SCT '61 Photo Index
Yorkshire Woollen District
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1. C7577
Yorkshire WD number 2, C7577, one of four (with C7576 and two others unknown) introduced in 1913 to inaugurate the service from Ravensthope to Bradley. They also appear to have run between Cleckheaton and Scholes from 1913 as I have a picture of identical C7576 at Scholes dated 18 November 1913. The picture is taken in Market Street Cleckheaton, the buildings in the background being relatively unchanged to this day. The bus is a Daimler CC with unknown bodywork described by the PSV Circle as B30F which seems too much for this small body.
Photo taken mid 1913, Market Street, Cleckheaton
2. HD3765
A Brush Official photograph with HD3765, a Leyland Lion depicted at the Brush Works. No other information.
Photo taken Brush Works
3. HD5124
Yorkshire Woollen District 281, HD5124, was a Leyland TD3 new in 1934 with a Roe H24/24C body. It is seen here in Queen Street, Leeds after it had been rebodied with a new Roe H31/25R body in 1948.
Photo taken Saturday 4 August 1956, Queen Street, Leeds
4. HD5802
Ribble, Preston 201, HD5802, is about to work a duplicate journey, as far as Burnley, on the X43 service, with the Burligham bodied Leyland PD3 behind, operating the full service journey.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
5. HD6608
New to Yorkshire Woollen District as 409 in 1938, HD6608, along with nine others in the batch, originally had an Eastern Coachworks B32F body. It was rebodied in May 1949 with the Windover C33F body seen here and was withdrawn in 1957 passing via Colbro (dealer), Rothwell, in December 1957, and to Thornes, Bubwith, with whom it is seen here in Saville Street, Leeds loading for the service to Bridlington.
Photo taken Saturday 30 August 1958, Saville Street, Leeds
6.
An unidentified Yorkshire Woollen District Bristol K5G with ECW highbridge body.
Photo taken 1969/1970, Dewsbury Market Place
7. OWT196
Yorkshire Woollen District 155, OWT196, was former York-West Yorkshire YDG83, a 1939 Bristol K5G with an ECW H29/26R body from 1955. It was one of a number of second-hand buses acquired in 1969 to cover a severe shortage of vehicles. Behind is 845, FHD119, one of their Northern Counties bodied Regent Vs.
Photo taken 1969, Rishworth Road, Dewsbury
8. HD7354
Yorkshire Woollen District 484, HD7354, was a Guy Arab II of 1943, rebodied by Roe in 1953.
Photo taken 1964, Back Lane, Farnley, Leeds
9. GKP443
Samuel Morgan (Blue Line), Armthorpe KYG299D, a Guy Arab V (6LW) with Roe H41/32F body, new in 1966. It is passing Yorkshire Woollen District 511, GKP443, a Guy Arab II (6LW) new in 1944 to Maidstone & District (DH62) with a Weymann H30/26R utility body, but exchanged with YWD for a Daimler CWA6, then rebodied for YWD by Roe as H31/25R in 1955.
Photo taken 1966
10. HD7399
Yorkshire Woollen District 492, HD7399, a Guy Arab II built in 1944, originally with an Austerity Park Royal body, and rebodied by Roe in 1954.
Photo taken 1965, Dewsbury Bus Station
11. HD7829
HD7829 was a Brush H30/26R bodied Leyland PD2/1 which had been new in 1948 as Yorkshire Woollen District 546 and was one of fifteen new that year. Withdrawn in 1959 it passed to Fleet Car Sales (dealer), Dunchurch and to Garner, Bridge-of-Weir in June 1960 where it was numbered 80 and would appear to be operating the "Garners Special to Houston and Johnstone".
Photo taken Tuesday 12 June 1962, High Street, Johnstone
12. HD7848
This photo shows one of the Yorkshire Woollen PS1s converted as a lorry. HD7848 was originally bus 565, converted as seen here to a lorry and seems to carry the number E4, but I have no reference source to confirm this.
Photo taken Thursday 25 January 1973, Victoria Road, Leeds
13. HD7849
Yorkshire Woollen District 566, HD7849, seen in the old Maroon and Cream livery, leaves Chester Street in Bradford and waits to turn into Morley Street to head for Manchester on the Express service (X12) with the hinged metal plate folded down indicating that this is a duplicate bus. 566 was one of seventy-five Leyland PS1s with Brush B34F bodies new in 1948, twenty-four of which were rebodied in 1954/5 with M.C.C.W H30/26R bodies.
