![Winter 1947, snowbound bus, Castle Hill, Huddersfield. This was one of three single deck buses stranded for several weeks on this stretch of Ashes Lane in the long hard winter of 1947. The last bus to be stuck had been fitted with a snowplough to try and rescue the other two. The buses belonged to Huddersfield Corporation and at least one of them was still coloured wartime grey instead of mostly red with a cream band. "Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee bus 33 VH7534 owned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company a AEC Regal chassis built in Southall, London, chassis number 06621641 with a Brush Company of Loughborough 32 sear rear entrance body new 12th April 1935 for £1513, it ran 259444 miles. It was sold to Henry Lane a dealer on 3 Feb 1945 for £500, it is seen stuck possibly on St Mary's Lane in snow on route 59 to Kirkheaton via Long Lane, Dalton." - [1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Winter_1947%2C_snowbound_bus%2C_Castle_Hill%2C_Huddersfield_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1668518.jpg)
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Winter 1947, snowbound bus, Castle Hill, Huddersfield. This was one of three single deck buses stranded for several weeks on this stretch of Ashes Lane in the long hard winter of 1947. The last bus to be stuck had been fitted with a snowplough to try and rescue the other two. The buses belonged to Huddersfield Corporation and at least one of them was still coloured wartime grey instead of mostly red with a cream band.
"Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee bus 33 VH7534 owned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company a AEC Regal chassis built in Southall, London, chassis number 06621641 with a Brush Company of Loughborough 32 sear rear entrance body new 12th April 1935 for £1513, it ran 259444 miles. It was sold to Henry Lane a dealer on 3 Feb 1945 for £500, it is seen stuck possibly on St Mary's Lane in snow on route 59 to Kirkheaton via Long Lane, Dalton." - [1] |
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