1. PV4790 Colchester's only trolleybus was only used by ladies. As a mobile toilet it was towed to serve major outdoor events in the borough. The green and white livery more or less perpetuated that of its previous owner Ipswich Corporation, number 82, PV4790, a locally built Ransomes with Massey body seating 48.
Photo taken late December 1965, Middle Mill Council Yard, Colchester
2. KEV331 Colchester Corporation 46, KEV331, was a Bristol K6A with Duple utility H56R body new in August 1945.
Photo taken June 1964, Colchester Bus Station
3. KPU516 KPU516 was one of four A.E.C. O661 Regents with Massey H30/26R bodies new in 1947 and was Colchester 52. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester
4. KPU518 Colchester Corporation 54, KPU518, an AEC Regent II with Massey H30/26R body, new in March 1947, seen during its last year in service. Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
5. KPU519 Colchester Corporation 55, KPU519, a unique vehicle in the fleet, a Crossley DD42/3 with Massey H30/26R body new in November 1948, photographed on a wet April Saturday afternoon. Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
6. KPU519 Crossley DD42/3T with a Massey H30/26R body was Colchester 55, KPU519. and was the sole new bus in 1948. It ran on trial for two weeks in November 1948 and then its torque converter transmission was replaced by a normal clutch and gearbox. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
7. OHK432 Colchester Corporation 4, OHK432, a 1949 Daimler CVD6 with Roberts H30/26R body, seen here at Brighton after being preserved.
Photo taken Sunday 2 May 1971, at Madeira Drive, Brighton
8. OHK432 Colchester Coporation bought a mixture of chassis after the second world war. Amongst these were a small batch of five Daimler CVD6 with body by Roberts of Wakefield which were delivered in 1949. The batch was withdrawn between 1966 and 1968. Number 4, OHK432, was saved for posterity and has been restored to its original colour scheme Photo taken 2003, Meadowhall, Sheffield
9. OHK432 OHK432 is Colchester number 4, a 1949 Daimler CVD6 with Roberts H30/26R body, part of the LVVS collection. Photo taken Sunday 1 November 2009, near LVVS Road Transport Museum, Lincoln
10. OHK432 Colchester 4, OHK432, was a Daimler CVD6 new in April 1949 with a Roberts H30/26R body and was seen in Brighton on the H.C.V.C. Rally. Photo taken Sunday 2 May 1971, Madeira Drive, Brighton
11. OHK432 Colchester Corporation No.4, OHK432, a Daimler CVD6/Roberts H56R, new 1949 and withdrawn in 1968.
Photo taken Saturday 2 June 2018
12. OHK433 A selection of cars of the period and a bus. This Colchester Corporation H30/26R Daimler CVD6 with Roberts body arrived at Colchester in 1949 and was believed to have been withdrawn in 1966. 5, OHK433 is seen climbing North Hill, Colchester, a hill I learnt to drive on. Photo taken Sunday 13 March 1960, North Hill, Colchester
13. SVW451 Colchester 6, SVW451, the first of a pair of Crossley DD42/7s with Crossley H30/26R bodies new in 1951. Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
14. TVX496 Colchester Corporation 8, TVX496, a Crossley DD42/7 with Crossley H56R body new in October 1952. Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
15. TVX496 Crossley bodied Crossley DD42/7 registered TVX496 and operated from new in 1952 by Colchester Corporation Transport.