Photo taken Sunday 13 May 1956, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
14. HD7858
Yorkshire Woollen District 575, HD7858, seen in Chester Street Bus Station in Bradford was one of seventy-five Leyland PS1s with Brush B34F bodies new in 1948, twenty-four of which were rebodied in 1954/5 with M.C.C.W H30/26R bodies. It is operating on the Bradford to Sheffield service in the glorious and delightful all-over red livery which replaced the earlier maroon and cream.
Photo taken Sunday 13 May 1956, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
15. HD7862
McLennan, Spittalfield 74, HD7862, was one of a pair of Leyland PS1s with Brush B34F bodies acquired from Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury in December 1955.
Photo taken Friday 24 July 1959, South Street, Perth
16. HD7871
A May 1966 line-up inside Yorkshire Woollen District's premises at Swallow Street, Heckmondwike.
Photo taken May 1966, Swallow Street, Heckmondwike
17. HD7903
Yorkshire Woollen District 620, HD7903, a Leyland PS1 from 1948, rebodied as a double decker by Metro-Cammell in 1954/5.
Photo taken 1965, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury
18. HD7904
Yorkshire Woollen District 621, HD7904, a Leyland PS1 from 1948 with Brush B34F body. 621 and 622 were converted to towing wagons E5 and E6 in 1960 and withdrawn in 1969.
Photo taken 1968, Sovereign Street, Leeds
19. HD7905
Yorkshire Woollen 622, HD7905, a 1948 Leyland Tiger PS1 with Brush bodywork. A number of similar buses were rebodied as double deckers in the mid 1950s but 622 retained its single deck body until withdrawal.
Photo taken Sunday 11 September 2005, Meadowhall, Sheffield
20. HD7905
Former Yorkshire Woollen District 622, HD7905, a 1948 Leyland PS1 with Brush body.
Photo taken Sunday 18 November 2012, Dewsbury Bus Museum
21. HD7905
An interior shot of restored Yorkshire Woolen District 622, HD7905, a 1948 Leyland Tiger PS1 with Brush bodywork, taken at the Dewsbury Bus Museum event in November 2010.
Photo taken Sunday 14 November 2010, Dewsbury Bus Museum
22. HD7905
Another interior shot of restored Yorkshire Woolen District 622, HD7905, a 1948 Leyland Tiger PS1 with Brush bodywork, taken at the Dewsbury Bus Museum event in November 2010, with lots of cast aluminium detail.
Photo taken Sunday 14 November 2010, Dewsbury Bus Museum
23. HD7905
Another interior shot of restored Yorkshire Woolen District 622, HD7905, a 1948 Leyland Tiger PS1 with Brush bodywork, taken at the Dewsbury Bus Museum event in November 2010.
Photo taken Sunday 14 November 2010, Dewsbury Bus Museum
24. HD7905
Former Yorkshire Woollen District 622, HD7905, a Leyland Tiger PS1 with Brush B34F body, new 1948.
Photo taken Summer 1970, North's, Sherburn-in-Elmet
25. HD7905
Former Yorkshire Woollen District 622, HD7905, a Leyland Tiger PS1 with Brush B34F body, new 1948.
Photo taken 1973, Mersey & Calder Group Yard, Todmorden
26. HD7913
Yorkshire WD 630, HD7913, was one of the 1948 Leyland PS1s to be rebodied by Metro Cammell in 1955.
Photo taken 1964, Station Road, Drighlington
27. HD7995
Yorkshire Woollen District Leyland PS1 637, HD7995, with a 1948 Duple C33F body seen here on a Duple advertising card
Photo taken 1948
28.
A 1949 Telegram from Willowbrook to Yorkshire Woollen District.
29. HD8418
Seen in Dewsbury Bus Station, operating on route ‘G’ to Cleckheaton, is Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 646, HD8418, a Leyland PD2/3 with a Leyland H30/26R body, the last of eight new in 1949. It was withdrawn in January 1963.
Photo taken Sunday 23 June 1957, Dewsbury Bus Station
30. HD8594
Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 727, HD8594, a Leyland PS2/3 with a Windover C33F body is seen in Wellington Street Coach Station in Leeds.
Photo taken Saturday 20 April 1957, Wellington Street Coach Station, Leeds
31. HD8552
Yorkshire Woollen District 503, HD8552, was a Leyland PS2/5 built in 1950 originally with a Willowbrook B32F body with fleet number 698 and lengthened in 1955 to B38F. Like other BET companies, these were rebodied with an "Orion" style body by Roe in 1962 to H63F. The high single-deck chassis made them somewhat unstable, and were prone to leaning.
