SCT '61 Photo Index
Daimler CW
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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.
Photo taken Wednesday 20 August 1958, 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.
Photo taken Sunday 17 August 1958, 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.
Photo taken Sunday 26 February 1956, 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.
Photo taken Friday 13 July 1956, 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.
Photo taken Friday 8 June 1962
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 This photograph was taken post-coordination, sometime between 1955 and 1958 when 218 was withdrawn.
Photo taken Victoria Circus, Southend
7. BHJ743
Southend 219, BHJ743
Photo taken 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.
Photo taken Saturday 18 October 1958, 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. Upholstered seats were fitted from withdrawn vehicles in the early post war period and it lasted until May 1958 after which it passed to Bayliss, Creca in Scotland for further use.
Photo taken Friday 26 April 1957, Manchester Road, Bradford
10. FOP340
Southend open-topper 247, FOP340.
Photo taken Thursday 8 August 1963, East Beach, Shoeburyness
11. FOP340
Southend 247, FOP340
Photo taken Sunday 12 September 1965, Shoebury Common, Southend
12. FOP340
Southend 247, FOP340, as originally converted to open-top.
Photo taken 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.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Kursaal, Southend
14. FOP340
Southend 247, FOP340, a Daimler CWG5 with Park Royal body, converted to open-top in 1956.
Photo taken Sunday 20 August 1967, 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.
Photo taken Sunday 13 February 1955, 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. All but one were later converted to open top and had long lives in this form (one, 244, survives today at the Castle Point Transport Museum). The only one not so converted, 243, FOP417, is on the Western Circular, by now route 29, in Fairfax Drive on 21st April 1956.
Photo taken Saturday 21 April 1956, 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.
Photo taken Sunday 10 October 1999, 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.
Photo taken Saturday 11 September 1965, Ness Road, Shoebury Common, Southend
19. FOP452
Southend 245, FOP 452, started life with Birmingham City Transport 1452 and came via Benfleet and District and later Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services 1204 to SCT. Its Duple body was converted to open top and it is seen here at the Kursaal, Southend on route 68.
Photo taken Saturday 5 September 1970, 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.
Photo taken Sunday 10 October 1999, 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.
Photo taken 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.
Photo taken 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.
Photo taken Saturday 1 October 1955, Willson Road, Southend
24. HGF956
Ex-LT utility Daimler D279, HGF956, at the depot of Young, Hornchurch at Grays in April 1957.
Photo taken April 1957, Grays
25. JVW480
One of the Canvey/Benfleet Duple bodied utility Daimlers bought new, JVW480, after sale. It was photographed in October 1955 in use at Bush Hill Park as a site hut with builder Fitzpatrick.
Photo taken Monday 3 October 1955, 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.
Photo taken August 1968, Lower Queen Street, West Bromwich
27. BHJ773
Southend 224, BHJ773
Photo taken 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.
Photo taken Saturday 9 February 1957, 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.
Photo taken Thursday 29 July 1965, 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.
Photo taken Thursday 29 July 1965, 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.
Photo taken Sunday 19 August 1962, Canoe Lake, Esplanade, Southsea
32. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 14 January 1961, Guildhall, Portsmouth
33. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 19 August 1962, Canoe Lake, Esplanade, Southsea
34. 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.
Photo taken 1950s?, The Hard, Portsmouth, very close to the dockyard entrance
35. 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.
Photo taken Wednesday 29 July 1959, St Enoch Square
36. 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.
Photo taken Monday 29 April 1957, Yorkshire Street, Rochdale
37. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 10 May 1964, Harnall Lane Garage, Coventry
38. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 12 May 2012, at Coventry Transport Museum Reserve collection, Sandy Lane, Coventry
39. 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.
Photo taken Friday 26 January 2018, Private site in Staffordshire
40. EWT956
South Yorkshire Motors 53, EWT956, seen in Leeds Central Bus Station, was a Daimler CWA6 with Brush UL27/26R body, new in 1944.
