1. ... Darwen Corporation on 34, YTD289D
Photo taken Tue 10 Apr 1973

2. GTB163 ... Darwen 2, GTB163, a Leyland PD1 with an Alexander H30/26R body new in 1946 was one of six new that year which had Alexander bodies built under sub-contract from Leyland.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

3. GTB165 ... Seen in Darwen was GTB165 which was number 4 in the Corporation fleet. It was a Leyland PD1 with an Alexander H30/26R body, one of fifty built under sub-contract from Leyland when their capacity was stretched in the early post-war years.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Bolton Road/Darwen Circus

4. GTB167 ... Darwen 6, GTB167, a Leyland PD1 with an Alexander H30/26R body, built under sub-contract from Leyland, is seen at Darwen (Circus).
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Darwen Circus

5. GTC565 ... Darwen 7, GTC565, was a Leyland H30/26R bodied Leyland PD1A new in 1947 and is seen in the bus station in Darwen.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Darwen Circus

6. GTC567 ... Darwen 9, GTC567 was a Leyland PD1A with a Leyland H30/26R body which was in the bus station in Blackburn when photographed.
Photo taken Tue 27 Oct 1964, Blackburn Bus Station

7. KTD378 ... Darwen 42, KTD378, was a Crossley DD42/7 with a Crossley H30/26R body, seen at Darwen (Circus).
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Darwen Circus

8. OTD575 ... Darwen 44, OTD575, a Crossley DD42/7 with a Crossley H30/26R body was seen in Darwen.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Market Street, Darwen

9. OTD577 ... Seen at Darwen (Circus) is Darwen 11, OTD577, a Leyland PD2/10 with a Leyland H30/26R body.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Darwen Circus

10. OTD577 ... Darwen 11, OTD577 was a Leyland PD2/10 with a Leyland H30/26R body seen at Darwen Circus
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Darwen Circus

11. OTD577 ... Darwen 11, OTD577, was a Leyland PD2/10 new in 1953, with a Leyland H30/26R body.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Market Street, Darwen

12. RTJ609 ... RTJ609, seen at Chingford, was a Leyland PD2/10 with a Leyland H30/26R body which had been new to Darwen Corporation in 1954 as number 12. It is seen with Margo, London S.E.19 who had acquired it from Darwen in February 1972.
Photo taken Sat 1 Jul 1972, Chingford

13. WTB166 ... Darwen 14, WTB166, was a Leyland PD2/22 with a Crossley H30/26R body, one of two new in 1955.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

14. WTB167 ... Seen at Darwen (Circus) is Darwen 15, WTB167, a Leyland PD2/22 with a Crossley H30/26R body.
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Darwen Circus

15. WTB168 ... Darwen 16, WTB168, was a Leyland PD2/22 with an East Lancs H30/26RD body, new in 1955.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

16. 434BTE ... Darwen Corporation 17, 434BTE, was a 1957 AEC Regent V with East Lancs body. This bus was unusual in being badged as a Crossley Regent and was technically the last Crossley double decker to enter service.
Photo taken 2000, at Meadowhall, Sheffield

17. 434BTE ... Darwen 17, 434BTE, a Crossley Regent V /East Lancs follows ex County Motors /West Riding Guy Wulfrunian 995, UCX275, along the lower promenade at Blackpool on the occasion of the Ribble Rally.
Photo taken Sun 17 Aug 1980, Lower Promenade, North Shore, Blackpool

18. 435BTE ... Darwen 18, 435BTE, was a Crossley MU3RV1350 Reliance with an East Lancs B43F body, one of two new in 1957. Basically this was an A.E.C. Reliance, badged as a Crossley.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Darwen Circus

19. 435BTE ... Darwen 18, 435BTE, seen at Darwen Circus was an A.E.C. Reliance, badged as a Crossley, with an East Lancs B43F body.
Photo taken Darwen Circus

20. 463GTD ... Darwen 26, 463GTD, with an East Lancs H31/28RD body was a Leyland PD2/31 and was seen at Darwen (Circus).
Photo taken Tue 22 Mar 1960, Darwen Circus

21. 739DTC ... Darwen 20, 739DTC, was an A.E.C. MU3RV Reliance with an East Lancs B43F body which passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

22. TOU321 ... Darwen 22, TOU321, an A.E.C. 2MU3RV Reliance, had a Harrington DP43F body and had been new in 1958. Darwen acquired it in 1962 from its original operator Parlane, Aldershot.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

23. 461GTD ... Darwen 24, 461GTD, was a Leyland PD2/31 with an East Lancs H31/28RD body new in 1959. It passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Market Street, Darwen

24. 463GTD ... Darwen 26, 463GTD, was a Leyland PD2/31 with an East Lancs H31/28RD body new in 1959. It passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

25. TRJ110 ... The infamous Blackburn Transport 19, TRJ110, wearing its East Lancs Atlantean front end following accident damage, turns right from Preston New Road into West Park Road for the climb around Corporation Park.
Photo taken late 1970s, junction Preston New Road/West Park Road, Blackburn

26. TRJ110 ... Darwen Corporation 21, TRJ110, an AEC Reliance 2MU3RV with Weymann B45F body, new to Salford City Transport (110) in 1962, passing to SELNEC PTE (73) in 1969, and acquired by Darwen in 1971.
Photo taken early 1973, Duckworth Street, Darwen

