1. ... Bolton Corporation Tramways 48 was an Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works 22/34 seat open top car with a Brill 21E 4-wheel truck, dating from 1900.
Photo taken Mon 20 May 1907, Shifnall Street depot, Bolton

2. ... Bolton tram 66, an 8 wheel double-decker which was built by the Electric Railway and Tramway Carriage Company in 1901. The tram was originally an open-topper but was enclosed in 1932 although it retained an open drivers platform.
Photo taken Sat 25 Sep 1982, Blackpool

3. ... Bolton tram 66 alongside Blackpool 762.
Photo taken Sat 25 Sep 1982, Bispham, Blackpool

4. ... Bolton Car No 66
Photo taken early 1980, Bispham Station, Red Bank Road, Blackpool

5. ... All other views of Bolton 66 on SCT61 date from the 1980s so here is a reminder that it is still giving good service in its adopted home of Blackpool some forty years later. It makes a remarkable contrast with Bombardier-built 008, dating from 2012.
Photo taken Sun 27 Jun 2021, North Pier, Blackpool

6. WH1553 ... Former Bolton 54, WH1553, is a preserved Leyland TD1 with a Leyland-designed body by Bromilow and Edwards (confirmation needed), dating from 1929.
Photo taken circa 1974, Trans-Pennine Rally, Harrogate

7. WH1553 ... Bolton Corporation 54, WH1553, a Leyland Titan TD 1 from 1929 with Leyland L27/24RO open staircase body, part of the LVVS collection.
Photo taken Sun 1 Nov 2009, departing LVVS Road Transport Museum, Lincoln

8. WH1553 ... Former Bolton 54, WH1553, is a preserved Leyland TD1 with a Leyland-designed body by Bromilow and Edwards(?), dating from 1929, now part of the LVVS collection.
Photo taken Sun 4 Nov 2012, Lincoln

9. WH1553 ... Bolton 54, WH1553, a 1929 Leyland L27/24RO bodied Titan TD1 at a rally in Doncaster'. The Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society owned bus was carrying the incorrect fleetnumber 53 as this was the number found when stripping the paintwork down but this turned out to be it's Hicks of Braintree number.
Photo taken June 1971, at Doncaster

10. 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

11. 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

12. BWH128 ... Turning into Moor Lane bus station is Bolton 314, BWH128, one of the eight Crossley DD42/3s with Crossley H30/26R bodies new in 1946, the other sixty-seven of the order having bodies by Cravens.
Photo taken Thu 24 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

13. 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

14. BWH833 ... Bolton 332, BWH833, delivered in 1947 was a Leyland PD1/2 with Northern Counties H30/26R body and was one of a batch of fifteen, a further fifteen having Manchester style Crossley bodies. The PD1/2 was the air braked version and was unique to Bolton.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

15. CWH737 ... Bolton 387, CWH737, was one of fifty Leyland PD2/4s with Leyland H30/26R bodies delivered in 1948 which were increased to H32/26R in 1955/6.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

16. CWH738 ... Bolton 388, CWH738, leaving Moor Lane Bus Station in Bolton was one of the hundred Leyland H30/26R bodied Leyland PD2/4s delivered in 1948/9, this being from the first batch. They were upseated to H32/26R in 1955/6.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

17. CWH717 ... One of Bolton's unique PD2/4s survives as a tower wagon. The former 367, CWH717, was renumbered 2 in it's new role. It was new in 1949 and carried a Leyland body
Photo taken Sat 4 Dec 2010, Manchester Museum of Transport

18. DBN311 ... Preserved Bolton 408, DBN311, is a Leyland PD2/4 with a Leyland H30/26R body dating from 1949.
Photo taken Sun 13 Jun 2021, Bury Transport Museum

19. DBN323 ... Bolton 420, DBN323, a Leyland PD2/4 of 1949 with Leyland H30/26R body
Photo taken 1959, Bolton

20. DBN337 ... Bolton 434, DBN337, one of fifty Leyland PD2/4s delivered in 1949 with Leyland H30/26R bodies which were increased to H32/26R in 1955/6.
Photo taken Sat 30 Nov 1957, Victoria Bus Station, Salford

21. DBN347 ... Bolton 444, DBN347, one of fifty Leyland PD2/4s delivered in 1949 with Leyland H30/26R bodies which were increased to H32/26R in 1955/6. It is seen here in the later maroon and cream livery entering Moor Lane bus station in Bolton.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

22. DBN978 ... Former Bolton Corporation 8, DBN978, a Crossley SD42/7 with Crossley B32R body, new in 1949.
Photo taken Sun 3 Apr 2005, Wisley Aerodrome

23. DBN978 ... Bolton Corporation 8, DBN978, a Crossley SD42/7 with Crossley B32F body, new in 1949. This bus survived longer than its sisters by being transferred to the Welfare Department (as seen) and was later preserved.
Photo taken 1966, Bolton