Photo taken Saturday 6 April 1957, Leeds Central Bus Station
41. EWU247
Kippax & District EWU247 was a Daimler CWA6 of 1944, rebodied with a Roe H30/26R body in 1953.
Photo taken 1966, Ring Road, Whitkirk
42. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 21 July 1956, Leeds Bus Station
43. FOP340
Southend Corporation Daimler 247, FOP340, as originally converted to open-top in the previous year.
Photo taken June 1957, Kursaal, Southend
44. 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.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Kursaal, Southend
45. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 13 September 1964, Kursaal, Southend
46. 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.
Photo taken Merthyr Depot
47. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 20 April 1957, Park Place, Leeds
48. GHA968
Ledgard, Armley GHA968, which was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body, is seen at the King Street terminus in Leeds. It had been acquired, in 1957, from Midland Red, where it had been number 2533 and had been new in 1944, with the body being rebuilt by Willowbrook in 1950/1.
Photo taken Sunday 3 March 1957, King Street, Leeds
49. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 5 July 1959, Chrishall depot
50. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 1 August 1959, Bishop Auckland Market Place
51. GYE100
Southend Corporation 274, GYE100, another ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6, bought by Southend in 1954 and rebodied by Massey
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Broadway Market, Victoria Circus, Southend
52. 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.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Broadway Market, Victoria Circus, Southend
53. HKE281
Maidstone and District DH45, HKE281, a wartime Daimler CWA6 rebodied by Weymann H56R in the early 1950s.
Photo taken Friday 21 August 1964, Mill Street, Maidstone
54. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 28 February 1959, Tame Street Garage, Stalybridge
55. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 28 February 1959, Park Road Garage, Stalybridge
56. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 6 May 1956, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
57. JVW561
Southend 246, JVW561
Photo taken Sunday 19 September 1965, Shoebury Common, Southend
58. JVW561
Two Southend Daimler open-toppers with 246, JVW561 in the lead.
Photo taken 1970, SCT Garage, London Road, Southend
59. 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.
60. 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.
Photo taken c.1955, London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend
61. 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.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Kursaal, Southend
62. 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.
Photo taken Summer 1970, Point Road, Leigh Beck Farm, Canvey
63.
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.
Photo taken Maryfield Depot, Forfar Road, Dundee
64.
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.
Photo taken Summer 1970, SCT London Road Garage, Southend
65. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 8 September 1956, Beastfair, Pontefract
66. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 22 March 1964, Oak Lane Garage, West Bromwich
67. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 29 August 1959, Garage, London Road, Southend
68. 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.
Photo taken Friday 8 February 1957, Prittlewell Hill, Southend
69. BHJ777
A scrapyard view of Southend 228, BHJ777, a Daimler CW with Brush utility body
70. BHJ804
Southend rebodied Daimler CW 230, BHJ804
Photo taken Saturday 10 October 1964, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
71. BHJ804
Southend rebodied Daimler 230, BHJ804, returning to Southend from Foulness on route 18
Photo taken May 1962, Bournes Green, Southend
72. BHJ805
Southend rebodied Daimler 231, BHJ805, taken just before it was withdrawn from service.
Photo taken Saturday 3 April 1965, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
73. BHJ805
Southend Daimler 231, BHJ805
Photo taken Friday 26 March 1965, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
74. 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.
Photo taken Monday 6 April 1964, Southchurch Road, Southend
75. BHJ805
Southend rebodies Daimler 231, BHJ805.
Photo taken Victoria Avenue, Victoria Circus, Southend
76. BHJ805
One of Southend's last (1945) batch of utility bodied Daimlers, 231, BHJ805, at Rectory Grove, Leigh sometime between 1949 and 1952.
Photo taken c.1949-52, Rectory Grove, Leigh-on-Sea
77. BHJ806
Southend rebodied wartime Daimler 232, BHJ806, followed by Eastern National Lodekka 1496, 267GVW.
Photo taken Tuesday 7 April 1964, Southchurch Road/Bournemouth Park Road, Southend
78. BHJ806
Southend 232, BHJ806, a wartime Daimler rebodied by Massey in 1953.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Victoria Circus, Southend
79. BHJ806
Southend 232, BHJ806, a Daimler CWA6 with a Massey L29/28R body.
