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[danthecapriman]

Thanks @N19 you’ve started me off looking for stuff about Leon Motors now!😄      
Great memories of Donny.

I can’t honestly remember them having these Olympians though?

Good little bit about Leon Motors now here with some old photos too. The depot is closed and run down, but the remains of an Optare are still there!

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/leon-motor-services-finningley.112985/

[danthecapriman]

I can just about remember these running around too.

Absolutely gorgeous looking coaches, and the Leon livery looked great on them too. 
I really wish someone would make a 1:43 scale model of these!

If I had the space to store one I’d buy a real one of these in a heartbeat!

[quicksilver]

Another point of interest about Leon's buses is that the older ones bought new were registered in Nottinghamshire and the later ones in Sheffield. Finningley was actually in Nottinghamshire until the 1974 local government reorganisation transferred it to the borough of Doncaster, and that Bedford must have been one of the last bought before that change.

[danthecapriman]

7 minutes ago, quicksilver said:

Another point of interest about Leon's buses is that the older ones bought new were registered in Nottinghamshire and the later ones in Sheffield. Finningley was actually in Nottinghamshire until the 1974 local government reorganisation transferred it to the borough of Doncaster, and that Bedford must have been one of the last bought before that change.

I think that particular one stayed with Leon its whole life. Seems utterly ridiculous to send something that looks like that for scrap! 
My grandad used to work out of RAF Finningley but before that Bedford was built. He might have been based there in WW2 as part of bomber command thinking about it. It’s now Doncaster Airport, although nearly became yet another housing estate recently due to some corrupt scum bags owning it. Luckily they were told to FRO!

[SunnySouth]

Some for @Yoss

In the dim and distant past, an an awkward, geeky kid trying to take bus photos without too many normal people noticing, I would occasionally drag a reluctant mate out for a day of bus w@nking. Once, we found ourselves at an open day - for some reason - at First Southampton’s Portswood temple of bus. I’ve no idea now when, or what it was for, but I’m fairly sure it was well before they sold it off - tis now a Sainsburys.

In the big shed, and an A reg Dominator stands looking freshly painted - the yellow stripe meant it was primarily a schools chariot, I recall, although I assume it was still as standard inside. The line-up behind includes a couple of Southampton’s rather bonkers East Lancs single decker rebodied Atlanteans.

Classic So’ton fayre, Atlantean in the depot car park.

Possibly from a different day, can’t remember! UVG bodied Dart of the then Solent Blue Line. Who of course went on to become part of Go Ahead, and now rule the city as Bluestar - Firstgroup, red buses and a big chunk of the city’s public transport history are now long gone.

Interesting one. Ex First Provincial (Portsmouth) Carlyle Merc, taken over when First entered the city and also swallowed up Harry Blundred’s Red & Blue Admiral operations, and then much later farmed out to Southampton at some point. I don’t recall these being in So’ton, nor do I remember the place being much of a minibus town by the time First arrived. These were manual, presumably the majority of the drivers must have still had stick licences - I always thought the Atlanteans etc only required an auto licence as they were semi-auto boxes? Nice motors these, cumfy DP seats.

Pompey, and a snapshot of the saga that has been the Southampton  - Portsmouth bus routes through the years. Under First it became the X27, by this time operated jointly by Portswood and Hoeford, with one bus each. These were a pair of Volvo B10B ex-demonstrators which had both been purchased by Southampton Citybus. This one was Portswood’s, a smart Plaxton Verde. Hoeford had K114 PRV, which was a Northern Counties Paladin, less attractive but it did have the benefit of DP seats!

And, finally, Bully’s special prize… The depths of Hoeford depot, Fareham, where all the dead stuff used to be dumped in the back corner. This is, I believe, one of Southampton’s early Wadham Stringer boded Darts. I’ve no idea how it ended up here, whether it was ever transferred to enter service or just sent across for spares etc - Hoeford did have plenty of Darts at the time as well as the unique ACE Cougar which carried a similar, but bigger, Wadham Stringer body, so either suggestion seems plausible. The maroon machine in the foreground was K114 PRV, the other X27 vehicle as mentioned above. I seem to recall it was sat here with a smashed screen, it went on to receive the dreaded ‘Barbie 2’ livery so presumably was just awaiting spares.

‘Diary of a nerdy kid’ and all that; happy times!