Photo taken 1975, Listing Lane, Liversedge
32. HD8559
On the right Yorkshire Woollen District 700, HD8554, a Leyland PS2/5 with a Willowbrook B32F body, one of thirty-five such saloons new in 1950. On the left is Yorkshire Woollen District 705, HD8559, one of a number where the chassis was extended and the body rebuilt by Willowbrook in 1955 resulting in it being B38F.
Photo taken 1955, Three Nuns Hotel, near Mirfield
33. HD8561
Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 707, HD8561, was a Leyland PS2/5 with a Willowbrook B32F body, one of thirty-five such saloons new in 1950, although the last six were on Leyland OPD2/1 chassis.
Photo taken Saturday 21 April 1956, Lowfields Road, Leeds
34. HD8562
Seen in Dewsbury bus station shortly before withdrawal is Yorkshire Woollen 513, HD8562. Once a single deck Leyland Tiger PS2, new in 1950, but in 1962 the chassis was lengthened and fitted with an ungainly Roe body that owed a great deal to Park Royal in general design terms.
Photo taken 1975, Dewsbury Bus Station
35. HD8563
Yorkshire Woollen District 507, HD8563, a Leyland Tiger PS2/5 with Roe H35/28F body. New in 1950 with a Willowbrook B32F body, it had been lengthened and rebuilt to B38F by Willowbrook in 1955.
Photo taken 1972, Dewsbury Bus Station
36. HWW883
Yorkshire Woollen District 151, HWW883, was former Keighley-West Yorkshire (KDB56), a Bristol K6B with an ECW L55R body dating from 1950. This poor shot was taken in poor lighting and in haste having chased it from Dewsbury when it was on loan to YWD during their notorious bus shortage of 1969.
Photo taken 1969, Slaithwaite Road, Thornhill
37. HD8543
Berresford's, Cheddleton HD8543, a Leyland/MCW Olympic HR44 with Weymann B42F body, new to Yorkshire W.D. (689) in 1951.
Photo taken March 1973, Berresford's Premises, near Cheddleton
38. HD8550
Yorkshire Woollen District 696, HD8550, a Brush B44F bodied Leyland PSU1/13 Royal Tiger new in 1951.
Photo taken Saturday 7 July 1956, Wakefield Bus Station
39. HD9128
Yorkshire Woollen District 737, HD9128, seen in Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford was a Leyland HR44/96S Olympic with Weymann B44F body. It was one of ten new to YWD in 1951.
Photo taken Sunday 8 July 1956, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
40. HD9152
Yorkshire Woollen 744, HD9152, was one of six Leyland PSU1/15 Royal Tigers with Windover Queensway C39C bodies new in 1951.
Photo taken Saturday 30 August 1958, Wellington Street Coach Station, Leeds
41. KWW542
Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 769, KWW542, was a Leyland PSU1/15 Royal Tiger with a Plaxton Venturer C41C body which had been new in July 1951 to Kitchin, Pudsey.
Photo taken Saturday 3 January 1959, Bridge Street, Leeds
42. HD9354
New in 1952, Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 747, HD9354, was a Beadle-Leyland rebuild and the body was C35F.  It is seen in Chester Street, Bradford.
Photo taken Sunday 14 October 1956, Chester Street, Bradford
43. SHN703
Yorkshire Woollen District 167, SHN703, a Bristol KSW6B with ECW H32/28RD body, new to United Automobile in 1953 as BBH30, later renumbered 61.
Photo taken 1969/1970, Parking area off Longcauseway, Dewsbury
44. SHN710
United BGH1, SHN710, was the first Bristol KSW5G with ECW H32/28R body new in 1953. Like all the highbridge KSWs it gained the more powerful Bristol engine after a few years, in this case as BBH61 in 10/59.
Photo taken Tuesday 28 July 1970, Crown Hotel, Dewsbury
45. UTF930
Yorkshire Woollen District 54, UTF930, was a former Leyland Motors demonstrator PD2/20 with an Metro Cammell H34/29R body of 1954, and purchased by YWD in 1957.
Photo taken 1969, Longcauseway/Vicarage Road, Dewsbury
46. UTF930
Yorkshire Woollen District 54, UTF930, a Leyland Titan PD2/20 with Metro-Cammell H34/29R body. New in 1954 as a Leyland demonstrator, it was acquired by YWD in 1956 and numbered 773, being renumbered 54 in 1970 but was withdrawn the same year. It passed to North's, the dealer in early 1971 who resold it the following month for scrap.
Photo taken Summer 1970, Savile Town Depot, Dewsbury
47. UTF930
Leyland PD2/20 UTF930, with a Metro-Cammell H34/29R body had been new in 1954 as a demonstrator for Leyland Motors. It was acquired by Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury in 1956, and numbered 773.
