Prior to the National Bus Company redrawing the boundaries of its subsidiary companies in the run up to de-regulation, the Yorkshire coastal resort of Scarborough was very much the territory of United Automobile Services, whose red buses enjoyed a monopoly on the sea front. Open-top buses were very late coming to Scarborough, perhaps because of the bracing nature of the weather, although that didn't deter the hardy northerners from swimming in the bay.
Prior to this, the seafront service was characterised by several generations of stylish single-deck buses with central entrances and roof quarter-lights - what in tramway terms would have been called 'sun saloons'. This digitally-coloured image shows a 1951 Leyland Tiger TS8 with a 1935 Plaxton body that had previously been fitted to an ADC chassis. These buses lasted until 1957 when they were replaced by the lengthened Bristol Ls with new ECW bodies illustrated in the next image. The source image is from the collection of Peter Elliott (photographer unknown).
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