SCT '61 Photo Index
Hull Corporation
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1. ... Hull tram 132, dating from 1910, originally had a Mountain & Gibson 4-wheel truck, then a Peckham P22 truck, and is now displayed with a Brill 21E truck. It originally had a Hull Corporation 34/22 open balcony, unvestibuled, "Bellamy" roof body and was rebuilt as fully-enclosed (as seen) in 1931. (Sun 24/9/23, Streetlife Museum, High Street, Hull)
2. ... Leeds 446, seen here at Hulton Lane, Atherton, was one of the fifty trams acquired from Hull in 1942 (32) and 1945 (18). It had been Hull 132, new in July 1910, had been rebuilt in 1931 and had been withdrawn in February 1942. (Sat 30/8/58, Hulton Lane, Atherton)
3. ERH45 ... Photographed on Chanterlands Avenue North and about to pass the crematorium is Hull Corporation Transport Department Trolley Bus No 45, ERH45, working service 61. No 45 was one of a batch of 20 Crossley TDD4s with Cravens bodies introduced in 1938. (Sat 20/5/61, Chanterlands Avenue North, Hull)
4. GRH296 ... Photographed in the days when vehicles could still use Victoria Square, Hull Corporation Transport Trolley Bus No. 76, GRH296, is on route 62 turning in readiness to reload in Prospect Street. (Sat 18/8/62, Queen Victoria Square, Hull)
5. GRH358 ... Kingston upon Hull trolleybus 82, GRH358, was one of a batch of six Sunbeam W chassis carrying Roe relaxed utility H56R bodies delivered in 1945. (Sat 12/9/59, Dairycoates, Hull)
6. GRH359 ... Kingston upon Hull trolleybus 83, GRH359, was a 1945 Sunbeam W with Roe H56R bodywork. After withdrawal in September 1963 the bus ended up in the yard of Autospares at Bingley in West Yorkshire, where it remained until at least 1983. (late 1970's, Autospares, Bingley)
7. GRH357 ... In a scene now long consigned to history Hull Corporation Transport trolley bus no. 81, GRH357, turning at the Victoria Square terminus of route 62 ready to reload in Prospect Street. (Sat 18/8/62, Queen Victoria Square, Hull)
8. HAT245 ... Preserved Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport 245, HAT245, an A E C Regent II built in 1946 with Weymann H31/26R bodywork. (June 1972, Valley Road Coach Park, Scarborough)
9. HAT252 ... Hull 252, HAT252, was an A.E.C. O661 Regent with a Weymann H31/29R body new in October 1946, and was seen outside Paragon Station in Hull. (Thu 27/6/63, Paragon Station, Hull)
10. HRH467 ... Former Hull 467, HRH467, a 1947 AEC Regent III with Weymann bodywork is seen after withdrawal from service. (Thu 16/7/70, Orchard Park, Hull)
11. KVK961 ... KVK961 was Hull 122 and was a Daimler CVG6 with a Metro Cammell H31/24R body, new as Newcastle 61 in March 1948. It had been acquired, in June 1961. (Thu 27/6/63, Hull)
12. KVK967 ... KVK967 was Hull 126 and was a Daimler CVG6 with a Metro Cammell H31/24R body which had been new in June 1948 as Newcastle 67. It was one of nine acquired in June 1961. (Thu 27/6/63, Hull)
13. KVK967 ... Passing the municipal car park in Ferensway is Hull Corporation Transport No 126, KVK967, a Daimler CVG6 with Metro Cammell 55 seat bodywork which was new to Newcastle Corporation in 1948. (Tue 6/8/63, Ferensway, Hull)
14. KAT295 ... Hull 295, KAT295, was a Weymann H32/26R bodied A.E.C. 9612E Regent III. (Sat 31/8/63, Short Street, Hull)