Photo taken Saturday 9 June 1956, Sovereign Street, Leeds
48. TKM349
Yorkshire Woollen District 439, TKM349, an AEC Reliance MU3RV with Harrington Wayfarer C37C body, new to Maidstone & District as C349 in 1955.
Photo taken 1969/1970, Parking area off Longcauseway, Dewsbury
49. BHD702
Yorkshire Woollen District 762, BHD702 an AEC Reliance MU3RV with Weymann Fanfare C39F body new in 1956.
Photo taken Sep 1957, Stanhope Show
50. BHD703
Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 763, BHD703, seen in Portland Street car park in Manchester, was an A.E.C. MU3RV Reliance with a Weymann Fanfare C39F body.
Photo taken Saturday 15 March 1958, Portland Street Car Park, Manchester
51. BHD704
Yorkshire Woollen District 458, BHD704, an AEC Reliance MU3RV with Weymann Fanfare C39F body, new in 1956 as 764, renumbered 408 in 1967, and again to 458 in 1968.
Photo taken 1969/1970, Parking area off Longcauseway, Dewsbury
52. CHD369
Operating a short working on the Newcastle to Liverpool service and seen in Wellington Street Coach Station, Leeds is Yorkshire Woollen District 784, CHD369, one of twelve C41F Beadle Rochesters with Commer running units new in 1957.
Photo taken Friday 4 April 1958, Wellington Street Coach Station, Leeds
53. CHD370
CHD370 was a 1957 Beadle-Commer seating C41F and still in the livery of its previous owner, Yorkshire Woollen District (Number 423), when photographed here with G.C. Bickers of Coddenham, Suffolk.
Photo taken Monday 29 March 1971, Depot, Coddenham
54. YWB153
Yorkshire WD 143, YWB153, was former Sheffield JOC "C" fleet 1153, a Leyland PD2/20 with an ECW H31/28R body from 1957. It joined YWD in 1970 to help cover a vehicle shortage, but was withdrawn in 1972.
Photo taken 1970, Dewsbury Bus Station
55. YWB153
Yorkshire Woollen District 143, YWB153, a Leyland Titan PD2/20 with E.C.W. H31/28RD body, new to Sheffield Joint Committee 'C' fleet in 1957.
Photo taken early 1970, Dewsbury Bus Station
56. DHD177
Yorkshire Woollen bought both AEC and Leyland front entrance double deckers prior to switching to rear engined types in the mid-sixties. Seen here is DHD177, a 1959 AEC Regent V with Metro Cammell bodywork originally numbered 797 but renumbered in the sixties to 66. Alongside is 893, GHD765, a 1962 Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro Cammell boywork.
Photo taken 1994, Halifax Bus Rally
57. DHD180
This 1975 picture shows DHD180, a Metro-Cammell Orion H39/31F bodied AEC Regent V 2LD3RA, which was new to Yorkshire Woollen District in 1959.
Photo taken Saturday 20 September 1975, Ashby, Scunthorpe
58. DHD183
Saltburn MS 33, DHD183, an AEC Regent V 2LD3RA built in 1959 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F bodywork.
Photo taken April 1972, Saltburn MS Saltburn Garage
59. DHD184
Former Hebble 284, DHD184, an AEC Regent V 2LD3RA with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body, new to Yorkshire Woollen District (804) in 1959, who renumbered it 73 in 1967.
Photo taken November 1970, Premises of North's (dealer), Sherburn-in-Elmet
60. DHD190
Yorkshire Woollen District 79, DHD190, an AEC Regent V 2LD3RA with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body, new in 1959 as 810 and renumbered in 1967. It passed along with six others to Hebble as their 290 in 1969, being renumbered 608 in 1970.
Photo taken September 1968, Waterhouse Street, Halifax
61. DHD200
From left to right, Yorkshire W.D. 209, DHD200, an AEC Reliance 2MU3RV with Park Royal (finished by Roe) B43F body, new as 809 in 1959 and renumbered in 1967.
Photo taken April 1967, Bus Park, St. James Road, Halifax
62. DHD207
Yorkshire Woollen District 216, DHD207, was an AEC Reliance with a Park Royal B43F body of 1959. Next to it is 152, OWT201, an ex-York-West Yorkshire (YDG88) Bristol K5G of 1939, rebuilt and rebodied in 1955 with this ECW H28/28R body. It was part of a batch of similar vehicles purchased in 1969 to cover a severe shortage of buses at this time.