Photo taken Saturday 18 May 1963, Central Station Approach, Southend
80. BHJ807
Southend Daimler 233, BHJ807, heading towards Southend despite the destination shown on the rear indicator.
Photo taken Saturday 3 October 1964, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
81. BHJ807
Southend 233, BHJ807, just a few days before withdrawal
Photo taken Saturday 27 March 1965, Southchurch Road, Southend
82. BHJ807
Southend Daimler 233, BHJ807
Photo taken Saturday 3 October 1964, Southchurch Road/Bournemouth Park Road, Southend
83. BHJ807
Southend rebodied Daimler CWs after withdrawal from service, from left to right 233, 266, 267, 268, 235, 269 and 230
Photo taken Saturday 22 May 1965, Tunbridge Avenue Works, Southend
84. BHJ808
Another of Southend's last (1945) batch of utility bodied Daimlers, 234, BHJ808, after rebodying with a new Massey body in 1952.
Photo taken Saturday 9 February 1957, Fairfax Drive, Southend
85. BHJ808
Southend 234, BHJ808, a Daimler CWA6 new in 1945 and rebodied by Massey L29/28R in late 1952.
Photo taken Saturday 29 August 1959, Garage, London Road, Southend
86. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 9 January 1955, Southchurch Road, Victoria Circus, Southend
87. 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 of Edinburgh City transport was closed several years ago. Along with Edinburgh tram 35 and FSC182, Aberdeen BRS37, a Daimler CWD6 with a Duple body was also displayed.
Photo taken Monday 11 April 1977, Shrubhill Works, Edinburgh
88. BRS37
Aberdeen Corporation 155, BRS37, a 1945 Daimler CWD6 with Duple H30/26R bodywork at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Day at Lathalmond
Photo taken Sunday 19 May 2019, Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond
89. CCX777
Preserved former Huddersfield 217, CCX777, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple L55R body, built to relaxed utility standards in July 1945.
Photo taken Monday 1 January 2007, The Broadway, Winchester
90. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 21 September 2013, Kingsbridge
91. 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.
Photo taken Wednesday 1 January 2014, Winchester Bus Station
92. 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.
Photo taken Wednesday 31 July 1957, Glasgow Paddocks bus station, Doncaster
93. FMN954
Douglas Corporation buses from left to right 73 (VMN665), 60 (JMN724), 12 (WMN488) and 51 (FMN954).
Photo taken May 1960, Douglas, Isle of Man
94. FMN954
Douglas Corporation 51, FMN954, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body, one of two new in 1945.
Photo taken Sunday 27 June 1965, Douglas, I.O.M.
95. FMN955
Douglas 52, FWW188J (formerly FMN955), a Daimler CWA6 built in 1945 with Duple H30/26R bodywork.
Photo taken July 1977, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum
96. 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.
Photo taken Summer 1970, Eastern Esplanade, Southend
97. 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.
Photo taken Victoria Circus, Southend
98. FOP429
Southend 244, FOP429, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple body, converted to open-top in 1956.
Photo taken Sunday 20 August 1967, Western Esplanade, Southend
99. FOP429
Southend Corporation Transport 244, FOP429, a Daimler CWA6 with Duple O30/26R seen on the sea front in the 1950s.
Photo taken mid/late 1950s, Southend Sea Front
100. FOP429
Southend open-top Daimlers 246, JVW561, and 244, FOP429, ready for the new season following a 'wash & brush up'.
Photo taken late 1960s, SCT garage, London Road
101. 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.
Photo taken Monday 24 June 1957, Sutherland Boulevard, Leigh-on-Sea
102. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 29 August 1959, Kursaal, Southend
103. 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.
Photo taken c.1951, Victoria Circus, Southend
104. GFJ85
Exeter Corporation 89, GFJ85, a 1945 built Brush bodied Daimler CWA6 seen here under what looks like a new and unusual washing plant.
