1950 Crossley DD42/7

This is a photograph that I took in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1988 at the Greater Manchester Transport Society’s Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally.

It’s a 1950 Crossley DD42 and the programme of the event had this note about it:

 

JOJ 489 Crossley DD42/7, Crossley H30/24R, 1950 Birmingham City Transport. Entered by D. Harvey, Halesowen, West Midlands. Rallied every year since 1969 and recently re-restored, this unique tin front Crossley is now the sole survivor of 270 Crossleys owned by Birmingham.

1949 Crossley DD42

This is one of a large number of double deck buses that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in September 1993 in Heaton Park, Manchester.

It's a 1949 (though the programme of the event says 1948) Crossley DD42 from the Society's museum. The programme gives this information about the vehicle:

'Crossley DD42/8S, Crossley H30/26R, 1948                                                 JND791

Manchester City Transport 2150

Entered by Greater Manchester Transport Society

The sole survivor of a once numerous fleet of Crossley vehicles which graced the

streets of Manchester during the 1950s and 1960s. A star attraction at the recent

Crossley Weekend held at the Museum of Transport.'

Next to the Crossley is another of the Transport Museum's vehicles, a 1951 Leyland PD2/3, fleet number 3245 and registration JND646.

Crossley DD42

This bus was amongst the vehicles displayed at Heaton Park, Manchester, at the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally organised by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in September 1993.

It's not shown in the programme of the event, but it's a 1950 Crossley DD42/7 which was formerly part of the Birmingham Corporation Transport fleet. It was provided with a Crossley H30/24R body to Birmingham's standard design and is chassis number 95177.