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Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee
1948
AEC Regent III
Park Royal H30/26R

Here we have one of a batch of the 76 AEC buses that Halifax ordered after the war to replace some of its well worn pre-war vehicles, they were mainly Regents with a few Regals. Most of the Regents were bodied by Park Royal and were not much different from the one above, there was an handful of Regents bodied by Roe who actually bodied all the Regals.
This actual bus was originally fleet number 324 and being above number 200 that would of put it in the ‘B’ fleet which was owned by the JOC but it was transferred and renumbered 59 in 1952 which would then put it in the ‘A’ fleet which was owned by the corporation. The ‘A’ fleet ran services within the borough boundary and the ‘B’ fleet ran services into the surrounding villages from Halifax.
I have included a close up of the above photo showing a small number 3 just below the offside headlamp, I have quite a few shots of Halifax buses and a number like below appears on one or two shots but not all by a long way, Does anybody know what they were for. I have heard something about class numbers given to certain batches of buses could they be that. If you know please leave a comment.

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12/02/11 – 09:20

Yes, I think you are correct – the small numbers referred to class or batch numbers – but I do recall they were only applied to Corporation buses, not the Joint Omnibus Committee.

Eric R Sykes

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13/02/11 – 06:33

Presumably these are the ones that had to have the front upper deck windows strengthened due to the very slender corner pillars? Does anyone know if the whole batch was so treated, I know one was sold to West Bridgford UDC, I imagine the remedial work had been done before being sold.

Chris Barker

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18/08/11 – 11:49

According to the Peter Gould website, it was No.47 (ACP 421) that was sold to West Bridgford in 1963, becoming No.19 there. (By this late date it seems certain that the strengthening mod. would have been carried out). New in 1945, re-seated by WBUDC with the seats from their former No.19 (HNN 776) – a 1947 (!) Regent/Park Royal that had been withdrawn in 1962. ACP 421 was finally withdrawn in 1967.

Stephen Ford

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Your right there Stephen just happen to have a shot of it with rebuilt upper windows. I see what you mean in the Huddersfield CCX 778 thread that’s one eck of a destination display.

Peter