SCT '61 Photo Index
Hedingham & District
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1. NAE2 ... MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L33, NAE2, a Bristol L6B with an Eastern Coachworks FC31F body, had been acquired in October 1962 from Bristol Omnibus Company, in whose fleet it had been number 2051.
Photo taken Sun 31 Oct 1965, Garage, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
2. PPE462 ... PPE462 was an A.E.C. 9821E Regal IV with a Burlingham Seagull C39C body which had been new in June 1951 to Cooke, Stoughton.
Photo taken Sun 31 Oct 1965, Garage, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
3. MRR301 ... MRR301 was MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L34, and was a Leyland PSU1/13 Royal Tiger with a Leyland B44F body which had been new in March 1952 as East Midland, Chesterfield R301.
Photo taken Sun 31 Oct 1965, Garage, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
4. MRR304 ... MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L35, MRR304, was a Leyland PSU1/13 Royal Tiger with a Leyland B44F body which had been new in March 1952 as East Midland, Chesterfield R304.
Photo taken Sun 31 Oct 1965, Garage, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
5. PHN847 ... Hedingham & District PHN847, Bristol LS / ECW, ex-United Auto.
Photo taken June 1971, Colchester Bus Station
6. PHN850 ... MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L63, PHN850, was a Bristol LS5G with ECW B45F bodywork which had been new to United Auto, as BU21 (just U21 from November 1964), in 1952, one of a batch of 30.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, MacGregor Depot, Sible Hedingham
7. FJN162 ... Eastern National 1204, FJN162 became L39 when acquired by MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham in August 1965.
Photo taken Sun 31 Oct 1965, Garage, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
8. FJN163 ... MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L40, FJN163, was a Bristol LS5G with ECW DP41D bodywork, one of a pair new to Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services Ltd in July 1953.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, MacGregor Depot, Sible Hedingham
9. TWL59 ... MacGregor, Sible Hedingham L64, TWL59, was a Bristol LS6B with an Eastern Coachworks DP39F body acquired in March 1969 from Thames Valley S319.
Photo taken Sat 19 Apr 1969, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
10. SXD436 ... SXD436, new in May 1956, was an A.E.C. MU3RV Reliance with a Duple Britannia C41C body which had been acquired in April 1964 from Valliant, London W.5 to become MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L33.
Photo taken Sun 31 Oct 1965, Garage, Wethersfield Road, Sible Hedingham
11. DHD192 ... MacGregor (Hedingham & District), Sible Hedingham L55, DHD192, was one of 22 Park Royal B43F bodied AEC Reliance 2MU3RV new to Yorkshire Woollen District, as their 812 (renumbered 201 in 1967), in 1959.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, MacGregor Depot, Sible Hedingham
12. BDV264C ... Ex-Western National Bristol FLF/ECW BDV264C, now Hedingham & District L92, arrives at Hedingham school ready to take up a school working. This carries the red and cream livery as it was normally applied to double deckers.
Photo taken Hedingham School
13. MVX878C ... This ENOC FLF made it into the fleet and elegant livery of Essex independent Hedingham & District. New in September 1965 as 2841, MVX878C was sold to Hedingham upon withdrawal from ENOC in February 1981. Hedingham operated it until the end of 1988, then sold it on to Thorne, Bromsgrove as a driver trainer.
Photo taken June 1988, North Weald
14. OPU822D ... Seen at a Southend Bus Rally in the early 1980s is OPU822D, former Eastern National 2857. New to ENOC in February 1966, OPU was withdrawn in 1980, then in February 1981 was sold on to Hedingham and District whose livery it wears in this shot.
Photo taken Southchurch Park East, Southend
15. LFS292F ... Hedingham & District L104, LFS292F, ex-Eastern National 3043, acquired by EN from Eastern Scottish (AA292) in November 1973 via Eastern Counties.
Photo taken June 1982, Southend
16. PPU783M ... Hedingham & District PPU783M, a Bedford YRQ with Willowbrook B47F body, new in 1974, with Eastern National MW 1361, OWC610 alongside.
Photo taken October 1974, Colchester Bus Station
17. VWC477L ... Hedingham & District Bedford L77 VWC477L at the Great Yeldham terminus of route 89. This carries the cream with red trim version of the livery used on single deckers.
Photo taken Great Yeldham
18. VWC477L ... Rear view of VWC477L, a Bedford YRQ with Marshall DP45F body in use with the Stronghold Tug-of-War Club, new to Sible Hedingham & District in early 1973.
Photo taken Sun 27 Sep 1992, (probably) Great Wakering
19. RGV284N ... Hedingham Omnibuses Leyland Leopard L84, RGV284N, with Willowbrook B55F body, new to them in September 1974.
Photo taken Sun 14 May 2006