The original company has passed into history, so it is to the preserved examples we look to today that keeps the memory alive. Preserved Leyland and Bristol buses run previously by Southdown. 1/12. Living north of the Tyne, I was more familiar with the Tynemouth and Newcastle buses. Preserved Leyland Leopard and Bristol RE buses run previously by Southdown. Southdown Preserved . 222 Members. The details about seating capacity for this batch are wrong. See more ideas about bus coach, bus, bedford buses. bus & coach gallery. In relation to Chris’s comment about front entrances, all post 1958 deliveries to Southdown had them, although the position of the door on the Commer Avengers was debatable! Southdown operated at 20 past the hour, which caused further disputes. Welcome & Enjoy!! Every expense seems to have been spared on the NCT vehicles, with their painted metal interiors, whereas the NGT were covered. and the numbers are quite staggering. Foreign. Preserved Southdown bus 125 (CD 5125) 1920 Leyland N Type Short Brothers (1928 rebody), Amberley Museum, 27 July 2004.jpg 418 × 329; 160 KB. 1956 Guy Arab IV / Park Royal (H33/26RD) New to and preserved as Southdown as No. Southdown also had many more batches of coaches in those days and it would be interesting to know what the total coach fleet strength was. Like you Richard, our school bus was either one of the Pickering rebodied pre war Regents or, occasionally, one of the Weymann bodied, early post war variety. PRESERVED EAST KENT BUSES & COACHES. The Society was formed in 1982 to perpetuate interest in the former DEVON GENERAL OMNIBUS & TOURING CO. LTD, and its successors, and to stimulate and encourage preservation for future generations. Presumably this pair were likewise members of the Trainer fleet, however my point of reference (1957 ABC Yorkshire Municipals) does not list JWB 416 (left). In 1990 it was repainted into traditional Southdown livery (complete with the ‘coaching advertisement’ on the stairwell window) and adorned with the 75 th Anniversary lettering 1915 – 1990. My memories date from the mid 1950s when I can just about remember the ECW rebodied Leyland TD5s and the trio of AEC Regents rebodied by Pickering. In 1957, I started to attend Tynemouth High School, where it was decided we lived near enough to walk to school. FCO39/30F SOUTHDOWN (apple green & primrose with dark green mudguards) A.G. Elliott & T. Baker (P), Chichester, 12/99 Previous Registration Numbers 406 DCD was previously WRU 702B, 406 DCD The Open Top Bus Site - www.opentopbus.net - List of current open top buses in West Sussex, England This list was published on 31/12/2020 Page 1 of 4 Add to Cart. Dec 13, 2014 - Explore Ian Frank's board "Southdown" on Pinterest. Historic. 1120-5 were used on Southdown Beacon Tours, at least 1125 having a cream roof and window surrounds from mid-58 to /62. Earn 7 reward points. Wales. Some of our buses have USB charging points by the seats so you can charge your device while you travel with us. Photos must be of buses carrying the 'Southdown' fleetname. This list is ONLY of those listed as preserved and does not list all known survivors. Jul 30, 2019 - Explore Mark O'Keeffe's board "Southdown Buses" on Pinterest. Eventually the Commissioners came down in favour of Southdown and they were awarded the licence. photo by Pete Edgeler. Part 2 contains the list of preserved AEC buses and coaches that originated with London Transport or London Country Bus Services. Non commercial preservation Preserved Southdown 103 Jul18. The company did not purchase any new double deck vehicles until 1989. Classic Southdown Omnibuses Ltd . Southbus - Maintained by Nigel Chatfield. More. I’ll shut up now! I make no comment on accuracy or validity of any of the data but hope you find this site a useful resource.---- Now in Excess of 700 links to live British Fleets --- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. FCO39/30F SOUTHDOWN (apple green & primrose with dark green mudguards) A.G. Elliott & T. Baker (P), Chichester, 12/99 Previous Registration Numbers 406 DCD was previously WRU 702B, 406 DCD The Open Top Bus Site - www.opentopbus.net - List of current open top buses in West Sussex, England This list was published on 31/12/2020 Page 1 of 4 Wales. A couple of photos are attached illustrating a Northern vehicle and one of Newcastle’s 1957 high bridge buses. MAPS. Southdown Motor Services can trace its history back to a pair of steam buses which … It carried 30 tourists from the Midlands and had taken a week to get there from Victoria Coach Station. The original company has passed into history, so it is to the preserved examples we look to today that keeps the memory alive. As Philip says, add to this M & D, East Kent , Royal Blue etc. Old Bus Photos - Old bus Photos and informative copy. Foreign. 