ... Leeds 504, JUG104, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body which had been new in January 1946 and was the first of a batch of nine. 504 was withdrawn in December 1956 and sold to A.M.C.C. Ltd. (dealers), London E.11 in May 1957. Behind is one of the sixty all-Leyland PD2/1s delivered in 1949/50. (Sat 2/7/55, Roundhay Park, Leeds)

172. JUG106 ... Seen in Sovereign Street adjacent to Swinegate tram depot is Leeds 506, JUG106, a Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body. (Sun 7/11/54, Sovereign Street, Leeds)

173. JUG111 ... Leeds 511, JUG111, was one of a batch of nine Daimler CWA6/Brush H30/26R delivered in 1946. It entered service in January 1946 and was withdrawn in December 1956. (Sun 20/3/55, Hyde Park Terminus, Leeds)

174. JUG112 ... Leeds 512, JUG112, was one of three, from the original batch of nine Daimler CWA6/Brush H30/26R 1946 deliveries (504-512), which were rebodied in 1955 using Roe H31/25R bodies from the AEC Regents new in 1934/5. (Mon 15/8/55, St. Michaels Road, Headingley)

175. JUG112 ... Leeds 512, JUG112, was a Daimler CWA6 and was new in February 1946 with a Brush H30/26R body. (Mon 29/8/55, Vicar Lane, Leeds)

176. JUM571 ... The termini for the 57/58/59/60 Hyde Park Circular routes were in Vicar Lane and Daimler 516, JUM571, a Daimler CWD6 with a Roe H31/25R body, new in August 1946, is seen on the 58 Circular to Hyde Park. (Thu 3/6/54, Vicar Lane, Leeds)

177. JUM572 ... The Leeds ‘See Your City Tours’ were always popular and on a holiday Monday a line up of buses wait to move to the loading bay on Platform ‘F’ in the Central Bus Station. The line up is headed by 517, JUM572, a Daimler CWD6 with a Roe H31/25R body, which entered service on 20th July 1946. (Mon 10/6/57, Leeds Central Bus Station)

178. JUM572 ... Leeds 517, JUM572, a Daimler CWD6 with a Roe H31/25R body, new in July 1946, enters Leeds Central Bus Station on the service from Horsforth. (Sat 30/7/55, Leeds Central Bus Station)

179. JUM574 ... Leeds 519, JUM574, Daimler CWD6/Roe H31/25R was new in July 1946 and was withdrawn at the end of September 1957. It is seen here at Hyde Park on one of the four circular routes serving this area (57-60). (Sun 9/6/57, Hyde Park, Leeds)

180. JVK620 ... Seen in Peel Street, Bishop Auckland was Anderson (Blue Belle), Evenwood JVK620, a Daimler CWA6 with a Massey H30/26R body which had been new in January 1946 as Newcastle 20. (Sat 1/8/59, Peel Street, Bishop Auckland)

181. AHL454 ... Seen in Leeds Bus Station, AHL454 was a Daimler CWD6, with a Strachans L27/28R body, new as Bullock, Featherstone 279 in January 1947. (Sat 23/6/56, Leeds Bus Station)

182. EF7946 ... Hartlepool Borough Transport service vehicle EF7946, a Daimler CWD6 built in 1947 with much modified Roe bodywork. (July 1972, Hartlepool Depot)