15. KKH650 ... Hull 5, KKH650, a 1949 AEC Regal III with Weymann bodywork. This bus was used for many years a non-PSV runabout for the corporation. Now fully restored it is preserved at the Hull Museum of Transport. (1994, Huddersfield)
16. KKH650 ... Hull 5, KKH650, is an AEC Regal III with a Weymann B35F body, dating from 1949. (Sun 24/9/23, Streetlife Museum, High Street, Hull)
17. KKH651 ... This AEC Regal with Weymann bodywork was delivered to Hull as their 156, KKH651, in 1949. It was converted to one man operation in 1953. (1975, Paragon Street, Hull)
18. KRH344 ... Hull 114, RKH114, a Sunbeam MF2B/MV with Roe H54D body, new in 1955, passing AEC Regent 334, KRH344, with Weymann H32/26R body, new in 1949. (Sat 10/10/64, Paragon Street, Hull)
19. BDJ63 ... BDJ63 was Hull 143, and was an A.E.C O961 Regent III with a Park Royal H30/26R body which had been new as St. Helens D63 in August 1950. (Thu 27/6/63, Hull)
20. BDJ69 ... Kingston-upon-Hull Transport 147, BDJ69, was one of ten AEC Regent III with Park Royal H30/26R bodies which had been acquired from St Helens Corporation in October 1962 and put into service between December 1962 and June 1963. (Sun 28/9/69, Jackson Street Depot, St Helens)
21. BDJ73 ... Hull bought several batches of second hand AEC Regent III in the 1960s and seen here are two examples 149, BDJ73, one of St Helen's famous replica RTs dating from 1950 and 161, OTV164, an ex Nottingham AEC Regent III with Park Royal body dating from 1954. (1969, Hull)
22. KRH337 ... Kingston-upon-Hull 327, KRH337, an A.E.C. 9612E Regent III with a Weymann H32/26R body. (Sun 27/7/69, Hull)
23. MKH402 ... East Yorkshire, Hull 584, MKH402, was the first of six Leyland PD2/12s with Leyland L27/26R bodies new in 1951 and is seen here in Hull. (Sat 31/8/63, Hull)
24. BDJ817 ... BDJ817 was Hull 134, and was an A.E.C. O961 Regent III with a Park Royal H30/26R body which had been new as St. Helens D17 in February 1952. (Thu 27/6/63, Hull)
25. BDJ819 ... Hull 136, BDJ819, was new in 1952 to St. Helens as number D19. The AEC Regent III carrying standard London style Park Royal H30/26R bodywork was acquired in 4/62 along with eighteen other similar vehicles. (Sat 31/8/63, Collier Street, Hull)
26. BDJ825 ... Seen outside Paragon Railway Station is Hull Corporation Transport No 139, BDJ825 unloading passengers in Collier Street, Hull prior to entering the bus station to reload. (Tue 6/8/63, Collier Street, Hull)
27. OKH337 ... Preserved Hull 137, OKH337, an AEC Regent III with Weymann H32/26R body, new in 1953. (Sun 31/7/16, Sandtoft)
28. OTV166 ... Hull 171, OTV166, was former Nottingham 166, an AEC Regent III with a Park Royal H30/26R body of 1954. (1971, Hull Bus Park)
29. RKH104 ... Hull 104, RKH104, Sunbeam MF2B/MV with Roe H54D body, new in 1954. (Fri 31/7/64, Chapel Street, Hull)
30. RKH107 ... Hull Corporation "Coronation" trolleybus 107, RKH107, in King Edward Street. (1959/60, King Edward Street, Hull)
31. RKH111 ... At the end of the route and about to return to the City Centre is Hull Corporation Transport Department Trolley Bus No 111, RKH111, photographed at the Chanterlands Avenue North Terminus of service 61. (Sat 20/5/61, Chanterlands Avenue North, Hull)
32. RKH113 ... Hull 113, RKH113, Sunbeam MF2B/MV with Roe H54D body, new in 1955. (Sat 10/10/64, Chapel Street, Hull)
33. RKH114 ... Hull 114, RKH114, a Sunbeam MF2B/MV with Roe H54D body, new in 1955, passing AEC Regent 334, KRH344, with Weymann H32/26R body, new in 1949. (Sat 10/10/64, Paragon Street, Hull)
