During World War II only eleven new buses could be purchased, all were Guy Arabs chassis with ultility bodies by Pickering (56 and 57) and Massey (58-66).

The two Pickering bodied 5LW vehicles were sold shortly after the war to Sunderland Corporation.

The Massey bodied 6LW vehicles had a much longer life, mainly due to eight of them being re-bodied by East Lancs Coachbuilders between July 1954 and May 1956.

On re-entering service these vehicles became the first to carry the livery of a lighter shade of green and without lining out!

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