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Events : Preview – Leyland National 50

25 April 2022 Mike Humble 8

To celebrate the joint fiftieth anniversaries of the Leyland National and the Lillyhall factory, the Workington Transport Heritage Trust are organising a unique free event, LN50, to take place in […]

Buses

News : BCVM Leyland secures massive grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund

14 September 2017 Mike Humble 8

The BCVM is housed in a part of the former Leyland Motors factory in King Street. It’s had some turbulent times over the past couple of decades but, thanks to […]

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News : Leyland Olympian farewell in Preston

30 December 2016 Mike Humble 24

The Olympian was the final chassis produced by Leyland Bus, with the very last model leaving the Workington plant in 1993. With the recent change in legislation regarding step-entrance double-decker […]

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News : Legendary Leyland bus operator closes

25 October 2015 Mike Humble 4

Mike Humble After a short period of financial uncertainty, one of the longest-trading UK bus operators to have had a strong association with British Leyland has closed after an incredible 107 years in business. Leyland-based John […]

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News : Maggie’s armoured battle bus is up for sale

10 March 2015 Mike Humble 6

Story: Business Insider Additions: Mike Humble Nick Mead, a collector of armoured vehicles in Helmdon, Northamptonshire, is selling former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s own armoured bus and has put […]

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Technician’s Update : Tiger Tiger in the night, there’s a problem with your lights

8 March 2015 Mike Humble 19

Mike Humble When I was just a slip of a young man, I got completely fed up with working on cars in a dealership Monday to Friday 8.30 to 5.30 […]

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Essay : Cummins in the UK – Darlington celebrates 50 years

25 February 2015 Mike Humble 18

Despite all the historical trauma of Leyland, our sole remaining builder of trucks is in American ownership but still producing plenty of vehicles for the home market and for export at […]

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Buses : The 2014 Worthing Seafront Gathering

28 July 2014 Mike Humble 7

Mike Humble   It all started off with a phone call with a few days notice – would I be interested in driving a Daimler down to Worthing to take […]

Buses

Blog : The school bus home – an Olympian task…

8 July 2014 Mike Humble 9

Mike Humble At AROnline, we like the bigger Leylands too. This fact was re-enforced when I took a ‘phone call on a recent day off asking If I could do […]

Buses

The Bus Section : Leyland Bus – 20 years since closure

10 July 2013 Mike Humble 47

Mike Humble While ploughing through my extensive archive of all things bus and coach just now, I was staggered to notice that, 20 years ago this month, in July 1993 […]

BMC, Leyland and Rover engines

Essay : Not their finest hour – AEC-Leyland 740/800 series V8 diesel

1 June 2013 Mike Humble 21

Mike Humble They say that jealousy is never the best policy for politics, a point proven when a well known former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer was quoted as saying ‘we will tax the rich until […]

Buses

Essay : Not their finest hour – Guy Wulfrunian

1 May 2013 Mike Humble 36

Mike Humble From personal experience, there is no customer more difficult to trade with or educate for that matter than a Bus or Coach operator. Your average road haulier for […]

Buses

Buses : Daimler and Leyland Fleetline 1960 to 1980

6 March 2013 Mike Humble 15

Mike Humble Coventry’s local hero Daimler had a long and respected image in the eyes and hearts of many a transport manager as a builder of rock solid and cost […]

AROnline News

News : Ashok Leyland to open R&D facility in the UK

23 February 2013 Mike Humble 28

Mike Humble/Bus and Coach magazine Ashok Leyland, the owner of Optare, is to open a Research and Development Centre at the MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, creating 30 jobs. The decision […]

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News : Optare doubles revenue and reduces losses

20 December 2012 Mike Humble 23

  Optare sales revenue doubled in the six months to 30 September from £22.7m last year to £46.7m this year. In the six months the company reduced its pre-tax losses […]

Commercials

Commercial Vehicles : Leyland Marathon

18 August 2012 Mike Humble 25

Mike Humble tells the story of the hugely influential Leyland Marathon The start of the fightback Adapting to market changes – and fast After all the trials and tribulations over […]

Jaguar

Essay : Not their finest hour – Daimler Roadliner, the Lyons-made blunder bus

13 August 2012 Mike Humble 23

Daimler tries things new: The Daimler motor company had a rich and respected past of which many people, including bus operators, had an enviable loyalty. William Lyons was almost held […]

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Buses: The Bristol VRT & VRL – 1967 to 1981

11 August 2012 Mike Humble 27

Mike Humble:   One of the many companies within the old British Leyland empire involved with public transport, was Bristol Commercial Vehicles with its headquarters in the suburb of Brislington, […]

Leyland

Essays : Leyland Bus – the declining years

9 August 2012 Mike Humble 31

It’s 20 years since Volvo delivered three killer blows to our motoring industry: 1992 saw the end of Leyland Lynx and Tiger production with total closure being announced for the […]

Archive

Archive : Standard-Triumph ‘Saved From Bankruptcy’

23 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

Finance, Industry, and Commerce By Our City Editor Just how bad was the financial position of Standard-Triumph International when it was taken over last year by Leylands is now revealed […]

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