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Transport Company – 1924

Yeadon Transport Company 1924

Title Yeadon Transport Company
Date 1924
Location Yeadon
Photo ID L579
Comment The donor of this photo John Wheatley, told us that this is his uncle William Wheatley, aged 21. He worked for the Yeadon Transport Company and is seen here by his bus at White Cross, Guiseley. To the left is Silver Badge Cafe.
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Three single decker buses parked on Yeadon Town Hall Square. The houses on the left were on Devonshire Place, demolished in 1979.

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The service commenced in 1920, however, they could not operate in Bradford until the General Strike in 1926, when the strike was over the buses continued  through to Bradford.

This bus driver was Jack Hardcastle, the bus was a Guy Motors model and is parked at the Bradford terminus.

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Parked at the terminus at Bradford, the driver was C Moon, the conductor E Brown

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The bus conductor was Kathy Gallagher, the driver Jack Morton.
The location is the Bradford bus terminus.

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This bus is on Bradford Road, White Cross, the driver was W Driver the conductor W Jackson.
In the background is Guiseley tram terminus.

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Seen at White Cross, this bus was on the Otley, White Cross, Baildon Bridge, Shipley route.
The driver was Mr N Simpson.

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At the bus terminus near the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, the driver was W Jackson, the conductor Ida Dobson.

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M012 – Yeadon Transport Company, Undated.

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Bus by Guy Motors parked at the Bradford terminus, the driver was W Jackson the conductor Ida Dobson.

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F055 – Yeadon Transport Company, 1927.

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Advertisement  – 1927.

Editor’s Note: To see more images of Yeadon’s past transport in Trams, Buses and Coaches, Please – Click Here.

Consolidated by Elaine Ellwood. 29 November 2021.
Last updated: 17 January 2023 – All images reviewed.

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