Photo taken Friday 7 August 1959, Mile End Road, Colchester
16. TVX496 In 1952 Colchester purchased two Crossley DD42/7s with Crossley H30/26R bodies and TVX496, number 8 in the fleet, is seen here. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
17. TVX497 TVX497 was the second of two Crossley DD42/7s which were new in 1952 and was Colchester number 9 with a Crossley H30/26R body. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
18. WPU732 A pre-delivery photo of Colchester Corporation 10, WPU732, an AEC Regent III with Massey H30/26R body, one of three new in September 1953. Photo taken 1953, near or outside Massey's works in Pemberton, Wigan
19. WPU732 Colchester 10, WPU732, was the first of three A.E.C. 6812A Regent IIIs with Massey H30/26R bodies new in 1953. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester
20. WPU733 Colchester Corporation 11, WPU733, an AEC Regent III with Massey H30/26R body, one of three new in September 1953. Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
21. 680HEV Colchester 14, 680HEV, an A.E.C. D3RV Regent V was one of four with Massey H33/28R bodies new in 1956. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
22. 682HEV Colchester Corporation 16, 682HEV, an AEC Regent V with Massey H33/28R body, new in September 1956. Photo taken Friday 27 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
23. 682HEV Colchester Transport 16, 682HEV, an AEC Regent V with Massey H33/28R body. New in September 1956, seen here repainted in an experimental ivory and cherry red livery. Photo taken July 1975, Colchester Bus Station
24. 682HEV 682HEV was an A.E.C. D3RV Regent V with a Massey H33/28R body and was new in September 1956 as Colchester number 16. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
25. 1296F Colchester Corporation 25, SWC25K, Bristol RELL / ECW B53F, new May 1972, and 18, 1296F, AEC Regent V / Massey H33/28R body, new in May 1957. Photo taken July 1972, at Suffolk Showground HCVC Rally
26. 1296F Colchester 18, 1296F, was one of four A.E.C. D3RV Regent Vs with Massey H33/28R bodies and was new in May 1957. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
27. 193MNO Massey H33/28R bodywork was fitted to this A.E.C. D3RV Regent V to become Colchester 21, 193MNO, in 1959. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
28. 194MNO Colchester Corporation's 22, 194MNO, a Massey bodied AEC Regent V of 1959, was chosen to wear this commemorative livery to mark the undertaking's sixtieth anniversary. It ran for a week in early October 1964 spending a day on each of the town's main routes. Photo taken early October 1964, Greenstead Estate Terminus, Colchester
29. 195MNO Colchester 23, 195MNO, an AEC Regent V with Massey H33/28R body, new in 1959. It lasted in service until 1971. Photo taken Friday 27 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
30. 9667VX Colchester Corporation 24, 9667VX, a Leyland Titan PD2/31 with Massey H33/28R body, new in November 1960. Photo taken Friday 27 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
31. 9667VX Wessex Coaches, Morecambe 9667VX and 9671VX, Leyland Titan PD2/31s with Massey H33/28R bodies, new to Colchester Corporation (24 and 28) in 1960.
Photo taken 1972, Heysham
32. 9668VX Former Colchester Corporation 25, 9668VX, a 1960 Leyland Titan PD2/31 with Massey bodywork seen after sale to Lonsdale Coaches of Morecambe Photo taken 1977, Heysham
33. 9669VX This Leyland PD2/31, with a Massey H33/28R body, was Colchester 26, 9669VX, and was one of five which were new in 1960. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
34. 9671VX 9671VX was the last of five Leyland PD2/31s with Massey H33/28R bodies and entered service as Colchester 28 in 1960. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
35. 652GVA 652GVA, Colchester 55, caught on camera whilst on a flying visit to the town in 1971, a Plaxton bodied AEC Reliance new to Irvine of Salsburgh in 1963. Photo taken Friday 23 July 1971, High Street/Cowdray Crescent, Colchester
36. MWC129 Colchester Corporation 29, MWC129, a Leyland PD2A/31 with Massey H33/28R body, first of a batch of seven new in 1963 Photo taken Sunday 9 May 1965, Colchester Bus Station
37. MWC129 Colchester Corporation 29, MWC129, a Leyland PD2A/31 with Massey H33/28R body, first of a batch of seven new in 1963. Photo taken early 1970s, Colchester Transport Depot
38. MWC130 Colchester 30, MWC130, was a Leyland PD2A/31 with a Massey H33/28R body and was one of seven new in 1963. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Mile End Road, Colchester
39. MWC135 Colchester Corporation 35, MWC135, a 1963 Leyland Titan PD2A/31 with Massey H33/28R body. Photo taken Friday 27 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
40. MWC135 The last of Colchester's seven Leyland PD2A/31s with Massey H33/28R bodies, new in 1963, was 35, MWC135, which entered service in March that year. Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
41. CWC36B Colchester Corporation 36, CWC36B was a Leyland PD2A30spl (7' 6" wide) with Massey H61R body, one of a trio newly delivered in June 1964 in the brighter "cream sandwich" livery. Seen here leaving Colchester Bus Station it positively shone! It lasted until May 1977 when ousted, along with many of its contemporaries, by a batch of ten OMO Atlanteans. Photo taken June 1964, Colchester Bus Station
42. CWC37B Colchester Corporation 37, CWC37B, a Leyland PD2A/30 with Massey H33/28R body, new in 1964 Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
43. CWC37B Colchester Corporation 37, CWC37B, Leyland Titan PD2A/30 with Massey H33/28R body, new in 1964. Photo taken August 1972, High Street/Cowdray Crescent, Colchester
44. OVX140D Colchester 40, OVX140D, a Massey H33/28R bodied Leyland PD2A/30, was one of ten new in 1966, which were the first 8' 0" wide buses in the fleet. Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
45. OVX141D Colchester Corporation 41, OVX141D, Leyland Titan PD2A/30 with Massey H33/28RD body, new in February 1966 with an Eastern National Bristol LD / ECW in the background. Photo taken Saturday 10 March 1973, Colchester Bus Station
46. OVX142D Colchester Corporation 42, OVX142D, a Leyland PD2A/30 with Massey H33/28R body, new in 1966. Photo taken mid to late 1970s, Lewis Gardens, entering Colchester Bus Station
