Coaches Collection

The Coronation Coach
The State coach, weighing 4 tonnes, which first appeared on the streets of London at an opening of Parliament by George III has been used at every Royal coronation since that of George IV

NFS personnel coach from District 34-HQ, Ealing, WW2
National Fire Service personnel coach from District 34-HQ, Ealing, West London

Coronation 1953, Queen Elizabeth II in golden State coach
Queen Elizabeth II drives through Trafalgar Square in central London in the golden State coach on the way to Westminster Abbey for her Coronation on 2 June 1953. Date: 1953

Castle Coaches Bus at a bus stop running between Lewisham and Marylebone in London c. 1940

Crossing Windermere
Two sight-seeing excursion coaches are carried by steam ferry across Lake Windermere, in the heart of Englands Lake District

Bank of England / Busy
Busy street scene including coaches and a crossing sweeper, a figure peers out of an upstairs window and a flag flies from a tower

Coronation Procession, Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II arriving in the gold state coach at Westminster Abbey for her Coronation on 2 June 1953. The coach and liveried footmen

Victoria Coach Station - opened in 1932. Date: circa late 1930s

Leyland Coach (Operated by Clarington Coaches), Hindley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

Coronation 1937 - procession after ceremony
First sight of King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth after they had left Westminster Abbey for the processional drive back to Buckingham Palace

Advert, New Olympic coach by Leyland
Advert, Olympic single-decker coach by Leyland. 1950

Victorian Christmas time by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouettes by H. L. Oakley depicting various transport scenes over the Christmas time. Date: 1939

Winston Churchill on the Coronation route, 1953
Sir Winston Churchills carriage was held up outside Canada House, and in order to pass it the State Coach had to make a difficult turn. The crowd applauded Churchill for his unruffled reaction. 1953

Blackpools Tram Cars
Blackpools Luxury Tram Cars, including double ( Balloon ) and single decker varieties and a fully open boat tram. Many of these vintage tramcars are still running

Victoria-Albert / Carriage
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert taking an airing in Hyde Park, London in a fine open carriage led by four blinkered greys

Coaching Meet in Hyde Pk
The Coaching Revival : Sir Henry Meysey Thompson, General Dickson and Lord Hothfield with their four-in-hand coaches in Hyde Park - a fashionable social event

Westminster 1950S
The Houses of Parliament seen the south side of the river Thames across Lambeth Bridge

The Promenade, Havre-des-Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Advert, King & Taylor Ltd, Godalming, Surrey, luxury coachwork. 1950

Blackpools Tram Cars
Blackpools Luxury Streamline Tram Cars, including double ( Balloon ) and single decker varieties and a fully open boat tram

Hyde Park London Victorian period

Selby Market Place Charabancs probably 1920s

Keswick Latrigg and Station Road early 1900s

Oban Pass of Melfort Victorian period

Coaches to Kirkstone Pass, Ambleside, early 1900s

Ambleside Coach to Kirkstone Pass early 1900s

Official opening of the Paris Exhibition of 1867 - imperial cortege arriving at the Champs Elysees Palace. Date: 1867

Coaches descending Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Cumbria. Postcard published by George Perry Abraham (1844-1923), a photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer. Date: 1923

The Steep Bit of Honister Pass, Lake District, Cumbria. Postcard published by George Perry Abraham (1844-1923), a photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer. Date: circa 1910s

Coaching Club
The Coaching Club holding a meeting at Hyde Park. Date: 1932

Greyhound Lines, USA, ticket wallet, property of an Englishwoman tourist Date: 1953

Greyhound Lines, ticket wallet, USA routes map
Greyhound Lines, back of ticket wallet, USA routes map Date: 1953

Greyhound Lines, ticket wallet including USA routes map
Greyhound Lines, back of ticket wallet including USA routes map Date: 1953

The Lord Mayor of London's State Coachi s, along with the Queen's Gold State Coach and the Speaker's State Coach, one of the three great State Coaches of the United Kingdom

Timetable, Plough Hotel Coach Office, Cheltenham - Royal Mails and Light & Elegant Post Coaches daily to the places listed. Date: 1826

Poster, Victoria Coach Station, with a military band marching along the road. Date: circa 1960

Funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington, London
The funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington, 18 November 1852, on its journey from Chelsea Hospital to St Paul's Cathedral, London. 1852

Edwardian men an women sitting on top of the coaches having luncheon, finely laid out with white tablecloths. Date: 1907

The yard at the Bull and Mouth Inn, in St Martins-le-Grand, London. Date: circa 1820

Hackney coaches and their drivers wait for fares in Westminster at the time of Charles I Date: 17th century

GEORGE IV AND FRIEND
George, prince of Wales (later George IV) drives his friend Mrs Q in his carriage to Brighton. Date: 1810s

On the coaches, luncheon time. Date: June 1901

Coaches taking football fans to Cup Final at Wembley
Coaches bearing football fans on the roof travel to the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, London. Date: circa 1930

Women waiting for stage coaches in Paris, 1839. Women in lace bonnets, shawls and wide-sleeved dresses. The courtyard of the Messageries Nationales diligences. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Street scene in Dunster, Somerset. Date: circa 1950s

The interior of a car on the Cote d Azur Pullman Express decorated with panels of Rene Lalique glass. Date: 1930

London Underground, carriage interiors -- one of the original CLR coaches (top), and a remodelled CLR coach (bottom). Date: 1926

Experiment - first railway passenger coach. 1825

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