Photo taken 1969, off Longcauseway, Dewsbury
63. EHD451
Yorkshire Woollen District 86, EHD451, an AEC Regent V with Metro-Cammell H70F body, new in 1959
Photo taken 1969, Pudsey Market Place
64. 5878W
Yorkshire Woollen District 293, 5878W, a Leyland Leopard L1 with Burlingham DP41F body, new to Sheffield JOC 'C' fleet (1178, later 3078) in 1960.
Photo taken early 1970, Longcauseway Bus Parking Ground, Dewsbury
65. EHD968
Hebble 3, EHD968, an A E C Reliance 2MU3RV built in 1960 with Harrington Cavalier C41F bodywork, new as Yorkshire Woollen District 854.
Photo taken May 1972, Redcar Racecourse
66. EHD970
Hebble 5, EHD970, an A E C Reliance 2MU3RV built in 1960 with Harrington Cavalier C41F bodywork (UW 6tons 8cwt 3quarters). This had been new as Yorkshire Woollen District 856.
Photo taken May 1972, Redcar Racecourse
67. FHD129
Yorkshire Woollen District 225, FHD129, an AEC Reliance 2MU3RV with Park Royal B43F body, new in 1960 as 866.
Photo taken June 1971, Dewsbury Road, Elland
68. WCY888
Yorkshire WD 158, WCY888, was an AEC Bridgemaster with a Park Royal H43/29F body dating from 1960. It was formerly South Wales 1208 and acquired in 1969 - one of many to cover a vehicle shortage - but was scrapped in 1973.
Photo taken 1970, Rishworth Road/Vicarage Road, Dewsbury
69. WCY888
Yorkshire WD 158, WCY888, was an AEC Bridgemaster with a Park Royal H43/29F body dating from 1960. It was formerly South Wales 1208 and acquired in 1969 to help cover a severe vehicle shortage.
Photo taken 1969, Church Street, Dewsbury
70. FHD123
FHD123, Yorkshire Woollen District 849, was one of ten A.E.C. 2D3RA Regent Vs with Northern Counties H39/31F bodies new in 1961 which was seen in Crossfield Bus Station in Halifax.
Photo taken Tuesday 21 August 1962, Crossfield Bus Station, Halifax
71. FHD124
Yorkshire Woollen District 850, FHD124, a 1961 AEC Regent V with Northern Counties H70F body.
Photo taken Monday 9 August 1965, Wellington Street, Leeds
72. FHD125
Yorkshire Woollen District 98, FHD125, an AEC Regent V 2D3RA with Northern Counties H39/31F body, new in 1961 as 851, renumbered in 1967.
Photo taken early 1970, Brighouse & Denholme Gate Road, Shelf
73. GHD215
Yorkshire Woollen 871, GHD215, one of six Ford Thames 570Es with Duple 41 seat body, new in 1961.
Photo taken Sunday 13 August 1995, Greenhead Park, Huddersfield
74. GHD215
Ford were the last big company to offer full size PSV chassis only doing so from the late fifties. One of the early purchasers of the marque was suprisingly Yorkshire Woollen who took a small batch with Duple coachwork in 1961. 871, GHD215, shows Yorkshire Woollen's gothic script fleetname used on coaches. It is a Ford Thames 570E and has recently returned to the rally scene after further restoration
Photo taken Saturday 13 October 2012, Pudsey
75. GHD215
A rear view of Yorkshire Woollen 871, GHD215, a 1961 Ford Thames with Duple bodywork. The joint Thames-Duple name plate is of interest as is the rear emergency exit. This coach was a popular alternative amongst independents to the Bedford/Duple combination
Photo taken Saturday 13 October 2012, Pudsey
76. GHD215
A line up of Yorkshire Woollen District vehicles at Dewsbury Bus Museum Open Day. From the left they are 871, GHD215, a 1961 Duple C41F bodied Ford Thames Trader 570E, 893, GHD765, a 1962 Metro-Cammell bodied Leyland Titan PD3A/1 & 622, HD7905, a 1948 Brush B34F bodied Leyland Tiger PS1.
Photo taken Sunday 18 November 2012, Havelock Street, Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury Bus Museum
77. GHD750
Yorkshire Woollen 231, GHD750, a 1961 AEC Reliance with Marshall 43 seat bodywork The bus was originally 878 in the YWD fleet and was renumbered in the late 1960s.
Photo taken 1970, Dewsbury Bus Station
78. GHD760
Yorkshire Woollen District 241, GHD760, was an AEC Reliance with Marshall B43F body of 1961. Note the driver already opening his flask for the layover.
Photo taken 1967, Albert Drive, Morley
79. XWN161
Yorkshire Woollen District 156, XWN161, a 1961 Park Royal H43/29F bodied AEC Bridgemaster 2B3RA about to turn into Dewsbury Bus Station during October 1970. The bus had been new to South Wales Transport as it's 1214 & was acquired by Yorkshire with a few others in 1969 to help alleviate a vehicle shortage at the time.
