1. HLX222 ... Another ex-London Transport RT in the G.W. Osborne fleet, HLX222, former RT405, seen outside the Red Lion, Tolleshunt D'Arcy (the next village to Tollesbury, where G W Osborne & Sons had their base).
Photo taken The Red Lion, Tolleshunt D'Arcy

2. KXW356 ... GW Osborne & Sons, Tollesbury 29, KXW356 was a Leyland 6RT with a Leyland H30/26R body new to London Transport in February 1950 as RTW256, one of LT's 500-strong RTW class, LT's first 8 foot wide double deckers.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Osborne's Depot, New Road, Tollesbury

3. KXW356 ... Osborne's KXW356, ex-London Transport RTW256.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Osborne's Depot, New Road, Tollesbury

4. LUC205 ... Seen at the garage is Osborne, Tollesbury LUC205 which was an A.E.C. 9821LT Regal IV with a Metro-Cammell B35F body.
Photo taken Sun 14 Feb 1965, New Road Garage, Tollesbury

5. LYR997 ... Osborne, Tollesbury 39, LYR997, had been new to London Transport as RT2827, latterly with Weymann H30/26R bodywork.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Osborne Depot, Tollesbury

6. PPU982 ... Osborne, Tollesbury PPU982 was an A.E.C. 9612A Regent III with a Strachans L27/28R body seen at Osborne's garage in Tollesbury.
Photo taken Sun 14 Feb 1965, New Road Garage, Tollesbury

7. PPU982 ... Osborne, Tollesbury PPU982 was an A.E.C. 9612A Regent III with a Strachans L27/28R body and was seen at Osborne's garage.
Photo taken Sun 14 Feb 1965, New Road Garage, Tollesbury

8. LUC205 ... Osborne, Tollesbury ex-LT RF5 LUC205 parked outside the depot. Originally one of LT's private hire fleet.
Photo taken 1960s, New Road Garage, Tollesbury

9. LUC210 ... LUC210 in the fleet of Osbornes of Tollesbury, originally RF10 of London Transport, one of the first batch of 25 RFs built in 1951 as private hire vehicles, hence the quarter lights.
Photo taken opposite New Road Garage, Tollesbury

10. LUC210 ... Osborne, Tollesbury ex-LT RF10, LUC210, at Tollesbury bus terminal on the route to Witham.
Photo taken 1960s, The Square, Tollesbury

11. LUC210 ... Osborne, Tollesbury 20, LUC210, was a Metro-Cammell B35F bodied AEC Regal IV new to London Transport as RF10 in May 1951.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, The Square, Tollesbury

12. MLL598 ... Osborne's 42, MLL598, an A.E.C. 9821LT Regal IV with a Metro-Cammell B39F body new in 1951 as London Transport RF211.
Photo taken Sun 3 Sep 1967, Colchester Bus Station

13. LYR997 ... Former Osbornes LYR997, originally London Transport RT2827, new in 1952
Photo taken Sun 10 Oct 2004, Canvey Rally

14. LYR997 ... Former Osbornes LYR997, originally London Transport RT2827, new in 1952
Photo taken Sun 7 Jun 2009, Clacton

15. MLL794 ... Seen in Colchester Bus Station is A.E.C. Regal IV MLL794 with a Metro-Cammell B39F body which was Osborne, Tollesbury 26 and was acquired in January 1965 from London Transport.
Photo taken February 1966, Colchester Bus Station

16. MLL794 ... Osborne of Tollesbury MLL794, ex London Transport Green Line RF257, new in June 1952 and bought by Osbornes in early 1965 who operated it until 1971.
Photo taken Sat 17 Apr 1965, Colchester Bus Station

17. MLL534 ... Osborne, Tollesbury ex-LT RF147 MLL534 entering Tollesbury village, originally a Green Line coach.
Photo taken 1960s, Tollesbury

18. MXX186 ... Osborne, Tollesbury MXX186, seen at the garage, was an A.E.C. O961 Regent III with a Weymann H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sun 14 Feb 1965, New Road Garage, Tollesbury

19. TAB373 ... Seen in Colchester Bus Station is Osborne, Tollesbury 5, TAB373, an A.E.C. MU3RV Reliance with a Duple Britannia C41C body which had been new to Johnson, Stourbridge and which had been acquired in April 1959.
Photo taken Sun 3 Sep 1967, Colchester Bus Station

20. 80WMH ... Osborne, Tollesbury 7, 80WMH, was a Park Royal H45/31R bodied AEC Bridgemaster B3RA new to AEC, Southall, in December 1959 and widely demonstrated to operators around the country.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Tollesbury

21. 80WMH ... 80WMH, an AEC Bridgemaster with Park Royal H45/31R body started life as a demonstrator but by 1965 it was in the interesting fleet of G.W.Osborne and Sons of Tollesbury
Photo taken Sat 17 Apr 1965, Colchester Bus Station

22. 80WMH ... Osborne, Tollesbury, 80WMH, an AEC Bridgemaster with Park Royal LD75R body, new as a demonstrator in 1959.
Photo taken Colchester Bus Station