[danthecapriman]

48 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

Some for @Yoss

In the dim and distant past, an an awkward, geeky kid trying to take bus photos without too many normal people noticing, I would occasionally drag a reluctant mate out for a day of bus w@nking. Once, we found ourselves at an open day - for some reason - at First Southampton’s Portswood temple of bus. I’ve no idea now when, or what it was for, but I’m fairly sure it was well before they sold it off - tis now a Sainsburys.

In the big shed, and an A reg Dominator stands looking freshly painted - the yellow stripe meant it was primarily a schools chariot, I recall, although I assume it was still as standard inside. The line-up behind includes a couple of Southampton’s rather bonkers East Lancs single decker rebodied Atlanteans.

Classic So’ton fayre, Atlantean in the depot car park.

Possibly from a different day, can’t remember! UVG bodied Dart of the then Solent Blue Line. Who of course went on to become part of Go Ahead, and now rule the city as Bluestar - Firstgroup, red buses and a big chunk of the city’s public transport history are now long gone.

Interesting one. Ex First Provincial (Portsmouth) Carlyle Merc, taken over when First entered the city and also swallowed up Harry Blundred’s Red & Blue Admiral operations, and then much later farmed out to Southampton at some point. I don’t recall these being in So’ton, nor do I remember the place being much of a minibus town by the time First arrived. These were manual, presumably the majority of the drivers must have still had stick licences - I always thought the Atlanteans etc only required an auto licence as they were semi-auto boxes? Nice motors these, cumfy DP seats.

Pompey, and a snapshot of the saga that has been the Southampton  - Portsmouth bus routes through the years. Under First it became the X27, by this time operated jointly by Portswood and Hoeford, with one bus each. These were a pair of Volvo B10B ex-demonstrators which had both been purchased by Southampton Citybus. This one was Portswood’s, a smart Plaxton Verde. Hoeford had K114 PRV, which was a Northern Counties Paladin, less attractive but it did have the benefit of DP seats!

And, finally, Bully’s special prize… The depths of Hoeford depot, Fareham, where all the dead stuff used to be dumped in the back corner. This is, I believe, one of Southampton’s early Wadham Stringer boded Darts. I’ve no idea how it ended up here, whether it was ever transferred to enter service or just sent across for spares etc - Hoeford did have plenty of Darts at the time as well as the unique ACE Cougar which carried a similar, but bigger, Wadham Stringer body, so either suggestion seems plausible. The maroon machine in the foreground was K114 PRV, the other X27 vehicle as mentioned above. I seem to recall it was sat here with a smashed screen, it went on to receive the dreaded ‘Barbie 2’ livery so presumably was just awaiting spares.

‘Diary of a nerdy kid’ and all that; happy times!

Where is/was Hoeford depot?

I can’t think where it would be. I used to work around the area when I was at SSE. We had a 33KV substation called Hoeford (which was a shit hole!) but I don’t remember a bus depot?

[N19]

2 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Thanks @N19 you’ve started me off looking for stuff about Leon Motors now!😄      
Great memories of Donny.

I can’t honestly remember them having these Olympians though?

Good little bit about Leon Motors now here with some old photos too. The depot is closed and run down, but the remains of an Optare are still there!

https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/leon-motor-services-finningley.112985/

That Olympian and a few others arrived in the late 90s/early 00s, I believe to replace the last of the Fleetlines. They were used on a variety of services. Around this time the remaining Atlanteans were relegated to primarily school routes only, so they would only escape out onto normal service on rare occasions. Historically they tended to buy batches of 2/3/4 buses from a similar batch from a municipal - they had some Atlanteans from Manchester, a couple of Olympians from Blackpool I think. Must have been a nightmare for maintenance purposes, running such a varied fleet. 

The depot is now sadly houses. I know they used to park out on the road outside at night on the grass verge!

[SunnySouth]

1 hour ago, danthecapriman said:

Where is/was Hoeford depot?

I can’t think where it would be. I used to work around the area when I was at SSE. We had a 33KV substation called Hoeford (which was a shit hole!) but I don’t remember a bus depot?

On the A32 just a short way down from Fareham on the left;  not far past the Newgate Lane roundabout bit. It’s well hidden behind some industrial units, if you didn’t know where it was you’d probably never find it! 
 

 

The entrance is just on the left there.