27. FTD249B ... FTD249B was number 27 in the Darwen fleet and was a Leyland PD3A/1 with an East Lancs H41/31F body.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Market Street, Darwen

28. FTD250B ... Darwen 28, FTD250B, was a Leyland PD3A/1 with East Lancs H41/31F body new in 1964.
Photo taken Fri 6 Aug 1965, Market Street, Darwen

29. MTJ967C ... Darwen 29, MTJ967C, was the first of three Leyland PD3A/1s with East Lancs H41/31F bodies. It passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

30. MTJ967C ... Darwen Corporation 29, MTJ967C, was a Leyland PD3A/1 with East Lancs H41/31F bodywork, one of three new in 1965.
Photo taken Mon 1 Sep 1969, Blackburn Station Bus Station

31. MTJ969C ... Darwen purchased five PD3A/1's with East Lancs H41/31F bodies in 1964/5 for a life on the Darwen to Blackburn 'main line'.
Photo taken June 1978, Darwen Bus Station

32. YTD287D ... Darwen Corporation 32, YTD287D, A Leyland Titan PD2A/27 built in 1966 with East Lancashire H37/28F bodywork.
Photo taken September 1971, Church Street, Darwen

33. YTD289D ... Darwen 34, YTD289D, a Leyland PD2A/27, had an East Lancs H37/28F body and passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Darwen Circus

34. YTD290D ... Malta Route Bus DBY378, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/13 built in 1966 with East Lancashire B46F bodywork.
Photo taken Valletta Bus Station

35. YTD290D ... Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/13 YTD290D with East Lancashire DP41F body, new as Darwen 23 in November 1966.
Photo taken April 1979, Blackburn Boulevard

36. ETF484F ... Darwen 36, ETF484F, a 1967 Leyland Titan PD2A/27 with East Lancs body is seen when in use by Hyndburn Transport (previously Accrington Corporation) as a PSV tuition vehicle. Following local government re-organisation in 1974 Darwen's small fleet was subsumed into the enlarged Blackburn fleet
Photo taken Sun 20 Aug 1989, Charlestown Road, Halifax

37. ETF484F ... Darwen 36, ETF484F, a Leyland PD2A/27, had an East Lancs H37/28F body and passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Market Street, Darwen

38. ETF486F ... Blackburn 56, ETF486F a former Darwen (38) 1967 Leyland PD2A/27 with East Lancs H37/28F bodywork
Photo taken Fri 5 Sep 1980, Eccleshill

39. JTF217F ... Darwen's later puchases were traditional Lancashire municipal Leyland Titans with East Lancs bodywork. 39, JTF217F, was a 1968 Leyland Titan PD2/47 with front entrance East Lancs body.
Photo taken 1994, Halifax

40. JTF217F ... Darwen 39, JTF217F, a Leyland Titan PD2 with East Lancs H37/28F body. New in April 1968, Darwen used vehicles of this type on OPO duties.
Photo taken Sun 19 Sep 1982, Burscough

41. JTF217F ... A more recent view of beautifully preserved Darwen 39, JTF217F, a Leyland PD2/47 with East Lancashire H37/28F body dating from 1968.
Photo taken Sun 9 Oct 2022, Keighley Road, Skipton

42. JTF218F ... Darwen 40, JTF218F, a 1968 Leyland Titan PD2A/47 with East Lancs bodywork is seen in Edinburgh while working as an open top tour vehicle for Mac's Tours.
Photo taken 2001, High Street, Edinburgh

43. JTF218F ... Former Darwen 40, JTF218F, a 1968 Leyland Titan PD2A/47 with East Lancs bodywork.
Photo taken Sun 28 Sep 2014, Potteries Running Day, Gladstone Pottery Museum

44. JTF219F ... Darwen 41, JTF219F, a Leyland PD2/47, had an East Lancs H37/28F body and passed to Blackburn in April 1974.
Photo taken Mon 26 Aug 1968, Market Street, Darwen

45. PTF408G ... Darwen 42, PTF408G, was an East Lancs H37/28F bodied Leyland PD2/47 and was seen in Blackburn Bus Station.
Photo taken Mon 17 Apr 1972, Blackburn Bus Station

46. PTF408G ... Darwen Corporation 42, PTF408G, an Leyland Titan PD2/47 with East Lancs. H37/28F body, new in 1969.
Photo taken early 1973, Darwen Bus Station

47. HTD323K ... Interbus, Weymouth, HTD323K, a Bristol RESL6L built in 1971 with East Lancashire B47F bodywork.
Photo taken October 1983, Cornhill, Dorchester

48. HTD324K ... HTD324K was a Bristol RESL6L with an East Lancs B47F body, and was new in December 1971 as Darwen 2.
Photo taken Tue 10 Apr 1973, Darwen Circus

49. STC890L ... Blackburn 176, STC890L a 1972 former Darwen (4) Bristol RESL6L with East Lancs B47F bodywork.
Photo taken Fri 5 Sep 1980, Borough Road, Darwen

50. RTB808M ... Blackburn Transport 6, RTB808M, a 1973 East Lancs B47F bodied Bristol RESL inherited from the Darwen fleet under Local Government re-organisation in 1974 climbs the steep Borough Road on Darwens shortest route to Bold Venture Park.
Photo taken late 1970s, Borough Road, Darwen