23. 856RNO ... Osborne, Tollesbury 856RNO was an early Ford Thames Trader 570E with Duple C41F bodywork which had been new to PH Underwood, West Mersea, in July 1959.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Osborne Depot, Tollesbury

24. 2211MK ... Eastern National RELL bus HD1535, MHK917J, from Halstead depot in the layover area of Colchester Bus Station, in the company of Osbornes of Tollesbury 31 (OVX765K - Ford R226/Duple coach) and 11 (2211MK - an ex demonstration AEC Bridgemaster)
Photo taken Tue 24 Oct 1972, Colchester Bus Station

25. 2211MK ... 2211MK, an AEC Bridgemaster with Osbornes, Tollesbury, new as a demonstrator in 1960 and acquired by Osbornes in 1961

26. 2211MK ... In the middle is an AEC Regent III with Northern Coachbuilders L55R body, ECX420, which started life with the Huddersfield Joint Committee and passed in 1963 into the small fleet of Vines of Great Bromley. It was in turn sold later in the year this picture was taken to Silver City of Harlow.
Photo taken Sat 17 Apr 1965, Colchester Bus Station

27. 3654NE ... Osborne's, Tollesbury 3654NE, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/12 with Park Royal DP36F body, new to Manchester C.T. (54) in 1962.
Photo taken 1971, believed to be premises of Young's of Rampton

28. 3654NE ... Premier Travel 187, DCK219, a Leyland Titan PD2/3 with East Lancs. FCL27/22RD body, new to Ribble ((1248) in 1951, and Osborne, Tollesbury 3654NE, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/12 with Park Royal DP36F body, new to Manchester C.T. (54) in 1962.
Photo taken 1971, Chrishall Depot

29. 8071ML ... Osborne, Tollesbury 18, 8071ML, was a Park Royal bodied AEC Renown 3B2RA new to AEC, Southall, as a demonstrator new in August 1962.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Osborne Depot, Tollesbury

30. 8071ML ... G.W. Osborne of Tollesbury AEC Renown, 8071ML with Park Royal H44/31F body which joined the Osborne fleet in late 1963.
Photo taken Sat 17 Apr 1965, Colchester Bus Station

31. 8071ML ... Former demonstrator, G.W. Osborne of Tollesbury AEC Renown, 8071ML with Park Royal H44/31F body which joined the Osborne fleet in late 1963.
Photo taken Colchester

32. 8071ML ... Osborne, Tollesbury 8071ML, seen in Colchester Bus Station, was an A.E.C. Renown with a Park Royal H44/31F body which had been acquired in November 1963 from A.E.C. for whom it had been a demonstrator.
Photo taken Sat 28 Mar 1964, Colchester Bus Station

33. 84CYV ... Osborne, Tollesbury, 24 84CYV, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R built in 1962 with Plaxton Derwent DP49F bodywork from 1969.
Photo taken Sun 6 Aug 1978, Trans-Pennine Rally, Harrogate

34. 84CYV ... Osbornes 84CYV, Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R / Plaxton DP51F
Photo taken June 1972, East Street, Tollesbury

35. 14FOO ... 14FOO was an A.E.C. 2U3RA Reliance with a Duple Northern Continental C51F body which was new, as Osborne, Tollesbury 16, in April 1963.
Photo taken Sat 18 Jul 1964, Ascot Racecourse

36. 14FOO ... Seen at Ascot Race Course, Osborne, Tollesbury 16, 14FOO, was an A.E.C. 2U3RA Reliance with a Duple Northern Continental C51F body, new in April 1963.
Photo taken Sat 20 Jul 1963, Ascot Race Course

37. HCU957 ... Osborne, Tollesbury 28, HCU957, was a Duple Britannia C43F bodied AEC Reliance 2MU3RA which was one of four new to Hall Bros, South Shields, in April and May 1963.
Photo taken Sun 5 Oct 1969, Osborne Depot, Tollesbury

38. GGM431D ... Prototype Bristol VRL, GGM431D, chassis number VRX-1, is seen in Colchester Bus Station whilst working for Osbornes of Tollesbury during the late 1970s.
Photo taken late 1970s, Colchester Bus Station

39. HHW933D ... Osbornes HHW933D, Bristol VRL / ECW. The prototype VRL with chassis number VRX-2, exhibited at 1966 Commercial Motor Show, then used as a demonstrator, to Bristol in 1970 and to Osbornes in September 1973.
Photo taken Sun 12 May 1974, Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe

40. SOE967H ... Osbornes SOE967H, Daimler Fleetline / Park Royal H47/33D, ex-West Midlands, one of a batch of nearly 100 delivered in late 1969, early 1970.
Photo taken October 1980, Colchester Bus Station

41. LLH5K ... Leyland Atlantean/Roe LLH5K with Osborne, leaving Colchester.
Photo taken Colchester Bus Station

42. PNO684K ... Seen in Battersea Park, London was PNO684K, a Ford R226 with a Plaxton Panorama Elite II C53F body, numbered 32 in the fleet of Osborne, Tollesbury.
Photo taken Sat 18 Mar 1972, London Battersea Park

43. GSL901N ... Osbornes GSL901N, Daimler Fleetline / Alexander H49/34D, new in March 1975 to Tayside.
Photo taken August 1987, Colchester Bus Station