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Sunday, 11 June 2023

1971 AEC Swift & 1966 Leyland Leopard

These were two of the participants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1995.
On the left is a former St Helens Corporation 1971 AEC Swift and to the right is a former Lancashire United Transport Leyland Leopard. The programme of the event has the following notes about the two vehicles:

AEC Swift, Marshall B44D, 1971                                                                       EDJ244J
St Helens Corporation 244
Entered by     R. Johnson & D.J. Hillan, Haydock
One of seventy two similar vehicles which worked for St Helens Corporation, this vehicle saw use as a terminal transfer vehicle at Liverpool Airport.

Leyland Leopard, Plaxton Panorama, 1966                                                  UTC768D
Entered by     R. Johnson & D.J. Hillan, Haydock
Lancashire United Transport 216
Purchased from an angling club in Atherton in 1991, this vehicle has been re-engined and re-seated.

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