Photo taken Oct 1970, Aldhams Road, Dewsbury
80. YCY796
Yorkshire W.D. 159, YCY796, a PRV/AEC Bridgemaster 2B3RA with Park Royal H43/29F body, new to South Wales Transport (1216) in 1961.
Photo taken August 1969, Croft Street/Nelson Street, Bradford
81. 663BWB
YWD 132, 663BWB, was former Sheffield JOC "C" fleet 1163, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with a Weymann H44/33F body of 1962. Like so many others, it joined YWD in 1970 to cover a shortage of buses.
Photo taken 1970, Dewsbury Bus Station
82. 664BWB
Yorkshire Woollen District 133, 664BWB, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Weymann H43/33F body, new to the Sheffield JOC 'C' Fleet (1164, later 3164) in 1962. Acquired by YWD in early 1970, it was renumbered 500 the following year.
Photo taken 1970, Lord Street, Huddersfield
83. GHD747
Yorkshire Woollen District 228, GHD747, an AEC Reliance 2MU3RV with Marshall B43F body, new in 1962, seen here treated by YWD to a short-lived all over red livery.
Photo taken Wednesday 17 April 1968, Dewsbury Bus Park
84. GHD763
Yorkshire W.D. 100, GHD763, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body, new in 1962 as 891 and renumbered in 1967.
Photo taken April 1968, Bank Bottom, turning into Charlestown Road, Halifax
85. GHD763
Yorkshire W.D. 891, GHD763, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F, new in 1962.
Photo taken 1963, Leeds Road, Stump Cross, near Halifax
86. GHD765
Yorkshire Woollen bought both AEC and Leyland front entrance double deckers prior to switching to rear engined types in the mid-sixties. Seen here is DHD177, a 1959 AEC Regent V with Metro Cammell bodywork originally numbered 797 but renumbered in the sixties to 66. Alongside is 893, GHD765, a 1962 Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro Cammell boywork.
Photo taken 1994, Halifax Bus Rally
87. GHD765
Yorkshire Woollen were firm Leyland users for many years but bought AEC Regents in the 1950s. In 1962 Leyland supplied a batch of Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro Cammell bodywork. 893, GHD765, shows off the spartan lines of these buses.
Photo taken 1992, Church Street Car Park, Halifax
88. GHD765
After buying several batches of AEC Regent Vs, Yorkshire Woollen switched back to Leyland Titans in 1962. GHD765, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro Cammell bodywork, was originally numbered 893 in the YWD fleet.
Photo taken 1972, Dewsbury
89. GHD765
GHD765, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro Cammell H39/31F body, new in 1962 to Yorkshire Woollen District as its 893, later renumbered 102, and then again to 511. It passed to coach operator Norman Boyes of Bradford in the mid-1970's, in whose livery it is seen here.
Photo taken 1977, Little Horton, Bradford
90. GHD765
Ex YWD 893, GHD765 a 1962 Leyland PD3A/1 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body which survived by joining the fleet of Norman Boyes of Wyke, Bradford (we have many pictures of this bus on the site). It subsequently entered preservation but now appears to have found a new life in Krakow, Poland as a snack bar. Apart from the external blind and a few removable windows it appears to have been sympathetically adapted and thus capable of re-entering preservation. It also retains genuine YWD destination blinds.
Photo taken Friday 18 September 2015, Krakow, Poland
91. GHD765
Ex YWD 893, GHD765 a 1962 Leyland PD3A/1 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body, seen here at the Dewsbury Bus Museum open day.
Photo taken Sunday 18 November 2012, Dewsbury Bus Museum
92. GHD766
Yorkshire W.D. 103, GHD766, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body, new in 1962 as 894 and renumbered in 1967.
Photo taken April 1968, Charlestown Road/New Bank junction, Halifax
93. GHD769
Yorkshire Woollen District 106, GHD769, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Metro-Cammell H39/31F body, new in 1962 as 897 and renumbered in 1967.
Photo taken September 1970, (The original) Brighouse Bus Station
94. HD8553
Yorkshire Woollen rebuilt a number of Leyland Tiger PS single deckers as double deck vehicles in the 1950s and 1960s. One such is HD8553, a PS2/5 given a Roe front entrance body in 1962 and numbered 699 - later renumbered 502 by YWD.
Photo taken 1972, Savile Town, Dewsbury
95. HHD869
Yorkshire Woollen District 246, HHD869, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/1R with Marshall B54F body, new in 1962 as 905, it was renumbered 246 in 1967, and again to 141 in 1971.
