Buses

I took this photograph at the Heaton Park, Manchester at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in September 1995.

From the left there's a 1964 AEC Routemaster in the livery of Clydeside Scottish Omnibuses Ltd, a 1963 Manchester Corporation Daimler CVG6K, a 1958 Manchester Corporation Leyland Titan PD2/34, a 1957 Lancashire United Transport Guy Arab IV and the corner of a 1968 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 in SELNEC livery.

Here's a view I took later looking down on the five vehicles, The Leyland Atlantean (HVM901F) isn't listed in the programme of the event, which has this to say about the other four:

M20          AEC Routemaster, Park Royal H64R, 1964                    ALD913B

                    London Transport RM1913

                    Entered by     Messrs Bentley, Cannon & Worsnop, Halifax

                    This vehicle is presented in the livery of Clydesdale Scottish, with whom it saw

                    service for three years following withdrawal by London Transport in 1986.

                    Purchased for preservation in 1991.

L15            Daimler CVG6K, Netro-Cammell H65R, 1963               4632VM

                    Manchester 4632

                    Entered by     D.J.Talbot, Eccles

                    This vehicle was one of the last Daimler buses purchased by Manchester

                    Corporation and was withdrawn in 1978 and was secured for preservation

                    after an extended life,

L13            Leyland PD2/34, Burlingham H64R, 1958                     TNA520

                    Entered by     J.Crankshaw, Meltham, Huddersfield

                    This vehicle is unusual in that it originally entered service with a fully

                    automatic gearbox. It was later converted to semi-automatic, which is

                    itself unusual.

L14            Guy Arab IV, Northern Counties, 1957                            116JTD

                    Lancashire United Transport 21

                    Entered by     J.Crankshaw, Meltham, Huddersfield

                    A representative of the many similar vehicles which performed yeoman

                    service for the company.

This is another view of the five buses that I've cropped from another photograph.

Buses at Heaton Park, Manchester

This is a photograph I took at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Transport Society on 1 September 1996.

Of the seven buses pictured here, five were from the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport, one was in private hands but garaged at that museum, and one belonged to the Mersey & Calder Bus Preservation Group. Not all the buses are listed in the programme of the event, but here are details of these seven buses (from left to right):

PND 460 - a Manchester Corporation 1956 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with MCW Orion body.
The programme says:
Entered by Greater Manchester Transport Society
Former Operator - Manchester Corporation Transport. The operating area of Manchester stretched from the plains of Cheshire to the hilly borders of Yorkshire and basically similar vehicles to this were used throughout.

ROD 765 - a Devon General 1956 AEC Regent Mk5 MD3RV with Metro Cammell H33/26RD body.
The programme says:
Mersey & Calder B.P.G.
Entered by M.Knott, Claremount, Halifax
New to Devon General in 1956, it served in the coastal towns of Torquay, Paignton, Teignmouth and Dawlish until its sale in 1968 to Red Rover of Aylesbury. It is seen today at the end of a thorough external restoration.

PTC 114C - a Leigh Corporation 1965 AEC Renown 3B3RA with East Lancs H41/31F body.
The programme says:
Leigh 15
Entered by Greater Manchester Transport Society
The AEC Renown Chassis was designed to be of very low height to allow the bus to pass under low bridges, but at the same time retain the normal seating arrangement rather than the long bench seats traditionally found on the upper saloon of low height buses. By the time the vehicle was withdrawn in 1978 it was one of the last AEC vehicles in the fleet of Greater Manchester Transport.

JBN 153 - a Bolton Corporation 1956 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Metro Cammell H34/28R body.
Not listed in the programme, but it's a Greater Manchester Museum of Transport vehicle.

TNA 520 - a Manchester Corporation 1958 Leyland Titan PD2/34 with Burlingham H37/28R body.
Not listed in the programme, but again it's a Greater Manchester Museum of Transport vehicle.

122 JTD - a Lancashire United 1959 Guy Arab IV with Northern Counties H41/32R body.
The programme says:
Lancashire United Transport 27
Entered by Greater Manchester Transport Society
Lancashire United's standard bus for a long time was the Guy Arab chassis with a Gardner engine and Northern Counties bodywork. No. 27 was unusual in having the larger 6LX Gardner engine.

DJP 754 - a Wigan Corporation 1958 Leyland Titan PD2/30 with Northern Counties H33/28R body.
The programme says:
Entered by S Lord, Wardle, Rochdale, Lancs
Former Operator - Wigan. This 'Tin-Front' bus is housed in the Museum of Transport. The style of bus dates back to a BMMO design and later known as 'An Edinburgh Front'.

Note: I'm not absolutely certain about one or two of the descriptions, particularly of the bodywork as I've found some discrepancies in information I've found on different internet sites.