Weirdly, it seems the Googlemobile did a lap of the depot car park!

[83C]

4 minutes ago, N19 said:

Must have been a nightmare for maintenance purposes, running such a varied fleet. 

It was a similar story at Tanat Valley, when I was there in 2009/10 the fleet consisted of Leyland (Tiger, Lynx, Olympian), Volvo (B10M, B12M, B10B/BLE), Dennis (Javelin, Dart), Mercedes (Sprinter, Vario), LDV (Pilot & Convoy), Optare (Solo, Tempo) & Neoplan (N4016) with bodies by East Lancs (EL2000), Alexander (Q, TE,  Stryder), Northern Counties (Palatine High & Low Bridge), Leyland, Plaxton (Paramount 3200, 3500, Premiere 3500, Excalibur, Verde), Duple (320, 340), Jonckheere (Deauville), UVG (Urbanstar, Cutlass), Caetano (Algarve), Sitcar (Beluga), Berkhof (Axial, Excellence) and more that I've forgotten. Mostly 2-3 of any one type or combination, frequently bought as small batches or because the owners had found a bargain.

Through a combination of certain vehicles leaving fleet (the last Leylands left around 2015), some standardisation on new purchases (VDL Bova for coaches, Optare for buses) the fleet became more uniform/boring and the owners passing the business on to their children, it was eventually decided to go through the stores and get rid of anything no longer required - there were shelves and boxes full of obsolete spares stored in the parts loft above the offices, so much so that when they were all removed several rooms on the ground floor suddenly gained some extra headroom where the ceiling had been bowing under the weight...

[danthecapriman]

12 minutes ago, SunnySouth said:

On the A32 just a short way down from Fareham on the left;  not far past the Newgate Lane roundabout bit. It’s well hidden behind some industrial units, if you didn’t know where it was you’d probably never find it! 
 

 

The entrance is just on the left there.

Weirdly, it seems the Googlemobile did a lap of the depot car park!

Ah yes, I recognise the entrance to the road from street view now. The substation I used to work at occasionally is a bit further down the A32 on the opposite side of the road. 
 

[Yoss]

9 hours ago, SunnySouth said:

Some for @Yoss

In the dim and distant past, an an awkward, geeky kid trying to take bus photos without too many normal people noticing, I would occasionally drag a reluctant mate out for a day of bus w@nking. Once, we found ourselves at an open day - for some reason - at First Southampton’s Portswood temple of bus. I’ve no idea now when, or what it was for, but I’m fairly sure it was well before they sold it off - tis now a Sainsburys.

In the big shed, and an A reg Dominator stands looking freshly painted - the yellow stripe meant it was primarily a schools chariot, I recall, although I assume it was still as standard inside. The line-up behind includes a couple of Southampton’s rather bonkers East Lancs single decker rebodied Atlanteans.

Classic So’ton fayre, Atlantean in the depot car park.

Possibly from a different day, can’t remember! UVG bodied Dart of the then Solent Blue Line. Who of course went on to become part of Go Ahead, and now rule the city as Bluestar - Firstgroup, red buses and a big chunk of the city’s public transport history are now long gone.

Interesting one. Ex First Provincial (Portsmouth) Carlyle Merc, taken over when First entered the city and also swallowed up Harry Blundred’s Red & Blue Admiral operations, and then much later farmed out to Southampton at some point. I don’t recall these being in So’ton, nor do I remember the place being much of a minibus town by the time First arrived. These were manual, presumably the majority of the drivers must have still had stick licences - I always thought the Atlanteans etc only required an auto licence as they were semi-auto boxes? Nice motors these, cumfy DP seats.

Pompey, and a snapshot of the saga that has been the Southampton  - Portsmouth bus routes through the years. Under First it became the X27, by this time operated jointly by Portswood and Hoeford, with one bus each. These were a pair of Volvo B10B ex-demonstrators which had both been purchased by Southampton Citybus. This one was Portswood’s, a smart Plaxton Verde. Hoeford had K114 PRV, which was a Northern Counties Paladin, less attractive but it did have the benefit of DP seats!