Photo taken 1969/1970, Calder & Hebble junction, A629, Halifax
96.
In 1963 to celebrate their Diamond Jubilee, Yorkshire Woollen costructed a replica tram body on the chassis of 1950 Leyland PD2/3 number 661 HD8515 in place of the original Roe H31/25R example. It is seen receiving the finishing touches inside Dewsbury depot prior to the official procession.
Photo taken Jul 1963, Savile Town Depot, Dewsbury
97.
A rear view of the replica tram body constructed on the chassis of 1950 Leyland PD2/3 661 HD8515 by Yorkshire Woollen in celebration of their 60th anniversary in 1963.
Photo taken Jul 1963, Savile Town Depot, Dewsbury
98. HHD880
Yorkshire WD 257, HHD880, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/1R built in 1963 with Marshall B53F bodywork.
Photo taken August 1971, Crossfield Bus Station, Halifax
99. JHD830
Southern Hire Coaches, Eire, JHD830, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R built in 1963 with Plaxton Panorama C49F bodywork (unladen weight 8 tons 6 hundredweight 1 quarter).
Photo taken July 1975, Kilkenny Castle
100. KHD129
Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury 158, KHD129, a Leyland PSU3/1R Leopard with a Marshall B53F body, is seen in Crossfield Bus Station in Halifax.
Photo taken Monday 17 April 1972, Crossfield Bus Station, Halifax
101. AHD116B
Yorkshire Woollen District 950, AHD116B, a Leyland PSU3/4R with Weymann B53F body, new in 1964
Photo taken Monday 9 August 1965, Wellington Street, Leeds
102. KHD404
Yorkshire 930, KHD404, an Albion Lowlander LR7 with Weymann H72F body, new in February 1964
Photo taken Monday 9 August 1965, Wellington Street, Leeds
103. KHD404
Yorkshire Woollen 930, KHD404, an Albion Lowlander LR7 with Weymann H72F body, new in February 1964
Photo taken May 1966, Swallow Street, Heckmondwike
104. KHD407
Yorkshire Woollen bought one batch of Albion Lowlander LR7 with Weymann bodywork in 1964 which would be the last new front engined vehicles. Bought new as 933, KHD407, the bus was later renumbered 115 and then as 524 in the joint West Riding/Yorkshire Woollen fleet.
Photo taken Friday 1 November 1968, Queen Street, Leeds
105. KHD413
Yorkshire WD 121, KHD413, a Albion Lowlander LR7 built in 1964 with Weymann H41/31F bodywork. The style of bodywork looking strangely uncomfortable on the chassis. This bus had been renumbered from 939.
Photo taken December 1970, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
106. KHD903
Yorkshire Woollen District, Dewsbury KHD903, seen in Barnsley Bus Station, en-route to Birmingham, had fleet number 940 and was a Leyland PSU3/3RT Leopard with a Plaxton Panorama C49F body.
Photo taken Saturday 17 April 1965, Barnsley Bus Station
107. KHD904
Hebble 21, KHD904, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R built in 1964 with Plaxton Panorama C49F bodywork, new as Yorkshire Woollen District 941.
Photo taken August 1972, Westwood, Scarborough
108. BHD210C
Yorkshire Woollen District 291, BHD210C, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/4R with Marshall B53F body, new in 1965 as 971, renumbered 291 in 1967, and again to 195 in 1971.
Photo taken Sunday 11 August 1968, Cow Green, Halifax
109. BHD222C
West Yorkshire PTE (Calderdale District) 3103, BHD222C, a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with Alexander H43/31F body, new in 1965 as Yorkshire Woollen District 983 (but entered service in January 1966).
Photo taken Late 1977, The Tyrls, Bradford
110. BHD222C
Yorkshire Woollen District 132 (originally 982), BHD222C, was a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with an Alexander H41/31F body, entering service early in 1966.
Photo taken 1967, Vicarage Road, Dewsbury
111. DJX18D
Yorkshire Woollen District 518, DJX18D, an A E C Reliance 2MU4RA built in 1966 with Duple Northern Commander C41F bodywork.
Photo taken September 1971, Dewsbury Bus Station
112. DHD200E
Yorkshire Woollen switched to rear engined chassis in 1965 with a batch of Alexander bodied Daimler Fleetlines. In 1967, they bought both Fleetlines and Leyland Atlanteans. Seen in the then new Dewsbury bus station in 1980 is one of the Fleetlines with an Alexander body, 601 DHD200E.
Photo taken 1980, Dewsbury Bus Station
113. DHD212E
Yorkshire Woollen District 13, DHD212E, was a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2 with an Alexander H44/31F body dating from 1967.
