Trolleybus Break-Up 1959

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Description

Colindale, London.

Bright red London trolley bus is pushed past the camera by a bulldozer. It is the "end of the line" for this and other trolley buses as this is a breakers yard. Four men with breaking tools climb aboard the bus. Seats are thrown out of the windows, windows are smashed out,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2481
Sort Number:
CP 237
Time in/Out:
01:00:25:00 / 01:01:56:00
Canister:
CP 237
Film ID:
93.01
Issue Date:
13/07/1959

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  • "Bright red London trolley bus" - it's a Leyland D2 trolleybus, fleet number 453.

    Clarifying the cataloguer's note at the end of the text, the breaker's yard featured here is indeed that of George Cohen.

    jamied 13th Dec 2012

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