Sheffield History Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 Sheffield Wednesday's open top bus parade through Sheffield having won the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 WJ 6504, a Cravens bodied Leyland Tiger TS4 coach belonging to the recently formed Sheffield United Tours doing the honours. A few folk turned out for the parade, then. Caps and hats all round, as was normal in those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 A Sheffield United tour bus for a Sheffield Wednesday parade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 When I was young it puzzled me that Sheffield United had its own coach company but my team didn't. It took me some time to understand that the name originated from the amalgamation of several coach operators in Sheffield who "united" as one company, hence Sheffield United Tours, nothing to do with a football team at all. Even after finding that out, for some time I would only refer to the company as SUT rather than utter the name Sheffield United 🙂. Sheffield United Tours had only been formed on 1st March 1935, so had been in existence less than 2 months when the parade took place. I wonder if the coach was still carrying the colours of Arthur Kitson Ltd. A brief history of Sheffield United Tours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheffield History Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 Ha ha that's brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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