24. DBN978 ... Bolton Crossley No 8, DBN978
Photo taken Sun 26 Sep 2010, at Open Day, Rigby Road Tram Depot, Blackpool

25. DBN978 ... Preserved 1949 Bolton Corporation 8, DBN978, a Crossley SD42/7 with Crossley B32R body
Photo taken Sat 10 Aug 2013, at Hanging Gate Pub, Diggle

26. DBN978 ... Bolton 8, DBN978, an all Crossley single decker of 1949. Photograph taken at Tram Remise Lekstraat Amsterdam at approximately midday. This was part of a trip over 5 days and later in the afternoon I drove the bus accross Amsterdam centre in the evening rush to the Diamond Museum. The following day the bus attended a bus rally in Noordwijk along with a few other preserved British buses and many local buses including a number of Royal Tiger Worldmasters.
Photo taken Thu 13 May 2004, Amsterdam, Nederland

27. DBN978 ... Three Crossleys in one here. Taken on 19th May 1974 we had travelled from Manchester in Bolton 8, DBN978, to Sheffield where we were about to transfer to Yeates-bodied Crossley EX6644. We were joined at this point by Chesterfield 8, NRA708. This bus is identical to how Bolton 8 was in original condition (even to the fleet number), apart from the fact that the Bolton bus had air brakes. Bolton 8 was rebuilt the following year to original rear-entrance configuration, having been converted to front entrance for welfare bus duty, which also involved fitting a tail lift.
Photo taken Sun 19 May 1974, Normanton Spring Road, Sheffield

28. GWH506 ... Davies, Tredegar GWH506 was an ex-Bolton Leyland PD2/13 with Metro-Cammell H31/27R body new in 1955 and is seen in Merthyr.
Photo taken Fri 30 Jul 1971, Merthyr

29. GWH516 ... Bolton Corporation 9, GWH516, a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/14 built in 1955 with East Lancs B43F Body
Photo taken 1964, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

30. GWH516 ... Bolton 9, GWH516, was a solitary East Lancs B43F bodied Leyland PSU1/14 Royal Tiger delivered in 1955 and is seen entering the bay for routes 215 and 225 at Moor Lane bus station in Bolton.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

31. JBN141 ... Bolton Corporation 10, JBN141, seen at Moor Lane Bus Station carried a Bond B43F body on its Leyland PSU1/14 Royal Tiger chassis new in 1956, the last Royal Tiger to be built.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

32. JBN142 ... Bolton Corporation 11, JBN142, a Bedford SBO with a Duple Vega C41F body is seen in Bolton's Moor Lane Bus Station, about to work a journey on route 225, with a limited destination display!
Photo taken Thu 24 Mar 1960, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

33. JBN153 ... Preserved Bolton 77, JBN153, a Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Metro-Cammell H62R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Sun 17 May 2009, at Bolton Day, Manchester Museum of Transport

34. JBN156 ... Bolton 80, JBN156, was one of nine Leyland PD2/13s delivered in 1956 fitted with M.C.C.W. H33/27R bodies and is seen in the later livery in Moor Lane bus station in Bolton with one of the PBN batch of Leyland PD2/27s with M.C.C.W. FH35/27F bodies from 1961 in the brighter red livery behind and an East Lancs Atlantean in the background.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

35. KWH569 ... Bolton 89, KWH569, seen in Victoria Bus Station, Salford, was a Daimler CVG6K with an East Lancs H35/28RD body, new in August 1957.
Photo taken Sat 25 Oct 1958, Victoria Bus Station, Salford

36. KWH575 ... SELNEC (Northern) ex-Bolton Corporation 95, KWH575, a Daimler CVG6K with Metro Cammell H34/28R body, new in 1957.
Photo taken July 1970, Bolton Depot

37. MBN163 ... Bolton 108, MBN163, a Daimler CVG6LX-30 with a Metro Cammell H41/33R body is seen in Victoria Bus Station, Salford.
Photo taken Wed 1 Oct 1958, Victoria Bus Station, Salford

38. MBN174 ... SELNEC (Northern) (6)119, MBN174, a Leyland Titan PD3/4 with East Lancs. H41/33R body, new to Bolton C.T. (119) in 1958.
Photo taken late 1969/early 1970, Bolton Depot

39. MBN177 ... Bolton bought their first Leyland Titan PD3s in 1958. They had East Lancs bodywork. Seen here is 122, MBN177, which was a Leyland Titan PD3/5.
Photo taken Sun 1 Aug 1982, at Harrogate

40. NBN431 ... SELNEC Northern 6623, NBN431, a Leyland Titan PD2/37 built 1959 with Metro-Cammell H34/28R bodywork. New as Bolton 123, this had found further service as a driver trainer.
Photo taken June 1973, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