Photo taken 1954, Exeter Garage
105. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 13 September 1953, SCT Garage, London Road
106. GXV764
London Transport D53, GXV764, seen here in original condition with wartime window netting and blackout paint. It became Southend 273.
Photo taken 1945, London Albert Embankment
107. 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).
Photo taken Saturday 11 December 1976, SCT Garage, London Road
108. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 29 December 1956, Leeds Central Bus Station
109. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 8 June 1957, Leeds Central Bus Station
110. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 24 March 1957, Vicar Lane Bus Station, Leeds
111. 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
Photo taken Saturday 19 September 1953, Wrythe Lane, St Helier, near Mitcham
112. HGF803
Leon, Finningley ran HGF803 an ex-London Daimler CWA6 with Duple H30/26R body seen approaching its Doncaster terminal point.
Photo taken Sunday 2 June 1957, Waterdale, Doncaster
113. HWB306
Sheffield Transport Dept No. 506, HWB306, a 1945 Daimler CWA6 with Brush H56R utility bodywork.
Photo taken 1953, Pond Street Bus Station, Sheffield
114. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 15 October 1955, Lupton Avenue
115. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 22 October 1955, Lowfields Road, Leeds
116. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 25 August 1956, Leeds Central Bus Station
117. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 30 July 1955, Vicar Lane, Leeds
118. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 30 July 1955, Leeds Central Bus Station
119. 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).
Photo taken Sunday 26 June 1955, Eastgate, Leeds
120. JUB588
Leeds 88, JUB588, Daimler CWA6/Roe H30/26R photographed leaving Rockingham Street Bus Station.
Photo taken Friday 22 February 1957, Rockingham Street Bus Station, Leeds
121. 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.
Photo taken Thursday 29 July 1954, Stanningley Road, Bramley Station
122. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 9 October 1955, Vicar Lane, Leeds
123. 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.
Photo taken Thursday 23 June 1955, Leeds Bus Station
124. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 27 January 1957, New Road Side, Horsforth
125. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 15 June 1957, Horsforth
126. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 24 March 1957, King Street, Leeds
127. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 31 January 1971, Victoria Circus, London Road, Southend
128. 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.
Photo taken Tuesday 22 February 1955, Fairfax Drive, Southend
129. VV8934
Northampton 129, VV8934, a 1945 Daimler CWD6 with Duple H30/26R body, built to 'relaxed' utility standards.
Photo taken Sunday 4 November 2012, Lincoln
130. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 5 November 2017, LVVS Lincoln
131. 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.
Photo taken Tuesday 24 July 1956, Leeds Central Bus Station
132. AHL392
West Riding 273, AHL392, was a Daimler CWD6 with a Duple L27/26R body, seen in Leeds Bus Station.
Photo taken Sunday 21 September 1958, Leeds Bus Station
133. GMN242
Douglas Corporation 53, GMN242, was new in 1946 and was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sunday 27 June 1965, Douglas, I.O.M.
134. HGC263
Ex London Transport Daimler, Southend 271, HGC263
Photo taken Victoria Station, Southend
135. 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.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Victoria Circus, Southend
136. HGC276
Southend Corporation 264, HGC276, one of the ex-London Transport Daimler CWs bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey.
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Victoria Station, Southend
137. HGC280
T Burrows and Sons number 83, HGC280, a Daimler CWA6 with Burlingham H65R body.
Photo taken Monday 9 August 1965, in front of the Quarry Hill Flats, outside Leeds Central Bus Station
138. HGC286
Southend 268, HGC286, just before it was withdrawn
Photo taken Saturday 6 February 1965, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
139. HGC286
Southend 268, HGC286
Photo taken Victoria Circus, Southend
140. 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.
Photo taken Monday 9 July 1962, Victoria Circus, London Road, Southend
141. HGF879
Southend Daimler CW 269, HGF879, rebodied by Massey in 1954.
Photo taken Thursday 8 August 1963, Southchurch Avenue/High Street, Shoeburyness
142. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 10 October 1964, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
143. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 6 July 1957, Park Place, Leeds
144. 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.
