SCT '61 Photo Index
Stonier
Stonier of Goldenhill, Staffs

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1. KVA511
Seen at the garage at Goldenhill is Stonier, Goldenhill 8, KVA511, a Leyland PD2/12 with a Leyland H30/26RD body, new in July 1954, had been acquired from Hutchison, Overtown in November 1965 and was withdrawn in June 1972, passing to Hughes (dealer) the following month.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971, Goldenhill
2. KVA511
Stonier, Goldenhill, 8, KVA511, a Leyland Titan PD2/12 built in 1954 with Leyland H30/26R bodywork. This had been new to Hutchison of Overtown, Lanarkshire.
Photo taken May 1968, Bus Station, Hanley
3. RRR105
New in 1954 as East Midland D105, RRR105 was a Leyland PD2/20 with a Metro-Cammell L27/28R body. It was acquired by Stonier, Goldenhill in January 1967 and became number 15.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971, High Street, Goldenhill
4. LVA483
LVA483 was a Leyland PD2/12 which had been new in 1955 with a Northern Counties L27/28RD body. It is seen at the Stonier garage in High Street, Goldenhill, having been acquired in August 1965 from Hutchison, Overtown, and was withdrawn in November 1972.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971, High Street, Goldenhill
5. RRR105
Stonier 15, RRR105, a Leyland Titan PD2/20 built 1955 with Metro-Cammell L27/28RD bodywork.
Photo taken May 1968, Hanley Bus Station
6. PVD629
Stonier, Goldenhill acquired Leyland PD3/1 PVD629, seen here at the Stonier garage in High Street, Goldenhill, from Central S.M.T., Motherwell HL208 in October 1967 and numbered it 2.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971, High Street, Goldenhill
7. RVA763
Stonier, Goldenhill 4, RVA763, seen here at the Stonier garage in High Street, Goldenhill, was a Leyland PD2/30, with a Northern Counties L31/28RD body. It had been acquired in June 1966 from Hutchison, Overtown, to whom it had been new in 1958.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971, High Street, Goldenhill
8. 556DUA
Stoniers became part of the Berresford's operation in 1978 but is kept as a separate entity. 556DUA is one of a pair of ex Wallace Arnold vehicles, in this case from the Kippax Omnibus operation, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32RD bodywork.
Photo taken Saturday 12 May 1973, Hanley Bus Station
9. 556DUA
556DUA was number 10 in the fleet of Stonier, Goldenhill and was a Leyland PD3A/1 with a Roe H41/32RD body which had been new to Kippax Motors, Leeds in October 1962, being acquired from them in April 1968.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971
10. 961GBF
Stonier, Goldenhill 5, 961GBF, a Leyland PD3/4 with a Massey H41/31F body, was seen at the garage at Goldenhill.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971, Goldenhill
11. 961GBF
Stonier's PD3 5, 961GBF, a Leyland PD3/4 with Massey H41/31F body new in September 1962 to Turner, Brown Edge, on the route to Bentilee.
Photo taken Hanley Bus Station
12. 115GAX
Stoniers 115GAX was a Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R new with Willowbrook DP51F bodywork, but it looks to have later been fitted with bus seats. It was purchased from Jones, Aberbeeg in 1966.
Photo taken Sunday 10 May 1981, Stoniers Depot, Tunstall
13. 115GAX
115GAX was Stonier, Goldenhill 9 and had been acquired from Jones, Aberbeeg 115 in July 1966. It was a Leyland PSU3/3R Leopard new in April 1963 with a Willowbrook DP51F body and it passed to Berresford, Cheddleton in October 1980.
Photo taken Sunday 20 June 1971
14. 115GAX
Stonier of Goldenhill was one of the Potteries independents who survived into the 1970s. 115GAX was 1963 Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R with Willowbrook bodywork that originated in the fleet of Jones of Aberbeeg. It was numbered 9 in the Stonier fleet.
Photo taken Saturday 15 October 1977, Albany Street, Stoke on Trent
15. 909EUM
When Wallace Arnold sold it stage carriage subsiduaries to Leeds in 1969, no vehicles were involved in the deal. 909EUM, a 1963 Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with smart Roe bodywork, went from Farsley Omnibus to Stonier of New Chapel in Staffordshire and is seen in Stoke on Trent in 1977.
Photo taken 1977, Hanley Bus Station, Stoke-on-Trent
16. 909EUM
The second of a pair of Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32RD bodywork, 909EUM came to Stoniers from Hardwicks Services of Scarborough. Seen at Hanley bus station with a full and standing load in an undated picture from the Wimborne Railway Society archive.
Photo taken 1980, Hanley Bus Station
17. AEL172B
One of the trio of ex Bournemouth Leyland Atlantean's purchased by Berresfords came to the associated Stoniers operation. Former Bournemouth 172, AEL172B, a Weymann H43/32F bodied PDR1/1 is seen at Tunstall in May 1981
Photo taken Sunday 10 May 1981, Stoniers Depot, Tunstall
18. KRE266B
Stoniers 11, KRE266B, was purchased from Turners of Brown Edge in 1972. This Leyland Titan PD2/37 with Massey H37/27F bodywork is seen at Stoniers Goldenhill premises in May 1977.
Photo taken May 1977, Stoniers Garage, Goldenhill
19. DAU422C
Stoniers purchased DAU422C from Nottingham in 1977, just prior to the takeover by Berresfords. This Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2 with Northern Counties H44/33F bodywork is seen leaving Hanley bus station in 1980.
Photo taken 1980, Hanley Bus Station
20. ETJ125F
Lancashire United 242, ETJ125F, a 1968 Leyland Tiger Cub/Marshall B40D, one of LUT's eclectic collection of 1960s single-deckers on hire to Stoniers of Goldenhill.
Photo taken Saturday 29 December 1979, Old Hall Street, Hanley
21. SWT704F
Former demonstrator AEC Swift MP2R with Willowbrook B53F body SWT704F came to Stoniers from WR&P Bingley of Kinsley in 1975. Seen at Stoniers Goldenhill depot in May 1977.
Photo taken May 1977, Stoniers Garage, Goldenhill
22. ETJ127F
From what I can ascertain, Lancashire United 244 ETJ127F was only on loan to Stoniers when we visited the Tunstall depot. This is a 1968 Leyland Tiger Cub/Marshall B40D.
Photo taken Sunday 10 May 1981, Stoniers Depot, Tunstall
23. YRR513H
Stoniers YRR513H, a Barton BTS2 with a Plaxton Panorama Elite C45F body.
Photo taken June 1987, P.M.T. Hanley Depot, Clough Street, Sroke-on-Trent