And, finally, Bully’s special prize… The depths of Hoeford depot, Fareham, where all the dead stuff used to be dumped in the back corner. This is, I believe, one of Southampton’s early Wadham Stringer boded Darts. I’ve no idea how it ended up here, whether it was ever transferred to enter service or just sent across for spares etc - Hoeford did have plenty of Darts at the time as well as the unique ACE Cougar which carried a similar, but bigger, Wadham Stringer body, so either suggestion seems plausible. The maroon machine in the foreground was K114 PRV, the other X27 vehicle as mentioned above. I seem to recall it was sat here with a smashed screen, it went on to receive the dreaded ‘Barbie 2’ livery so presumably was just awaiting spares.

‘Diary of a nerdy kid’ and all that; happy times!

I dont remember 277 gaining a yellow stripe. This was the first non Atlantean double decker that CityBus had bought in about 15 years and even then I think it was only because they couldn't buy them any more. There were a few years after the last Regents were withdrawn and before the Routemasters and some Iveco Turbo Daily minibuses arrived that our fleet was 100% Atlantean. 

The last Atlantean was 276. 277 to 280 were one Dennis Dominator and three Olympians, all with slightly different bodies but all were East Lancs so they weren't that different. The idea was to evaluate the four different buses before making any more purchases. Two years later they purchased four Dennis's and two years after that four Olympians with dual purpose seating so they weren't in a hurry to replace the Atlanteans. They even bought a small batch of second hand ex Plymouth Atlanteans which of course is what they wanted all along. The last Atlanteans were withdrawn in February 2005 so they got their moneys worth out of them. 

The yellow stripe may have denoted school bus but in reality it made no difference. You can see in the third picture you posted of the Blue Line Dart that the Atlantean behind it also has a yellow stripe. 

[Matty]

18 hours ago, cms206 said:

Not long after we collected 389 from Bankfoot Buses at the SVBM with me at the helm; not a car alarm was safe... 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=m-Qp51rEb5I&si=65rL0UCTy4CyEZgW

A glorious din

[wesacosa]

11 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

I can just about remember these running around too.

Absolutely gorgeous looking coaches, and the Leon livery looked great on them too. 
I really wish someone would make a 1:43 scale model of these!

If I had the space to store one I’d buy a real one of these in a heartbeat!

Fond memories of those Bedford Elite coaches, we had those as our school buses back in the early 90s 

The one on my usual route in the morning was same year and same style as that one

[danthecapriman]

53 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

Fond memories of those Bedford Elite coaches, we had those as our school buses back in the early 90s 

The one on my usual route in the morning was same year and same style as that one

There used to be a coach depot behind our school, Castle Coaches. Their yard and garage backed onto the school playground so I used to watch them come and go whenever we were outside. Most of their fleet seemed to be Plaxton and Duple bodied Bedfords.

[SilverMachine]

im sure weardale used these well into the early 2000's as i used to get one to school until mid 96! also my mates dad drove for them and would regularly smoke a hamlet whilst driving.... oh and he would also dress as santa for all of december... another one of the drivers was fondly known as jack the pipe, as he was always smoking his pipe... would never get away with those shenannigans now...  they also used older stuff for shorter school runs - amazing they got away with it for so long! pretty sure they were replaced by 2000 as i remember a replacement of these keith was driving when a 14 yo in a tractor pulled out in front of him between wolsingham and frosterley! made a bit of a mess but no one seriously injured

[N19]

8 hours ago, 83C said:

It was a similar story at Tanat Valley, when I was there in 2009/10 the fleet consisted of Leyland (Tiger, Lynx, Olympian), Volvo (B10M, B12M, B10B/BLE), Dennis (Javelin, Dart), Mercedes (Sprinter, Vario), LDV (Pilot & Convoy), Optare (Solo, Tempo) & Neoplan (N4016) with bodies by East Lancs (EL2000), Alexander (Q, TE,  Stryder), Northern Counties (Palatine High & Low Bridge), Leyland, Plaxton (Paramount 3200, 3500, Premiere 3500, Excalibur, Verde), Duple (320, 340), Jonckheere (Deauville), UVG (Urbanstar, Cutlass), Caetano (Algarve), Sitcar (Beluga), Berkhof (Axial, Excellence) and more that I've forgotten. Mostly 2-3 of any one type or combination, frequently bought as small batches or because the owners had found a bargain.