41. NBN436 ... Former Bolton Corporation 128, NBN436, a 1959 Leyland Titan PD3/4 with East Lancs bodywork heads a line of three GMT PTE trainers at Bolton depot.
Photo taken Sun 22 Jun 1980, Bolton Depot

42. NBN439 ... GMT 6631, NBN439, a 1959 Leyland PD3/4 with East Lancs H41/32F bodywork.
Photo taken Sat 18 Jan 1975, Mersey Square, Stockport

43. NBN440 ... SELNEC Northern 6632, NBN440, a Leyland Titan PD3/4 built in 1959 with East Lancashire H41/32F bodywork.
Photo taken May 1973, Bolton

44. PBN664 ... Bolton 146, PBN664, a 1960 Daimler CVG6/30 with front entrance East Lancs body. It carries the livery of Rennie of Dunfermline who adopted the yellow and cream of Newcastle after buying some early Leyland Atlanteans from them.
Photo taken 1978, Barnsley

45. PBN664 ... Seen leaving Howell Croft bus station in Bolton is 146, PBN664, of the second batch of Bolton’s 30’ Daimlers.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Howell Croft Bus Station

46. PBN664 ... Fok-Lei, Macau, CV202 M-87-57, a Daimler CVG6-30 built in 1960 with East Lancashire H41/32F bodywork. This had been new as Bolton Corporation 146 registered PBN664.
Photo taken July 1981, Macau

47. PBN668 ... Bolton Corporation bought a number of Daimler buses in the post war years. The last were a batch of East Lancs bodied Daimler CVG6-30s bought in 1960. 150, PBN668, numerically the last one, is now preserved
Photo taken mid 1990s, at Halifax bus rally

48. PBN655 ... Former Bolton 137, PBN655, was a Leyland PD2/27 with an Metro Cammell FH35/27F from 1961. Here it is seen as Selnec 6637 acting as a Driver Training Bus.
Photo taken 1974, Rochdale

49. PBN655 ... S.E.L.N.E.C. 6637, PBN655, was a Leyland PD2/27 with a Metro Cammell FH35/27F body seen in Bury.
Photo taken Sat 17 Apr 1971, Knowsley Street, Bury

50. PBN659 ... SELNEC Northern 6641, PBN659, a Leyland Titan PD2/27 built in 1961 with less common Metro-Cammell FH35/27F bodywork, new as Bolton 141.
Photo taken October 1972, Shifnal Street, Bolton

51. PBN659 ... Bolton 141, PBN659, a 1961 Leyland Titan PD2/27 with Metro Cammell FH35/27F body parades with longer and more conventional 152, SBN752, a PD3/4 / East Lancs H41/32F new in April of the same year.
Photo taken Sat 31 Mar 1973, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

52. PBN660 ... Bolton Corporation 142, PBN660, a 1961 Leyland Titan PD2/27 with full fronted Metro Cammell body.
Photo taken 1971, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

53. SBN760 ... Squirrels SBN760, ex-SELNEC and still in their livery, originally Bolton Corporation 156, Leyland PD3/4 with East Lancs H41/32F body, new in March 1961.
Photo taken September 1974, Crown Street, Ipswich

54. SBN763 ... On genuine cobbles and framed by owner's service van and Plaxton coach, SELNEC Northern 6663, SBN763, was an AEC Regent V 2D3RA / Metro Cammell H40/32F. It was new in 1961 as Bolton 163 and was third of the Corporation's six Regent Vs which transferred to the PTE in November 1969.
Photo taken Sat 31 Mar 1973, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

55. SBN764 ... AECs never really figured in the Bolton fleet; however in 1961 they bought six AEC Regent Vs with Metro Cammell bodywork. The former 164, SBN764, is seen wearing PTE livery in 1973.
Photo taken Thu 17 May 1973, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

56. SBN767 ... Bolton Corporation 167, SBN767, a 1961 AEC Regent V with Metro Cammell H40/30F bodywork, one of a small batch of six, the only AEC Regent Vs bought by Bolton.
Photo taken Sun 3 Aug 1986, at Harrogate

57. UBN901 ... SELNEC Northern 6668, UBN901, a Leyland Titan PD3A/2 built in 1962 with East Lancashire FH41/32F bodywork, new as Bolton 168.
Photo taken March 1974, Soho Street, Bolton

58. UBN902 ... Bolton 169, UBN902, a Leyland PD3A/2 with East Lancs FH41/32F body of 1962.
Photo taken early 1964, Howell Croft Bus Station

59. UBN904 ... Eynon's UBN904, one of a pair of Leyland Titan PD3A/2 with East Lancs FH41/32F bodywork new to Bolton Corporation number 171 in 1962, it passed to SELNEC becoming 6671 but came to Eynon's from Shennan, Drongan in 1975.
Photo taken Sun 30 Jul 1978, Eynons Depot, off Heol Waun Y Clun, Trimsaran

