SCT '61 Photo Index
Chambers, Bures
Chambers, Bures
HC Chambers of Bures
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1. GV9614
By 1965, complete utility buses built during or just after the Second World war, still with their original bodywork were becoming increasingly rare. GV9614 from the small fleet of HC Chambers and Son of Bures was a Guy Arab II with Roe body.
Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
By 1965, complete utility buses built during or just after the Second World war, still with their original bodywork were becoming increasingly rare. GV9614 from the small fleet of HC Chambers and Son of Bures was a Guy Arab II with Roe body.
Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
2. GV9614
Chambers of Bures GV9614, a Guy Arab II with Roe Utility bodywork.
Photo taken The Green/George Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Chambers of Bures GV9614, a Guy Arab II with Roe Utility bodywork.
Photo taken The Green/George Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk
3. EOT30
Chambers, Bures EOT30 was a Guy Arab II with an East Lancs L27/28R body acquired in September 1965 from Aldershot & District 893 and was seen in Colchester Bus Station.
Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
Chambers, Bures EOT30 was a Guy Arab II with an East Lancs L27/28R body acquired in September 1965 from Aldershot & District 893 and was seen in Colchester Bus Station.
Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
4. BCK191
Chambers, Bures BCK191 seen in Colchester Bus Station was a Leyland PD1 with a Leyland L27/26R body acquired in June 1959 from Delaine, Bourne.
Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
Chambers, Bures BCK191 seen in Colchester Bus Station was a Leyland PD1 with a Leyland L27/26R body acquired in June 1959 from Delaine, Bourne.
Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station
5. CCF669
H.C. Chambers & Son of Bures, Suffolk operated CCF669, this superb Duple C29F bodied Bedford OB. It was new in June 1950.
Photo taken Monday 29 March 1971, Depot, Bures
H.C. Chambers & Son of Bures, Suffolk operated CCF669, this superb Duple C29F bodied Bedford OB. It was new in June 1950.
Photo taken Monday 29 March 1971, Depot, Bures
6. HWO341
New to Red & White Motor Service as L1649 in 1950, HWO341 is a Guy Arab III with Duple L27/26RD bodywork. It passed to Chambers of Bures, Suffolk in May 1967 for a second career.
Photo taken Monday 29 March 1971, Depot, Bures
New to Red & White Motor Service as L1649 in 1950, HWO341 is a Guy Arab III with Duple L27/26RD bodywork. It passed to Chambers of Bures, Suffolk in May 1967 for a second career.
Photo taken Monday 29 March 1971, Depot, Bures
7. HWO341
Afternoon shadows notwithstanding, popular HWO341 is still worthy of a second slide. New to Red & White as L1649 in February 1950, the Guy Arab III 6LW with Duple L27/26RD body prepares to convey me from Bury St Edmunds to Sudbury Bus Station via Lavenham and Acton.
Photo taken Monday 25 October 1971, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds
Afternoon shadows notwithstanding, popular HWO341 is still worthy of a second slide. New to Red & White as L1649 in February 1950, the Guy Arab III 6LW with Duple L27/26RD body prepares to convey me from Bury St Edmunds to Sudbury Bus Station via Lavenham and Acton.
Photo taken Monday 25 October 1971, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds
8. ECF756
Seen in Colchester Bus Station is Chambers, Bures ECF756, a Crossley L27/28R bodied Guy Arab III new in June 1952.
Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
Seen in Colchester Bus Station is Chambers, Bures ECF756, a Crossley L27/28R bodied Guy Arab III new in June 1952.
Photo taken Saturday 28 March 1964, Colchester Bus Station
9. ECF756
Henry Christopher Chambers set up a saddlery business in Bures, a village that straddles across the Suffolk/Essex border, in 1877, and began began operating a horse drawn bus service a few years later. Up to the time when it was taken over by Go Ahead in 2012, H C Chambers & Son of Bures laid claim to being the oldest bus operating company in England.
Photo taken August 1969, Colchester Bus Station
Henry Christopher Chambers set up a saddlery business in Bures, a village that straddles across the Suffolk/Essex border, in 1877, and began began operating a horse drawn bus service a few years later. Up to the time when it was taken over by Go Ahead in 2012, H C Chambers & Son of Bures laid claim to being the oldest bus operating company in England.
Photo taken August 1969, Colchester Bus Station
10. KCF711
Guy Arab III KCF711 with Roe lowbridge body from the small fleet of H.C.Chambers and Son of Bures, new c. 1956
Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
Guy Arab III KCF711 with Roe lowbridge body from the small fleet of H.C.Chambers and Son of Bures, new c. 1956
Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Colchester Bus Station
11. PTX987F
Chambers PTX987F, Ford / Duple Midland B53F, new to Bebb, Llantwit Fardre, in 1968.
Photo taken Saturday 10 March 1973, Colchester Bus Station
Chambers PTX987F, Ford / Duple Midland B53F, new to Bebb, Llantwit Fardre, in 1968.
Photo taken Saturday 10 March 1973, Colchester Bus Station
12. XGV685K
Chambers XGV685K, a Bedford YRQ with Plaxton Elite Express body.
Photo taken March 1973, Colchester Bus Station
Chambers XGV685K, a Bedford YRQ with Plaxton Elite Express body.
Photo taken March 1973, Colchester Bus Station