Dewsbury Bus Museum
{{Short description|Bus museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England}}
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| name = Dewsbury Bus Museum
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| alt = A double deck bus in front of a large iron clad garage
| caption = Guy Wulfrunian UCX275 stands outside the Dewsbury Bus Museum
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| established = {{start year|1989 }}
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| location = Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
| type = Transport museum
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| owner = West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust
| website = {{URL|http://www.dewsburybusmuseum.org/}}
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The Dewsbury Bus Museum is a museum in Ravensthorpe, West Yorkshire, England. Opened to the public in September 1989, it is owned and operated by the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust, a registered charity, and is run entirely by volunteer effort.[https://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=702232&subid=0 Charity Commission details]
It is home to the only two surviving Guy Wulfrunian double deck buses and several other West Riding Automobile Company vehicles as well as others from Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co, Yorkshire Traction Company, West Yorkshire PTE, Huddersfield and Halifax Corporations and local independent J. Wood of Mirfield.
The collection
The collection includes:{{cite web|url=http://www.dewsburybusmuseum.org/our-vehicles/4525958410|title=Our Collection|website=Dewsbury Bus Museum|access-date=29 June 2021}}
- 1948 Leyland Titan PD2 – Leyland body – BHL682 – 640
- 1952 Leyland Tiger PS2 – Roe coach body – EHL336 – 725
- 1952 Leyland Tiger PS2 – Roe bus body – EHL344 – 733
- 1956 AEC Reliance bus – Roe DP body – JHL708 – 808
- 1957 AEC Reliance coach – Roe Dalesman body – JHL983 – 903
- 1957 Guy Arab MkIV – Roe body – KHL855 – 855
- 1961 Guy Wulfrunian – Roe body – UCX275 – 995
- 1963 Guy Wulfrunian – Roe body – WHL970 – 970
- 1967 Leyland Panther – Roe body – LHL164F – 164
- 1970 Bristol RELL – ECW body – THL261H – 261
- 1982 Leyland National 2 – Integral – XUA73X – 73
- 1984 Leyland Olympian – ECW body – A577NWX – 577
- 1987 Leyland Royal Tiger Doyen – Integral – E50TYG – 50
Gallery
File:Leyland Titan PD2 BHL682.jpg File:Leyland Tiger EHL336.jpg File:Leyland Tiger PS2 EHL344.jpg File:AEC Reliance Roe Dalesman JUL983.jpg
File:Guy Arab KHL855 in Wakefield.jpg File:Guy Wulfrunian UCX275.jpg File:Guy Wulfrunian WHL970.jpg File:Leyland Panther LHL164F.jpg
File:Bristol RE THL261H.jpg File:Leyland National II XUA73X.png File:Leyland Olympian A577NWX.png File:Leyland Royal Tiger Doyen E50TYG.jpg
Events
File:Double decker line up.jpg
The museum holds a number of Open Days and other events throughout the year, and these are well attended, with many visiting vehicles.{{cite news |last=Himelfield |first=Dave |date=13 November 2014 |title=On the Buses |url=http://www.pressreader.com/uk/huddersfield-daily-examiner/20141113/282630325942650 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |access-date=10 September 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmotormuseums.com/museum.php?mus_id=164|title=Dewsbury Bus Museum|website=British Motor Museums|access-date=30 June 2021}}
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Site history
Prior to the redevelopment of the site in the late 1980s, there had been a small depot on the site belonging to the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Company of Dewsbury since the 1930s. In later years, it had been used to store de-licensed coaches during the winter but by the early 1980s, it had fallen into disrepair and out of use until it was offered for sale to the West Riding Omnibus Preservation Society (WROPS) for the storage of their collection of preserved buses and coaches.
WROPS formed the West Riding Omnibus Museum Trust to purchase the building and used it until its condition deteriorated further when it was demolished and the current structure erected.
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.dewsburybusmuseum.org/ Dewsbury Bus Museum official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1z_8KSoojw&list=UUUs9gzV3UpDnokUuWCN-8VA&index=236 Video of Open Day, 16 September 1990]
Category:1989 establishments in England