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Former Keighley Corporation Tramways No.5, WT7101, celebrated it's centenary this year, following its restoration by the Keighley Bus Museum Trust.

It is a Straker Clough "trackless" (trolleybus) with Brush H26/24RO bodywork, and the first of six delivered to KCT in 1924 (Nos.5-10: WT7101-7106). All were fitted with twin BTH motors.
Four more similar vehicles arrived in late 1925 (Nos.15-18: WU2585-2588), and in between came Nos.11-14 (WT7107-7110), which were single-deck Straker Clough trolleybuses, with Brush 31-seater bodies and single BTH motors.
(Information from Trevor Leach's "Trams & Buses of Keighley in Old Photographs", and Keith Jenkinson's "West Yorkshire - A National Bus Company" books).

For some reason I seem to think that No.5 is owned by Bradford Industrial Museum, but has been restored at KBMT's premises in Keighley and is on display there. However, I'm more than happy to be corrected on this.

Photo taken by Brendan Smith, Sunday 5 May 2024, Keighley Bus Museum, Keighley

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