Ledgard Coaches

Ledgard Coaches were an old and well respected Yorkshire travel company with many admirers still living around the Leeds area. 

in 1906, with a steam lorry. In 1912 he bought a Karrier petrol-engined lorry, registered U1949. He then bought an interchangeable Charabanc body, manufactured by William Nicholson of Otley to be fitted to his lorry for carrying passengers at weekends when there was little haulage work. In 1913 he took over Bridge Garage in Leeds to service and repair his own, and others, vehicles. His other businesses included cattle dealing and farming, quarrying and gravel extraction. He also bought property around his hotel, which eventually provided space for his bus garage.

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Ledgard Coaches were an old and well respected Yorkshire travel company with many admirers still living around the Leeds area. 

in 1906, with a steam lorry. In 1912 he bought a Karrier petrol-engined lorry, registered U1949. He then bought an interchangeable Charabanc body, manufactured by William Nicholson of Otley to be fitted to his lorry for carrying passengers at weekends when there was little haulage work. In 1913 he took over Bridge Garage in Leeds to service and repair his own, and others, vehicles. His other businesses included cattle dealing and farming, quarrying and gravel extraction. He also bought property around his hotel, which eventually provided space for his bus garage.

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