34. RKH115 ... Hull 115, RKH115, was a Sunbeam MF2B with a Roe H30/24D body, new in 1955, seen outside the offices of Roe before delivery. (outside the offices of Roe at Manston Lane, Crossgates)
35. WAT157 ... WAT157, Hull 157, was an A.E.C. MU2RA Reliance with a Weymann B40D body which had been new in September 1957. (Thu 27/6/63, Hull)
36. WAT158 ... On a warm and sunny summer afternoon Hull Corporation Transport Department no. 158, WAT158, is seen awaiting its next turn of duty outside the HCT Lombard Street Depot adjacent to the Bus Station. 158 was an AEC with a Weymann body. (Sat 18/8/62, Lombard Street Depot, Hull)
37. WAT163 ... Kingston Upon Hull 63, WAT163, AEC Reliance with Weymann bodywork dating from 1957 (May 1975, Hull Bus Park)
38. WAT163 ... Hull 63, WAT163, a 1957 AEC Reliance with dual door Weymann bodywork passes a former Nottingham AEC Regent III with Park Royal bodywork as it enters Ferensway Coach Station in its home town (Wed 14/4/71, Ferensway Coach Station/Collier Street)
39. WAT166 ... Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport 66, WAT166, an A E C Reliance MU2RA built in 1958 with Weymann B40D bodywork. (July 1973, Hull Corporation Pier Station)
40. 2348AT ... West Midlands PTE 1148, 2348AT, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 built in 1960 with Roe H44/31F bodywork. (April 1977, St. Paul's Street Bus Station, Walsall)
41. 5167KH ... New in March 1960, Hull 167, 5167KH, was an A.E.C. 2MU2RA Reliance with a Weymann B39D body, seen outside Paragon Station in Hull. (Thu 27/6/63, Paragon Station, Hull)
42. 6344KH ... Kingston-upon-Hull 144, 6344KH, was a Leyland PDR1/1 with a Metro-Cammell H44/31F body dating from 1960. (circa 1971, Ferensway Coach Station, Hull)
43. 6345KH ... West Midlands P.T.E. bought a number of elderly PDR1/1 model Leyland Atlanteans from Kingston-upon-Hull City Transport in 1975. 6345KH, seen here in Dudley on 5 June 1976 carried a Metro-Cammell H44/31F body and had been new to Hull in June 1960. (Sat 5/6/76, Dudley Bus Station)
44. 2348AT ... Photographed in Ferensway is Hull Corporation Transport Leyland Atlantean 348, 2348AT. (Sat 20/5/61, Ferensway, Hull)
45. 9357AT ... Passengers jostle to board Hull 357, 9357AT, a 1961 Roe bodied Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 in Ferensway coach station. (Mon 14/7/69, Ferensway Coach Station)
46. 9359AT ... Hull Atlantean 359, 9359AT, with Roe H44/31F body new in December 1961, about to be passed by East Yorkshire 581, MKH90, a Leyland PD2/12 with Roe FH54R body (Sat 10/10/64, Collier Street, Hull)
47. 9364AT ... Kingston-upon-Hull 364, 9364AT, was a Leyland PDR1/1 with a Roe H44/31F body seen in Hull. (Sun 27/7/69, Lombard Street/Ferensway, Hull)
48. 3374RH ... Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport 174, 3374RH, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 built in 1963 with Roe H44/31F bodywork. (March 1975, Short Street, Hull)
49. 7380RH ... Hull Corporation 180, 7380RH, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 built in 1963 with Roe H44/31F bodywork. (March 1975, Kingston upon Hull)
50. BAT396B ... Kingston upon Hull Corporation 396, BAT396B, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Roe H44/31F body, new in 1964. (1971/72, Collier Street, Hull)
