Staged at the ‘Great Central Railway’s Quorn & Woodhouse station just south of Loughborough.
The day was blessed with dry, warm and sunny weather together with a turnout of buses that exceeded my expectations.
The City of Leicester’s transport department was well represented with a wide range of buses on display and also giving rides to the large numbers of people who were visiting.
Friend Peter Rose accompanied me on the day and the following images of the show are a mixture of his and mine.
CBC 921 ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 329. AEC Renown / Northern Counties
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New in 1939.
My star of the show. Superb!
FJF 193 ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 154. Leyland PD2 / Leyland /1
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New in 1950.
FJF 193 ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 154. Leyland PD2 / Leyland /2
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Pictured outside the ‘GCR’ Loughborough station.
Friend Peter Rose is sat behind the 3rd. window from the front upstairs.
Give him a wave!
TBC 163 ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 163. Leyland PD3 / Park Royal
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New in 1958.
The colours used are the same as for the two earlier images pictured above.
However, the different proportions in their application makes the bus seem much brighter and cleaner.
This styling was probably the best that half cab bus styling ever got.
In the late 1950s the ‘Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus’ Co. (Midland Red) had been building their own buses.
One of the features was a full width panel at the front, hiding the radiator and blending in the wings.
They asked Leyland if they could produce something similar for the front of buses the company had on order.
This was Leyland’s answer.
The blank space between the vertical openings just below the Leyland badge was created to house the stylised initials BMMO.
Obviously, other operators wanted something different.
In this case they have used what appears to be the City of Leicester’s coat of arms.
Known as ‘tin fronts’.
Suddenly AEC, Daimler, Guy, Alexander and others adopted what had virtually become a fashion item.
90 HBC ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 90. Leyland PD3A / East Lancs
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If memory serves me right: For the PD3, the ‘tin front’ now became fibreglass.
New in 1964.
217 AJF ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 217. AEC Bridgemaster / Park Royal /1
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New in 1961.
217 AJF ‘Leicester City Transport’ No. 217. AEC Bridgemaster / Park Royal /2
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