Advertising Last completed movie pages Daimler CVG6 Crossley body for Birmingham Corporation TransportClass: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2016-09-25 00:57 |
![[Image: 09-59bhambusb.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/09-59bhambusb.jpg) |
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◊ 2016-09-25 03:42 |
Woolworth stores were defunct in USA, but continues in Commonwealth countries. Link to "en.wikipedia.org" |
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◊ 2016-09-25 04:01 |
but not in Canada... ended somewhere in the mid 90's |
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◊ 2016-09-25 04:06 |
That was Birmingham's biggest branch of Woolworths - a couple of schoolmates had Saturday jobs there. |
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◊ 2016-09-25 04:24 |
Here they were also named Woolco, Walmart took most of their stores when they arrived in Canada, some went to Zellers, a canadian chain ( which was took over by Target, and they didn't even stayed 2 years here.. ) -- Last edit: 2016-09-25 04:26:45 |
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◊ 2016-09-25 10:00 |
Birmingham standard double deck bus, of unknown make. It could be either a Crossley, a Daimler, a Guy or a Leyland. They all had coachwork of similar design. Crossley http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/gallery/todaybus/dd42_joj489.html Daimler https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbell50000/13696264494/ Guy http://www.totally-transport.co.uk/wythall-operating-day-150613.html Leyland http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?tag=leyland-titan-pd2 and a Birmingham AEC (1 out of 15) to show why it isn't one of those. http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/GOE631_lr.jpg -- Last edit: 2016-09-25 16:42:02 |
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◊ 2016-09-25 17:13 |
From memory in 1970, the Leyland Titan square front grilles had disappeared much earlier. The rear entrance buses I'd get had the Crossley/Daimler/Guy style fronts. Clutching at straws, but your link to the Daimler on route 90 was one of my routes and did go through Bull Ring as seen (although many other routes did as well) and by 1970 many routes had gone to front entrances (1, 13, 24, 38 etc from my usage). 90 hung for much longer with these (so did 8 Inner Circle and 11 Outer Circle but they didn't go into centre). So entering as Daimler to clear it. |
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◊ 2016-09-25 19:24 |
I didn't take much notice of the buses then. Working firstly at 65 New St, and then in a brand new office above a pub called IIRC The Filibuster, I was much more interested to find somewhere to park my Lancia. The tin front you mention was known as the new look front, following the Christian Dior new look for ladies' clothes. Such was the pull of orders for BCT that Guy's helped them in its development. Birmingham had the edge over London in terms of buses IMO, although I have to admit my experience was limited to the 41 as a young teenager in the early 60s, riding from my Aunt's house in Kings Norton into the city centre when my brother and I stayed with them during the summer school holidays. -- Last edit: 2016-09-25 19:40:59 |
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