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A few minor (and one or two not so minor) corrections.
1. The Pretoria system didn’t commence in 1949, it commenced in 1939 (1st
July is the date I have before me). The initial fleet was 101-24, 38-seat
Metro-Cammell bodied Leyland single-decks, and 150-9, 54-seat Metro-Cammell
bodied Leyland double-decks. The single-decks were mainly replaced by the
intake of double-deckers 1949-51, but I believe four were still in storage
as late as 1959. The double-decks were replaced by the Sunbeam S7As in 1960.
2. The two-axle Sunbeams I have as model F4, which seems the most likely
given their construction date. I’m far from convinced that there was ever a
model W4 (weren’t wartime Sunbeams and Karriers simply model ‘W’?) but I’ve
picked up a few references to W4 on the internet. Only five of these were
reported to be still in use by mid-1971.
3. The Daimlers, which are stated in the video to have been 3-axle CTM6s
numbered 172-90, were actually 2-axle CTM4s numbered 172-89. All the 3-axle
trolleys shown in the video are 1960 Sunbeams. Of the Daimlers, only three
were reported to be still in use by mid-1971.
4. The builder of the bodies on the 2-axle Sunbeams and the Daimlers was
actually British Mining Supply (B.M.S.) rather than Services.
5. There is no mention in the video of trolleys 190-9, these were 1950
B.U.T. 9611Ts with bodywork by Bus Bodies of Port Elizabeth, a
Metro-Cammell subsidiary. 190 may have had a body constructed by
Metro-Cammell itself (sources vary). These had all gone by 1971, which I
presume is the date of the video.
6. Brockhouse (the builder of the bodies on the Sunbeam S7As) was the
successor to British Mining Supply. It is thought that this was the same
Brockhouse which built bus bodies in Glasgow and turbo-transmitters in
Coventry, and, for a short time, was the owner of the chassis builders
Sunbeam, Karrier, and Vulcan. Only seven of the S7As were reported to be
still in service by mid-1971. ?