Through a combination of certain vehicles leaving fleet (the last Leylands left around 2015), some standardisation on new purchases (VDL Bova for coaches, Optare for buses) the fleet became more uniform/boring and the owners passing the business on to their children, it was eventually decided to go through the stores and get rid of anything no longer required - there were shelves and boxes full of obsolete spares stored in the parts loft above the offices, so much so that when they were all removed several rooms on the ground floor suddenly gained some extra headroom where the ceiling had been bowing under the weight...

It must also have been an utter mess in terms of availability/repairs/efficiency! 

Leon fleet list here. Very much like you described - random small batches of things!

https://www.lthlibrary.org.uk/library/PDF-208-2.pdf

[Remspoor]

On 30/08/2025 at 22:06, wesacosa said:

Spotted today at Rustival. Managed to get aboard it but for a nosey around. Pretty sure its the first time I've set foot in a National as they never really ran them in Hull where I grew up

I have never been on one either. Back around 73 There were introduce on the green line route (721) running near by to where I was living. They replaced  Replacing RMCs  I went out took a load of photos. must be in the pile of of negatives I have.

[danthecapriman]

1 hour ago, N19 said:

It must also have been an utter mess in terms of availability/repairs/efficiency! 

Leon fleet list here. Very much like you described - random small batches of things!

https://www.lthlibrary.org.uk/library/PDF-208-2.pdf

Thanks for finding that! They certainly had some interesting stuff over the years. Some of it didn’t seem to be around long either.

[N19]

34 minutes ago, danthecapriman said:

Thanks for finding that! They certainly had some interesting stuff over the years. Some of it didn’t seem to be around long either.

This photo also shows a couple of their unique quirks.

 

The adverts were painted on - they must have had a signwriter on hand somewhere. All adverts were for local firms like discount gas supplies, wecanhire etc. I believe that if a particular bus was down for replacement, the new one would have the same advert painted on. Must have had some faith that the firms would keep up the contract.

Also, the destination blinds were set for maximum, err, 'efficiency'. They had two routes on an interworking cycle, the 195 and 196. Each ran on a half hourly cycle; the 195 to and from Warmsworth, via backstreets and secondary roads, the 196 did a circle of Hexthorpe, very close to town. The round trip of the 195 was about 40 minutes and the 196 about 20 so they were interworked by two buses which would swop between the two routes when they got back to the bus station. Was this on a 195 or a 196, who knows. If I had to put money on it, I'd say the 196, it looks like one of the roads between the Balby Road and the Sheffield railway line.

Many of the other blinds were set to things like "Doncaster/Finningley" to save the driver the difficulty of, err, reaching for the handle and turning it clockwise at the end of each trip.

Towards the end, the desire to paint adverts seemed to have gone, along with the desire to screw destination boards on straight. I can actually remember this running around for quite a while with a wonky display. 

Oh, and just as normal as it would be for a heifer of a double decker to be lumbering around some back roads picking up a dozen pensioners, it would be just as normal for a minibus to be on the main 191/2 route. Unusually, by this stage in the operation, the driver is wearing uniform! A couple did, including wearing PSV badges long after they stopped being widely seen, the remainder of the drivers dressed as they pleased!

 

[Snipes]

5 hours ago, N19 said:

This photo also shows a couple of their unique quirks.

 

The adverts were painted on - they must have had a signwriter on hand somewhere. All adverts were for local firms like discount gas supplies, wecanhire etc. I believe that if a particular bus was down for replacement, the new one would have the same advert painted on. Must have had some faith that the firms would keep up the contract.

Is that an ex-Manchester bus?

[cms206]

3 hours ago, Snipes said:

Is that an ex-Manchester bus?

Yes and no; it was delivered in GMPTE orange to Lancashire United as their #525. By that time LUT was only really a name; from memory the previous batch (PTD-S) were the last to arrive in red & grey.

[danthecapriman]

9 hours ago, N19 said:

This photo also shows a couple of their unique quirks.

 

The adverts were painted on - they must have had a signwriter on hand somewhere. All adverts were for local firms like discount gas supplies, wecanhire etc. I believe that if a particular bus was down for replacement, the new one would have the same advert painted on. Must have had some faith that the firms would keep up the contract.

Also, the destination blinds were set for maximum, err, 'efficiency'. They had two routes on an interworking cycle, the 195 and 196. Each ran on a half hourly cycle; the 195 to and from Warmsworth, via backstreets and secondary roads, the 196 did a circle of Hexthorpe, very close to town. The round trip of the 195 was about 40 minutes and the 196 about 20 so they were interworked by two buses which would swop between the two routes when they got back to the bus station. Was this on a 195 or a 196, who knows. If I had to put money on it, I'd say the 196, it looks like one of the roads between the Balby Road and the Sheffield railway line.

