Crosville Diverted 35

The Leyland Tigers 1949-1964

Cliff Marsh, Jim Yates

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English

The Cloister House Press
30 May 2022

Crosville is the story of the Crosville Motor Company and the Leyland Tiger buses they operated during the post-world war II period. As with many other operators nationwide, Crosville Motor Services based in Chester faced difficulties in re-establishing both stage carriage and private hire bus and coach services in the early years following the second world war.

The need to support a weakened economy by exporting goods meant the supply of new vehicles was limited while existing fleets had suffered through the war years because of a lack of spares, skilled personnel to fit them, and general maintenance. At the same time, the general public needed to see not only local but long-distance travel re-established. The latter, in terms of holiday travel, was particularly important to Crosville, who in pre-war times had built up a network of services in the Merseyside and North Wales areas, with a special need to provide transport along the North Wales coast. The many resorts there were now beginning to re-establish their status as holiday centers required holidaymakers to be transported to them. In order to fulfil that need Crosville took delivery in 1949/50 of 35 single deck buses, classed as dual-purpose (bus/coach) vehicles. Government intervention had redirected these 35 Leyland Tiger PS1/1 vehicles (originally ordered by Midland General) to Crosville to assist with their vehicle shortage. They were Leyland's first post-war design, but because of nationalisation which occurred in the transport industry at the time of their delivery they would eventually become non-standard in the Crosville fleet. Crosville shows how political decisions enforced changes to the organisation of public transport and vehicle design and the book will appeal to anyone interested in vintage motor vehicles and the history of transport in the United Kingdom.

By: Cliff Marsh
Prepared for publication by: Jim Yates
Imprint: The Cloister House Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 280mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 632g
ISBN: 9781913460488
ISBN 10: 1913460487
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 30 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Background Data and Statistics;Introduction; Post-War Challenges; Post-War Half-Cabs; From Midland General to Crosville; Regals and Tigers: Body Comparisons; Into Service and Upgraded; Destination Boxes, Blinds and XXs; Express Livery ETEs 1958-62; Bus Livery: ETE to STE; From Crosville to Horseshoe; Mobile Shops and Contractors'Transport;Preservation; Every Ticket Tells a Story!; Beginning and End; LFM303: End of the Road - Almost; Changing Vehicles; Changing Times; In Retrospect; Appendices; Photo Credits; Fleet Numbering; Liveries; Vehicle Allocations

The author attributes his interest in buses to his childhood when he would visit his Grandparents and, sitting in their front room, see in late afternoons what seemed an endless stream of pre- and post-war buses passing the house. This interest developed when travelling to both school and college he could sample a variety of vehicles and their operators. In due course he became involved in the part ownership and restoration of a number of vehicles. Together with a colleague he bought one of the vehicles described in this book and during the 40 years of their ownership the historical significance of this batch of 35 vehicles became increasingly obvious.