Charles H. Roe

In 1947 the Charles H. Roe Company, of Crossgates, Leeds, became a subsidiary of Park Royal Vehicles.  John Kaye has kindly provided some Roe Company's official photographs and I reproduce them here along with his notes.  There are other examples of Roe bodywork within these pages.

Thumbnail image of the Roe bodied AEC Reliance. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  HHL 875 - West Riding 799 is an AEC Reliance with Roe Dalesman C41C body GO3999.  Being the first of four such vehicles to enter service in 1956, it was withdrawn in September 1966.

Thumbnail image of the Roe bodied Seaton Delaval. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  JR 6600 - Hunter, Seaton Delaval 11, a Ld TS7 with a Burlingham coach body dating from 1937.  It was re-bodied by Roe in 1954 with a B39C body and renumbered 21.

Thumbnail image of the Roe bodied Leyland PD2/12. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  RDH 507 - Walsall 817, is a Leyland PD2/12 with Roe FH33/23RD body GO3710 built on Park Royal frames.  It was new in June 1953.

Thumbnail image of the Roe bodied Sunbeam MF2B. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  RKH 115 - Hull 115, is a Sunbeam MF2B chassis with Roe H30/24D body GO3756.  It entered service in February 1955 and was withdrawn in October 1964 upon closure of the trolleybus system.

Thumbnail image of the Roe bodied Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.  HGC 125 - Burton Corporation 69, started life with London Transport G415 in 1946, as a Guy Arab with Park Royal H30/26R body 31029.  Along with others, it was refurbished by Roe before entering service with Burton in 1953.  After withdrawal it was exported to a transport museum in Houston, Texas in June 1967 together with HGC 213, a similar vehicle which had also passed to Burton in 1953.