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Some Local Bus Pictures from 1952

With grateful thanks to Ian Gravestock who took the below pictures in Amersham and Penn in 1952



Picture Courtesy of Ian Gravestock

C 37 with unidentified an RT double decker from High Wycombe Garage working route 362b High Wycombe - Hazlemere - Penn route.



Picture Courtesy of Ian Gravestock

AEC Regent STL 2681 introduced in 1942, it was assembled on a previously built but then 'unfrozen' chassis with a body from scrapped 1933 STL 275.  Used on route 353 at Amersham Garage, it was withdrawn from service in October 1952. Behind is 1950 Regent RT 3202 with Weymann body, used largely on Amersham's 305 route and sold in 1979.




Picture Courtesy of Ian Gravestock

1938 T 674 AEC Regal 10T10 from Windsor Garage.  Having spent most of its life as a Green Line coach, it is shown at Uxbridge as a bus running the 458 route from Slough.



Picture Courtesy of Ian Gravestock

1937 Leyland Cub C 37 with 20-seat Short Bros body. It worked out of Amersham Garage from 1944 until sold out of service in 1954. It is seen at Penn by the Red Lion, working the 373 Penn - Beaconsfield - Holtspur route.

 

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