Photo taken 1967, Dewsbury Road, Leeds
114. DHD237E
OK Motor Services, Bishop Auckland, DHD237E, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/4RT built in 1967 with Plaxton Panorama I C45F bodywork.
Photo taken July 1977, off Rectory Lane, Guisborough
115. EHD526F
New to Yorkshire Woollen District 411, EHD526F, a Leyland PSU3/4RT Leopard with Alexander C45F body had passed to Hebble 51 when seen passing through Chesterfield.
Photo taken Friday 14 April 1972, Beetwell Street, Chesterfield
116. EHD523F
Yorkshire WD 408, EHD523F, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/4RT built in 1968 with Alexander Y C49F bodywork.
Photo taken September 1971, Chester Street Bus Station, Bradford
117. EHD523F
Yorkshire Woollen District Leyland Leopard PSU3/4RT 408, EHD523F, built in 1968 with an Alexander Y type C49F body in Wakefield Bus Station on what looks be a Yorkshire Services pool working to Coventry about 1970.
Photo taken about 1970, Wakefield Bus Station
118. EHD526F
Yorkshire Woollen District 411, EHD526F, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/4RT with Alexander Y-type C45F body, new in 1968. It was transferred to Hebble in 1970 and renumbered 51 later that year.
Photo taken London Victoria Coach Station
119. GHD414G
Hebble, Dewsbury GHD414G, seen in Victoria Coach Station, still with the "Yorkshire" fleetname from its Yorkshire Woollen District days, was a Leyland PSU3A/4RT Leopard with an Alexander 'Y' C45F body about to operate to Halifax via the M1.
Photo taken Saturday 5 June 1971, London Victoria Coach Station
120. GHD416G
West Riding A.C. 269, GHD416G, a Leyland Leopard PSU3A/4RT with Alexander Y-Type C45F body.
Photo taken April 1973, Commercial Street, Halifax
121. GHD416G
Seen in the twilight of its career with Yorkshire Woollen is GHD416G, a 1969 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/4RT with Alexander Y type bodywork; when new the bus was numbered 416. It was renumbered in the eary nineteen seventies as 269 in the joint West Riding-Yorkshire Woollen fleet
Photo taken Sunday 4 June 1978, Savile Town Depot, Dewsbury
122. JHD334J
Formerly Yorkshire Woollen District 34, JHD334J, a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX built in 1971 with Alexander J bodywork. A conversion not for the squeamish, this toured the country promoting the WI.
Photo taken June 1984, High Street, Northallerton
123. JHD334J
Ex-Yorkshire Woollen District Fleetline 34, JHD334J, as the United Counties "Roadshop" at Woburn in 1987.
Photo taken 1987, Woburn
124. JHD332J
Yorkshire Woollen 32, JHD332J, was a newly new Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX with an Alexander H44/31F body of 1971. Although the bus is strictly outside the 1960s remit of SCT61, its route number, livery and markings represent an era soon to be lost for ever.
Photo taken Tuesday 27 July 1971, Sovereign Street, Leeds
125. KHD913K
In 1978 Yorkshire Woollen celebrated its 75th anniversary. To mark the occasion one of their Marshall bodied Leyland Leopards was repainted in the pre-war maroon livery. 333, KHD913K, has a Marshall body on a Leyland Leopard PSU3B/4R chassis.
Photo taken Sunday 4 June 1978, Rishworth Road, Dewsbury
126. KHD917K
Yorkshire Woollen District 337, KHD917K, a Leyland Leopard PSU3B/4R with Marshall B53F body, new in 1972. Behind is similar 336.
Photo taken July 1972, Cross Field Bus Station Bus Park, St. James's Road, Halifax
127. LHD306K
The last Daimler Fleetlines bought by Yorkshire Woollen arrived in 1972. They had full height ECW bodywork and were the last double deckers delivered in traditional BET red livery. 696, LHD306K, is seen in a busy Dewsbury bus station when a few weeks old.
Photo taken Thursday 24 August 1972, Dewsbury Bus Station
128. LHD314K
Yorkshire Woollen dual sourced both Leyland Atlanteans and Daimler Fleetlines in the late sixties and early seventies. Seen here in Leeds is 704, LHD314K, a 1972 Daimler Fleetline with highbridge ECW bodywork.
Photo taken Wednesday 12 August 1981, Vicar Lane, Leeds
129. RYG392R
Yorkshire Woollen District Bristol VR 838, RYG392R, seen at Dewsbury Bus Station in May 1984
Photo taken May 1984, Dewsbury Bus Station