60. UBN907 ... SELNEC Northern's former Bolton Corporation 174, UBN907, a Leyland Titan PD3A/2 with East Lancashire FH41/32F body, new in 1962. Though SELNEC commenced operations in November the previous year (1969), there is nothing here to suggest that Bolton Corporation didn't still reign supreme.
Photo taken Sun 5 Jul 1970, Bolton

61. UBN914 ... SELNEC Northern 6681, UBN914, a Leyland Titan PD3A/2 with Metro-Cammell FH41/31F body, new to Bolton Corporation (181) in 1963.
Photo taken 1972, Victoria Bus Station, Salford

62. UWH185 ... Rear view of reserved Bolton 185, UWH185, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with East Lancs H45/33F body, new in April 1963.
Photo taken Sun 17 May 2009, at Bolton Day, Manchester Museum of Transport

63. UWH185 ... Bolton were one of the undertakings who tried to break out of the box of early rear engined design. 185, UWH185, is a 1963 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with stylish East Lancs body.
Photo taken Sat 31 Oct 2009, Manchester Museum of Transport

64. UWH189 ... Bolton bought their first Atlanteans in 1963. They came in two batches, one bodied by Metro-Cammell to the Liverpool design and one with East Lancs coachwork. One of the East Lancs examples is seen here wearing SELNEC livery, 189, UWH189.
Photo taken Thu 24 May 1973, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

65. UWH192 ... Bolton Leyland Atlantean 192, UWH192.
Photo taken May 1963

66. UWH195 ... SELNEC UWH195, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Metro-Cammell body of Liverpool style, new to Bolton as 195 in 1963.
Photo taken September 1971, Chorley New Road, Bolton

67. ABN200B ... Bolton Corporation 200, ABN200B, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with East Lancs H45/33F body, new in 1964.
Photo taken Wed 4 Aug 1965, Chapel Street, approaching Victoria Bus Station, Salford

68. ABN201B ... Theobalds ABN201B, Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with East Lancs H45/33F body, new in April 1964. Ex-Greater Manchester, originally Bolton 201.
Photo taken 1980, West End Road, Ipswich

69. ABN205B ... Bolton 205, ABN205B, was a Leyland PDR1/1 with a Neepsend H45/33F body seen in Moor Lane Bus Station in Bolton.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

70. YBN16 ... S.E.L.N.E.C. Northern 6056, YBN16 which is seen in the Gynn Square car park in Blackpool, was a Leyland L2 Leopard with an East Lancs B43D body which had been new in 1964 as Bolton 16.
Photo taken Sun 16 Apr 1972, Gynn Square Car Park, Blackpool

71. ABN226C ... Bolton Corporation 226, ABN226C, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 of 1965 with Metro-Cammell H45/32F body
Photo taken 1966, Howell Croft Bus Station

72. FBN232C ... Preserved Bolton 232, FBN232C, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with East Lancs H45/33F body, new in October 1965.
Photo taken Sat 14 Oct 2006, Manchester Museum of Transport

73. FBN232C ... Preserved Bolton 232, FBN232C, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with East Lancs H45/33F body, new in October 1965.
Photo taken Sun 17 May 2009, at Bolton Day, Manchester Museum of Transport

74. FBN232C ... By 1965 the East Lancs body for rear engined chassis had evolved into this smart design seen on Bolton 232, FBN232C, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1.
Photo taken Sat 31 Oct 2009, at Eastlands Sports City, Manchester

75. GBN242D ... Scarlet Band, West Cornforth, GBN242D, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 built in 1966 with East Lancashire H45/33F bodywork. Formerly Greater Manchester PTE 6742 but new as Bolton 242.
Photo taken Sun 12 Apr 1981, West Cornforth

76. GBN248D ... Bolton Corporation 248, GBN248D, was a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with East Lancs H45/33F bodywork, and was new in July 1966. It passed to SELNEC on 1 November 1969.
Photo taken 1969, Victoria Bus Station, Salford

77. GBN254D ... A pair of Leyland Atlanteans from fleets that became part of SELNEC PTE in 1969 sit in the corner of the yard of North, the well known dealer in 1980. Nearest the camera is former Bolton 254, GBN254D, a 1966 example with East Lancs bodywork.
Photo taken 1980, at Sherburn in Elmet

78. HWH259F ... Former Bolton 259, HWH259F, Leyland PDR1/1 / East Lancashire H45/33F, new 9/67.
Photo taken 1970, Moor Lane Bus Station, Bolton

79. OBN300H ... Greater Manchester PTE 6800, OBN300H, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 built in 1969 with East Lancashire H43/29D bodywork.
Photo taken August 1984, Trans-Pennine Rally, Harrogate Stray