Many of the other blinds were set to things like "Doncaster/Finningley" to save the driver the difficulty of, err, reaching for the handle and turning it clockwise at the end of each trip.

Towards the end, the desire to paint adverts seemed to have gone, along with the desire to screw destination boards on straight. I can actually remember this running around for quite a while with a wonky display. 

Oh, and just as normal as it would be for a heifer of a double decker to be lumbering around some back roads picking up a dozen pensioners, it would be just as normal for a minibus to be on the main 191/2 route. Unusually, by this stage in the operation, the driver is wearing uniform! A couple did, including wearing PSV badges long after they stopped being widely seen, the remainder of the drivers dressed as they pleased!

 

Thats brilliant! I didn’t realise the adverts were all painted on and not the usual decals. They knew some old skool sign writers obviously. 
Nice to see the driver of the Optare still keeping up appearances wearing smart uniform too.

I wonder what happened after they closed down? I guess the drivers and staff went on to other operators or retired but what happened to the buses themselves? 
Presumably the older ones were scrapped. I know one Optare somehow got left in the old depot which eventually got vandalised, stripped and became overgrown in brambles before the site was redeveloped. 
How many survive though?

[Leyland Worldmaster]

On 01/09/2025 at 10:03, danthecapriman said:

I can just about remember these running around too.

Absolutely gorgeous looking coaches, and the Leon livery looked great on them too. 
I really wish someone would make a 1:43 scale model of these!

If I had the space to store one I’d buy a real one of these in a heartbeat!

Aha! That livery looks familiar. 100 years ago, I worked for a shop that sent it's staff to Sheffield for training.

From a well known hotel in Sheffield- was posh once- we were picked up in one of these.

I can small that Plaxton smell; hear the rattling of the eyeball vents and creaking of the bodywork.

It was clean but faded. It would have been about 27 years old at that point. Last Bedford I travelled on. 

[Leyland Worldmaster]

In 1989, our school did a holiday type thing to the IOW.

On this:

 

Quite a rare combination, no? *edit; Bedford Venturer\Caetano.

Also travelled to France on a Vanhool bodied AEC Reliance. Also quite rare, innit!

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Leyland Worldmaster
Unicorns

[Leyland Worldmaster]

Here's a random picture of a Leyland Tiger 290 Keyring. I've only seen one full size grille badge. Was on a Brentons of Blackheath Vanhool bodied example. Last seen in 2007\8.

 

[Yoss]

7 hours ago, danthecapriman said:

Thats brilliant! I didn’t realise the adverts were all painted on and not the usual decals. They knew some old skool sign writers obviously. 
Nice to see the driver of the Optare still keeping up appearances wearing smart uniform too.

I wonder what happened after they closed down? I guess the drivers and staff went on to other operators or retired but what happened to the buses themselves? 
Presumably the older ones were scrapped. I know one Optare somehow got left in the old depot which eventually got vandalised, stripped and became overgrown in brambles before the site was redeveloped. 
How many survive though?

Advert signwriting  is definitely a lost art but was probably quite common back in the day. 

These are all hand painted. 

Plus the wheelchair converted 133 and 134.

I have many more examples upstairs. I think before computers if you only wanted one advert, as a lot of small local companies would it probably was cheaper to paint it than print it. 

 

[artdjones]

Cardiff Corporation originally only allowed hand painted ads, which had to be in harmony with the maroon and cream livery, as illustrated by these two models.

Elkes and the CWS both had biscuit factories on Moorland Rd., Cardiff. Around 1955 my father worked in Elkes, and my mother in CWS. A meeting was arranged by mutual friends, and they married in 1956.

[Leyland Worldmaster]

https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/DIAD/id/11060

[Leyland Worldmaster]

1 hour ago, Leyland Worldmaster said:

Here's a random picture of a Leyland Tiger 290 Keyring. I've only seen one full size grille badge. Was on a Brentons of Blackheath Vanhool bodied example. Last seen in 2007\8.

 

Here's the badger:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130423792@N03/34212736371/in/pool-2739253@N22/