Wigan Album

I know it's nowt to do with Wigan So why is it on here? I thought it was Wigan related photos only?

Wiganer. It was travelling on the Blackrod Byepass and I have asked for any info!

Harry; Have a look at websites :-
http://www.classicbuses.co.uk/alex1.html
http://www.classicbuses.co.uk/alex3.html

Thanks Ernest, will do but was interested in this particular bus and thought one of the bus buffs might know.

Harry, Alexanders was a large Scottish based bus/coach operator.

Thanks for that DerekB.

It might well be the 1950 Leyland Tiger CWG 206 with an Alexander body which is at the Manchester Transport Museum - and seems to be photographed regularly in this region. Quite why a bus from a Scottish operator should be in a museum dedicated to local transport, I don't know.

As Rev David comments; the bus in the photo does look like 1950 - LEYLAND TIGER at:-
http://www.classicbuses.co.uk/alex3.html
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Alexander did operate buses in Scotland, but also built bodies for various chassis and supplied them far and wide. Here is a photo of an Alexander body in Wigan in 1976.

http://www.sct61.org.uk/lu308

Harry; Have a look at websites :=



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvogiXmsT9M

http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_griffin_park_boy/6771235143/

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/cwg206/Recent

http://molotron.com/tag/cwg206

Thanks Neil and Ernest, it seems to be the one Manchester transport Museum.