WESLEY'S COACHES

Fleet Details

1946 to 1950
Fleet No. Reg. No. Type Chassis No. Body Manufacturer Seating Built Acquired Disposed

VG 6590 Dennis Lancet 170485 ? C32- 6/34 by 7/46 1946

VG 5466 Thornycroft CD 22955 ?
3/33 by 8/46 ?
10 KJ 2379 Leyland TS1 61914 E.C.W. C33R 12/31 -/46 by 1956

VV 9042 Bedford OB 12020 Duple B32F -/46 1947

CRF 742 Dodge KB KB143 Duple B20F 5/34 by 4/47 4/48
20 CS 5242 Leyland TS7 8732 Alexander FC35F -/37 by 5/47 c/55
16 RR 5196 Leyland LA2 40057 Alexander B35F 11/26 6/47 12/51

ANN 698 Bedford OB 60583 Duple C29F 10/47 10/47 8/50
14 VH 8027 A.E.C. Regent 6613642 ? C--F 8/35 11/47 by 9/50

VV 5794 Daimler COGS 9962 E.E.C. H30/24R 4/37 c/47 1953
22 VD 6508 A.E.C. Regal 6621927 Pickering FC35F -/36 by 6/48 by 8/52

EK 9317 Leyland T02 2730 N.C.M.E. L24/24R 6/33 by 8/48 8/50
26 EUX 597 Crossley SD42/7 97684 Burlingham C33F 12/48 12/48 by 7/57
28 AVV 654 Bedford OB 96805 Duple C29F 1/49 1/49 4/56
18 LPP 998 Commer Q4 15BB743S Thurgood C33F 3/49 3/49 by 1956
24 EBU 517 Leyland TS8 302373 Harrington
C33F
3/48 by 8/50 ?

VV 5797 Daimler COGS 9965 E.E.C. H30/24R 5/37 9/50 9/50
30 MPP 900 Commer Avenger 23A0343 Churchill C34C 1/50 1/50 5/59
32 BVV 418 Bedford 0B 144891 Duple C29F 10/50 10/50 by 6/56
Key to Seating: B=Bus, C=Coach, D=Double Decker, number=number of seats, F=Front Door
Body Numbers:

CS 5242: Alexander 1129.

RR 5196: Alexander

VV 9042: Duple 41533.

ANH 698, AVV 654, BVV 418: Duple 46512/9/7.

CRF 742: Duple 4265.

EUX 597: Burlingham 3277.

LPP 998: Thurgood 543.

Notes:

CS 5242 was new to Western S.M.T. Company Limited, Kilmarnock (M), passing to E.N.S.A. No. MC2312, c.1941; George Ewer and Company Limited (Grey Green Coaches), London, N.16 (N), 1945, and then to Wesley. The body was rebuilt by Wesley.

EK 9317 was new to Wigan Corporation (C), No. 25 (withdrawn by Wigan in 1947). KJ 2379 was new to Maidstone and District Motor Services Limited, Maidstone (K) No. 684, with Harrington B31D body, passing to the Ministry of Transport, for the War Department, 7/40, and then to Wesley, when the body shown was fitted.

RR 5196 was new to G. Swain, Stanton Hill (E), as B20-, passing to H. Booth (Booth's Motor Service), Blidworth (E), by 12/28, passing to Ministry of Transport, for the War Department; G.V. Dennis (Robin Hood Coaches), Nottingham (E), No. 26, 1940, and then to Wesley. The identity of this vehicle after the War Department must be in doubt - a 35-seat body on a Leveret is most unlikely.

VD 6508 was new to Baillie Brothers, Dumbarton (M), No. 35, as C32F, passing to Central S.M.T. Company Limited, Motherwell (M), No. R4, 6/36; R.W. Jackson (Jackson's Cleveland Coaches), Guisborough (A); L.D. Brown (Brown's Blue Coaches), Markfield (E), and then to Wesley.

VG 5466, VG 6590 were new to Fitt Brothers, Norwich (F), passing to Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Limited, Norwich (F), Nos. --, DL7, 9/39.

VG 5466 later to Bird (dealer), Stratford-on-Avon, 12/45, and then to Wesley.

VG 6590 later to Ministry of Transport, by 10/41, for the War Department, and then to Wesley.

VH 8027 was new to Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee (B), No. 126, with Brush H30/26R body, passing to Lancashire Motor Traders (dealer), Salford, and then to Wesley. It was either rebuilt to C33F or rebodied.

VV 5794/7 were new to Northampton Corporation (E), Nos. 86/9.

CRF 742 was new to J.T. Smith, Waterhouses (D); withdrawn 3/39, passing to L. L.

Lancaster (Lancaster Coaches), Woburn Sands (E), 7/39, and then to Wesley.

EBU 517 was ex Ralph Renton Limited (Devonways Coaches), Oldham; withdrawn 4/50; it was new in 1939 as BBU 792 of F. Walker (Oldham) Limited (Walker's Tours), Oldham, passing to the Ministry of Transport for the War Department.

EUX 597 was new to Wesley.

Disposals:

CS 5242: Scaffolding (G.B.) Limited, Mitcham (XN), c.1955; last licensed 2/59.

EK 9317: Speechley (dealer), Hillingdon, 10/50.

KJ 2379: R.S. Hall, Deddington (E), fitted with a second-hand Duple C33F body, and to an unidentified showman - at Caterham, 5/56.

RR 5196: Unidentified showman.

VD 6508: Jenkins Limited, Liverpool (C), 8/52; R.J. Jenkins, Liverpool (C), 1/55 to 9/56, and to J. George (Wirral Coachways), Ellesmere Port (C), but not operated.

VG 5466: Not traced.

VG 6590: W.C. Jones (Hanworth Coaches), Hanworth (N), 1946, re-registered LMY 645; Acorn Motors Limited, Hanworth (N), No. 29, 10/46; withdrawn 1/50, and later dumped at Dunton Green.

VH 8027: Horton Motor Works (Disposals)(dealer), Horton.

VV 5794: Wargate Motors Limited, Rushden (E), 1953, and to M.J. Wilkinson (showman), Ilkeston; last licensed 12/57.

VV 5797: No further operator.

VV 9042: A.L. Ward, Oakham (E), No. 2, 1/48; withdrawn by 11/56.

ANH 698: H. Beevor, Penistone (B), 8/50; withdrawn 11/54, and to Weetabix Limited, Burton Latimer (XE), by 9/63.

AVV 654: F.H. Benham (Hanslope Direct Bus Service), Hanslope (E), 4/56; E. & E. Johnson (E. Johnson and Son)(Hanslope and District), Hanslope (E); withdrawn by 1964, and to Ulster Weaving Company Limited, Belfast (XNI); sold for scrap, 4/69.

BVV 418: T. & T.E. Owen (W.T. Owen and Sons), Berriew (C), 6/56, and to E., T. & W. Williams (Tudor Williams Brothers)(Pioneer Services), Laugharne (G), 5/67.

CRF 742: Scrapped 4/48.

EBU 517, LPP 998: Not traced.

EUX 597: Lees Motorways (Worksop) Limited, Worksop (E), 2/58, and to an unidentified showman, by 8/59.

MPP 900: Turner and Butcher Limited, Kenninghall (F), 6/59; withdrawn 1966.

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