Photo taken 1953, High Street, Sutton
145. HGF905
Ex London Transport Daimler, Southend 275, HGF905.
Photo taken Victoria Circus, Southend
146. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 31 March 1957, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
147. HGF918
Southend Daimler 266, HGF918, a few weeks before it was withdrawn.
Photo taken Saturday 23 January 1965, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
148. HGF918
Southend Daimler CW 266, HGF918, new to London Transport as D241 in 1946 and bought by Southend and rebodied in 1954.
Photo taken Saturday 19 September 1964, Prittlewell Hill, Southend
149. HGF918
Southend 266, HGF918
Photo taken Saturday 3 October 1964, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
150. HGF918
Southend 266, HGF918, outnumbered by three ENOC Lodekkas
Photo taken May 1961, London Road, Victoria Circus, Southend
151. HGF918
Southend 266, HGF918 with Regent 257 behind
Photo taken Broadway Market, Victoria Circus, Southend
152. 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.
Photo taken 1953, near or outside Massey's works in Pemberton, Wigan
153. HGF918
Southend Corporation 266, HGF918, one of the ex-London Transport Daimler CWs bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Victoria Station, Southend
154. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 13 September 1964, Victoria Station Forecourt, Southend
155. HGF923
Southend Daimler 267, HGF923, just before it was withdrawn
Photo taken Saturday 6 February 1965, Southchurch Road/Sutton Road, Southend
156. HGF923
Southend Corporation 267, HGF923, another ex-London Transport Daimler CWA6, bought by Southend in 1953 and rebodied by Massey
Photo taken Friday 29 August 1958, Victoria Circus, Southend
157. 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.
Photo taken Monday 28 September 1959, Foundry Approach, Oak Tree Drive, Harehills, Leeds
158. HGF952
Southend 265, HGF952, in very sad condition after withdrawal from service the previous year after an accident.
Photo taken Friday 26 March 1965, Tunbridge Avenue Works, Southend
159. 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.
Photo taken Thursday 1 October 1959, Bus Station, Derby
160. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 14 July 1963, Garage, Repton Road, Willington
161. JRA983
JRA983 Daimler CWA6 with Duple body New to Blue Bus in 1946.
Photo taken The Old Garage, Repton Road, Willington
162. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 17 June 1956, Leeds Central Bus Station
163. 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. It was withdrawn in March 1957.
Photo taken Friday 18 May 1956, Half Mile Lane Terminus, Stanningley
164. JUB600
Leeds 97, JUB600, seen in the Central Bus Station, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Duple H30/26R body new in May 1946. Behind is 95, JUB595, a similar vehicle but with a Brush H30/26R body new in November 1945.
Photo taken Tuesday 3 April 1956, Central Bus Station, Leeds
165. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 2 July 1955, Roundhay Park, Leeds
166. JUG106
Seen in Sovereign Street adjacent to Swinegate tram depot is Leeds 506, JUG106, a Daimler CWA6 with a Brush H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sunday 7 November 1954, Sovereign Street, Leeds
167. 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.
Photo taken Sunday 20 March 1955, Hyde Park Terminus, Leeds
168. 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.
Photo taken Monday 15 August 1955, St. Michaels Road, Headingley
169. JUG112
Leeds 512, JUG112, was a Daimler CWA6 and was new in February 1946 with a Brush H30/26R body.
Photo taken Monday 29 August 1955, Vicar Lane, Leeds
170. 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.
Photo taken Thursday 3 June 1954, Vicar Lane, Leeds
171. 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.
Photo taken Monday 10 June 1957, Leeds Central Bus Station
172. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 30 July 1955, Leeds Central Bus Station
173. 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).
Photo taken Sunday 9 June 1957, Hyde Park, Leeds
174. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 1 August 1959, Peel Street, Bishop Auckland
175. 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.
Photo taken Saturday 23 June 1956, Leeds Bus Station
176. EF7946
Hartlepool Borough Transport service vehicle EF7946, a Daimler CWD6 built in 1947 with much modified Roe bodywork.
Photo taken July 1972, Hartlepool Depot