tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post2044674306097224697..comments2024-03-04T06:12:38.695+13:00Comments on Photo-Sleuth: Horse-drawn omnibusesBrett Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-35167434123773495682009-10-19T23:13:58.678+13:002009-10-19T23:13:58.678+13:00Thanks, Beryl, for your comments. I'm afraid ...Thanks, Beryl, for your comments. I'm afraid I don't have any photos of omnibuses from Brisbane. All of those featured here were from readers, from the net, or from books. You will find another article that I wrote about electric trams in Derby, <a href="http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/2009/05/electric-trams-in-derby-1904-1934.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. However, I wish you all the best with your book.<br /><br />Regards, BrettBrett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-47700148812748956172009-10-19T22:31:55.591+13:002009-10-19T22:31:55.591+13:00Brett, a very interesting series of early photogra...Brett, a very interesting series of early photographs on horse-drawn buses and omnibuses. I have been researching Brisbane's horse-drawn buses for the past 20 years and hope to publish a book on that topic early in 2010. Do you have any photographs of Brisbane omnibuses? I have been tracking 60 companies (mostly family enterprises from the mid 1860s to the 1920s. Our bus services in Brisbane were only very small compared with Sydney and Melbourne and nothing like what was developed in London.<br />Thanks, Beryl.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416337261134131033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-66501070041088657432008-08-21T22:35:00.000+12:002008-08-21T22:35:00.000+12:00Thanks very much, Barry. I will see if I can get ...Thanks very much, Barry. I will see if I can get hold of a copy of your book, as it may well provide much more of relevance to dating photographs. Regards, BrettBrett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-7272641299864018632008-08-21T21:45:00.000+12:002008-08-21T21:45:00.000+12:00Your suspicions about the date are correct. This e...Your suspicions about the date are correct. This ex-Manchester horse bus is seen operating in 1907. Derby Corporation purchased nine in 1903, four of which were the large 37 seaters shown here. These examples were the largest horesebuses ever to operate in Derby.The first four that arrived in March 1903 cost the Corporation £135 including oddments.See page 32of The Story of Transport in Derby by Barry Edwards (Breedon 1993)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11022223864477909099noreply@blogger.com