1946 Bristol L5G

This was one of the many single deck buses taking part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1995.

It's a 1946 Bristol L5G provided new to the North Western Road Car Company in January 1947 with a Brush B35R body and a Gardner 5LW 7 litre 5-cylinder diesel engine. In 1958 it was rebodied with a Willowbrook B38R body and continued in service with North Western until 1964. After passing through various hands it was acquired by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in November 1986. The programme of the event has the following note about the vehicle:

 

Bristol L5G, Willowbrook B38R, 1946                                               BJA425

Entered by                                        Greater Manchester Transport Society

This vehicle has been fully restored at the Museum of Transport over the past eighteen months by volunteers. Material costs of over £4,000 have been raised with the assistance of David Whitehead and Stuart Cameron who held auctions at the Museum in conjunction with the spring and autumn transport festivals.

Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally

The area of Heaton Park where the participants all gather at the end of the Rally in September each year has a large raised bank from where you can look down on all the vehicles. This is a photograph I took from that bank at the 1995 Rally.

I've been able to identify the five single deck buses, not all of which are listed in the programme of the event.

                                          834 OU                        AJA 118                        SHL 917                      ACU 304B                      OFM 3E

                           1958 Leyland Tiger Cub     1938 Bristol LG5         1961 AEC Reliance     1964 Leyland Leopard      1967 Bristol RE

                             Wallace Arnold Tours          North Western                 West Riding        Stanhope Motor Services          Crosville

 

1946 Bristol L5G

This was one of the many single deck buses taking part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1996.

It's a 1946 Bristol L5G provided new to the North Western Road Car Company in January 1947 with a Brush B35R body and a Gardner 5LW 7 litre 5-cylinder diesel engine. In 1958 it was rebodied with a Willowbrook B38R body and continued in service with North Western until 1964. After passing through various hands it was acquired by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in November 1986. The programme of the event has the following note about the vehicle:

Bristol L5G, Willowbrook B38R, 1946                                               BJA425

Entered by                                        Greater Manchester Transport Society

This vehicle has been fully restored at the Museum of Transport by volunteers of the Society. Material costs of over £4,000 have been raised with the assistance of David Whitehead and Stuart Cameron who held auctions at the Museum in conjunction with the spring and autumn transport festivals.

Bristol L5G

This was one of the many single deck buses taking part in the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1995.

It's a 1946 Bristol L5G provided new to the North Western Road Car Company in January 1947 with a Brush B35R body and a Gardner 5LW 7 litre 5-cylinder diesel engine. In 1958 it was rebodied with a Willowbrook B38R body and continued in service with North Western until 1964. After passing through various hands it was acquired by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in November 1986. The programme of the event has the following note about the vehicle:

Bristol L5G, Willowbrook B38R, 1946                                               BJA425

Entered by                                        Greater Manchester Transport Society

This vehicle has been fully restored at the Museum of Transport over the past eighteen months by volunteers. Material costs of over £4,000 have been raised with the assistance of David Whitehead and Stuart Cameron who held auctions at the Museum in conjunction with the spring and autumn transport festivals.

Bristol L5G

This is one of the vehicles at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Transport Society at Heaton Park, Manchester, in September 1996.

It's a Bristol L5G with Eastern Coach Works B35R body, and the programme of the event said this about it:

H14          Bristol L5G, Eastern Coach Works B35R Body. 1950          LFM 728

                   Entered by     R Jones, Hawarden, Flintshire

                   New to Crosville Motor Services and operated in North Wales until 1969 when it

                   was withdrawn and sold to Cheshire Constabulary who converted it into a Road 

                   Safety Exhibition Vehicle. With present owner since Sep 93.

It also attended the Trans Lancs Historical Vehicle Rally the previous year.

Bristol L5G

Arriving at Heaton Park, Manchester is one of the entrants in the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in September 1995.

It's a 1950 Bristol L5G with ECW B35R body, formerly part of the Crosville fleet. The programme of the event says this about the vehicle:

H10       Bristol L5G, Eastern Coach Works B35R, 1950                               LFM 728

                Entered by            R Jones, Deeside, Clwyd

                New to  Crosville Motor Services and  operated  in North Wales until 1969 when

                it was withdrawn and sold to Cheshire Constabulary. With present owner since 

                Sep 93.

Bristol L5G

Another photograph from a Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester, this time a single deck bus from the 1995 event.

It's an ex-North Western Bristol L5G with a Burlington B35R Body. It's not listed in the programme of the event, but it was apparently owned at the time by Mike and Colin Goodwyn of Matlock and you can read something of its history here.