51. BAT402B ... Photographed entering the old Hull Bus Station is Hull Corporation No 202, BAT402B, a Leyland Atlantean with C H Roe bodywork new in 1964. Following on behind is another Atlantean No 342, 6342KH. (August 1970, Bus Station/Collier Street)
52. CRH174C ... Kingston upon Hull 74, CRH174C, a 1965 Leyland Panther with 45 seat Roe bodywork. (1975, Hull Bus Park)
53. GAT180D ... Photographed at the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicles Rally at the Museum in Lincoln in 2010 is former Hull Corporation No 180, GAT180D, a Leyland Panther with Roe bodywork. (November 2010, Lincoln)
54. GAT180D ... Hull bought a dozen Leyland Panthers over a two year period. 180, GAT180D, dates from 1966 and carries a Roe body. (Sun 19/7/09, Elland Road, Leeds)
55. JRH417E ... Hull 217, JRH417E, a 1967 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Roe body with Hull's trademark flat windscreen. The streamline livery does not sit very easily on the square lines of the bus. (2001, Sheffield)
56. PRH246G ... Hull 246, PRH246G, a 1968 Leyland Atlantean PR1A/1 with Roe body and Hull's trademark angled one piece windscreen shows off the post streamline era livery. (1991, Lombard Street Depot, Hull)
57. PRH246G ... This Hull Atlantean was painted in this all over advert livery to promote a chain of DIY shops in the late seventies. 246, PRH246G, a Roe bodied PDR1A/1 is seen amid snowy conditions well away from its home town at the opening of the International DIY Store in Bramley Leeds in 1981. (Sat 21/2/81, Bramley)
58. PRH248G ... Kingston-upon-Hull 248, PRH248G, was a Roe H44/31F bodied Leyland PDR1A/1 Atlantean seen in Lombard Street, Hull at its junction with Ferensway. (Sun 27/7/69, Lombard Street/Ferensway)
59. PRH255G ... Kingston Upon Hull Leyland Atlantean with Roe bodywork wearing Citilink livery. Originally 255, PRH255G, it carries the unusual flat windscreen specifed by Hull. (Sun 11/9/05, Meadowhall, Sheffield Bus Rally)
60. PRH255G ... Kingston Upon Hull Leyland Atlantean 255, PRH255G, with Roe bodywork, now wearing blue and white livery was a visiting vehicle to the recent LVVS event. (Sun 6/11/16, Lindum Industrial Estate, Lincoln)
61. TKH267H ... Hull 267, TKH267H, a 1969 dual door Leyland Atlantean with Roe bodywork is passed by 376, 3376RH, a 1963 Leyland Atlantean also with Roe bodywork. (1969, Collier Street, Hull)
62. TKH270H ... Hull joined the trend to dual door buses in 1969. Seen here is 270, TKH270H, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 with Roe body seating 71. (Sun 19/7/09, Elland Road, Leeds)
63. WRH284J ... Former Hull Atlantean 284, WRH284J, a 1970 Roe bodied Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 is seen wearing the Stagecoach logo of its final owner. (October 1995, Piece Hall, Halifax)
64. WRH294J ... Hull bought a number of dual door buses in the early seventies. 294, WRH294J, is a 1970 Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 with Roe bodywork. It is seen after conversion to open top working for Mac Tours in Edinburgh. (Sat 11/8/01, Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh)
65. ARH304K ... Hull Corporation 304, ARH304K, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 built in 1971 with Roe H43/29F bodywork. (March 1975, Collier Street, Hull)
66. WRH285J ... Hull bought Roe bodied Atlanteans for over nearly 20 years. Seen here is the former 285, WRH285J, a 1971 Leyland Atlantean with dual door Roe bodywork. (1993, Lombard Street, Hull)