47. OVX143D Colchester Corporation 43, OVX143D, a Leyland PD2A/30 with Massey H33/28R body, new in 1966.
Photo taken early 1970s, Colchester Transport Depot
48. OVX143D OK Motor Services OVX143D, a Leyland Titan PD2A/30 built in 1966 with Massey H33/28RD bodywork.
Photo taken July 1980, Bishop Auckland Market Place
49. OVX143D OK Motor Services OVX143D, a former Colchester Corporation Leyland Titan PD2A/30 with its Massey H33/28R body later fitted with platform doors.
50. OVX143D O.K. Motor Services, Bishop Auckland OVX143D, seen here at the Bishop Auckland Garage, was a Leyland PD2A/30 with a Massey body which had been new as Colchester 43 in February 1966.
Photo taken Sunday 12 April 1981, Bishop Auckland Garage
51. OVX144D Colchester 44, OVX144D, a Massey bodied Leyland PD2A/30 was the last of ten new in 1966, which were the first 8' 0" wide buses in the fleet. Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
52. AVX53G Sometimes "the back end of a bus" does not live up to the rest of the design of this Massey bodied Leyland Atlantean AVX53G, Colchester 53, from 1968, with the odd sliding window on the rear emergency door and the oily back bumper, which seemed to be a feature all over the country.
Photo taken Friday 23 July 1971, High Street/Cowdray Crescent, Colchester
53. YWC648F Colchester Corporation 48, YWC648F, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Massey H43/31F body, new in June 1968. Photo taken early 1970s, Colchester Bus Station
54. YWC648F Colchester Corporation 48, YWC648F, a 1968 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Massey body, now an open top tour bus owned by Maghull Coaches of Liverpool. Photo taken Saturday 28 October 2006, Pier Head, Liverpool
55. SWC25K Colchester Corporation 25, SWC25K, Bristol RELL / ECW B53F, new May 1972, and 18, 1296F, AEC Regent V / Massey H33/28R body, new in May 1957. Photo taken July 1972, at Suffolk Showground HCVC Rally
56. OWC723M Thanks to strong personal contacts, from time to time Southend helped out Colchester Borough Transport and vice versa. Colchester RELL 23, OWC723M, was loaned to ST between August and November 1978. Photo taken Friday 8 September 1978, Benfleet Station
57. YWC16L Busways, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1810 YWC16L, a Bristol RELL6L built in 1973 with ECW B53F bodywork.
Photo taken June 1990, High Street, Stockton-on-Tees
58. OWC723M Thanks to strong personal contacts, from time to time Southend helped out Colchester Borough Transport and vice versa. Colchester RELL 23, OWC723M, was loaned to ST between August and November 1978 and Peter has paused here in Thames Drive for John Lidstone's camera whilst covering for a missing Eastern National trip on the 24. Photo taken 1978, Thames Drive, Leigh-on-Sea
59. JHK495N One of three ex-Colchester Borough buses now owned and operated by Talisman Coachlines of Great Bromley, ECW bodied Atlantean JHK495N, new in March 1975, is immaculately presented in Colchester livery. Photo taken Sunday 14 October 2007, at Labworth Car Park, Canvey Island
60. MVK538R Colchester Transport 51, MVK538R, Leyland Atlantean AN68A/2R / Alexander. New in December 1976 to Tyne & Wear as their 538, to Colchester in 1983. Ex-dual door with a staircase on nearside. Photo taken June 1984, Colchester Bus Station
61. YNO77S Talisman Coachlines operate this former Colchester Borough Transport Atlantean/ECW, YNO77S new in April 1978, on summer sightseeing tours of Colchester. Photo taken Sunday 14 October 2007, at Castle Point Transport Museum, Canvey Island
62. YNO82S Colchester Corporation 82, YNO82S, Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1R with ECW H43/31F body, new in June 1978. Photo taken 1980, Colchester Bus Station
63. DHK102T Colchester Borough Transport 102, DHK102T, Leyland Leopard / Duple. New in February 1979, see here on National Express 084 to London. Photo taken 1982, Colchester Bus Station
64. MEV87V Colchester Corporation 87, MEV87V, Leyland Atlantean / ECW. New 1980. Photo taken June 1980, Southend