391 Members. The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Welcome, feel free to post your photos of preserved buses and coaches, but please take a moment to review the group rules... See more. 1/4. Its staggering to realise that one batch of coaches could number 130 and just goes to show how the British holiday scene has changed so much. by PD3. The company also used its coaches to run long-distance holiday sightseeing tours, across Britain and the Continent. Taken in the mid sixties at the exit of Eastbourne Cavendish Place coach station this photo is of one of the last batch of Southdown’s 130 Tiger Cub/ Beadle coaches. £0.00 £14.95. This page contains the lists and photos of preserved AECs that originated with provincial and independent bus and coach operators across the United Kingdom. The high bridge vehicles seated 62 and the low bridge vehicles 58. Southdown bought several batches of Leyland Leopard service buses; Free bus rides were run on two routes, open toppers providing a seafront service; Built in 1963, this Leyland Leopard L2 has 31ft 5in long Harrington coachwork; The old Southdown livery applied to this Alexander Dash bodied Dart that served with Southdown’s successor, Stagecoach This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Sitemap. Links to all fleets are accessible via the pages listed above Click to Enter. The apple green and cream buses and coaches of Southdown Motor Services have been a firm favourite with bus enthusiast for many years. Imber bus running day 2015 at the deserted Imber village on the Salisbury Plain Military Training Area,Wiltshire,United Kingdom. AECs in Service . This list is ONLY of those listed as preserved and does not list all known survivors. Article by Ken Jeffery. August 26th, 2006 Group Since . Until these patent rights expired in the mid ‘thirties, other manufacturers employed the twin gangway form of the upper deck for lowbridge orders. I came across a mention in a book about a "Southdown" coach arriving at the newly opened Hotel Ukrania, Moscow in 1958. 731 SCD731N. 122 BUF122C. There were 10 PD2s in 1957 for Northern. The majority of these are privately owned and further details are given in the list which can be downloaded. I could go on a real nostalgia fest here, Ronnie. Buses in the Acton depot of the London Transport Museum. As this style of body was I believe peculiar to South down and this front entrance batch small in number I have not seen many photos of them here or elsewhere. WELCOME. Southdown PSV Limited. For more information on current and former vehicles, please contact the East Kent and Maidstone & District Bus Club who's information far exceeds that of any website. VRT Series 1. Preserved Southdown 510 Jul18. Southdown operate a number of buses throughout Surrey, Sussex, and Kent. All were 63 seaters. The Leyland Titan TD1 was the first of a very long serving range of double-deck chassis. Tynemouth was my local fleet. As a child, my interest in buses came from the regular rides on Southdown buses from Waterlooville into Portsmouth then on Porsmouth Corporation vehicles to see friends and family. To try and rectify this I attach two photos of this batch No’s 777-788 Reg No’s RUF 177-188, That of 783 was taken outside Pevensey Road bus station, whilst not a very good photo I included it as this bus was later converted into a tree lopper after an accident at I believe Jarvis Brook railway bridge which was near Southdown’s Crowborough garage, I heard that the unfortunate driver was an Maidstone & District man trying to reach the garage. Links to all fleets are accessible via the pages listed above Click to Enter Preserved Birmingham buses 1975 I don't usually scan my preserved buses but this was a nice line up, I think it was taken at Tyseley loco shed it is dated 1975. Welcome to the official website for Preserved Southdown Leyland National PCD 80R... - For details of Tinkers Park 2021, please click the HERE... - A full list of buses that attended Tinkers Park 2020 can be found under the relevant page above. 222 Members. Seen at the Southgate roundabout on the A23 Crawley By Pass during the 3rd May 1970 HCVC Rally is UF 4813, a 1929 Leyland Titan TD1 with the Brush open top O27/24RO open staircase body that it carried from new – it is not a conversion. It still looks odd for me to see front entrance Southdown coaches, so rare were they! England Scotland Wales. Services; Map; Vehicles; 236 Oxted - Edenbridge - Lingfield - East Grinstead 324 Copthorne - Burstow - Horley - Redhill - Reigate College 357 Selsdon - Warlingham - Caterham - Redhill - Reigate 409 Selsdon - Caterham - Godstone - East Grinstead 410 Hurst Green - Oxted - Godstone - Redhill 411 Caterham Hoppa Caterham - Caterham On The Hill - Caterham A Directory of Bus Fleetists. As you say, Tynemouth & District had eight of them, FT 9408/15 208/15 I started as a driver at Percy Main in 1967, so by now they were nearly 11 years old, but they were VERY reliable, and for all their age they were a delight to drive, but how much better would they have been if they ha been fitted with a G6LW rather than a 5? 2093 : OCD763G Big Bus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Last reported : May 2016. A Directory of Bus Fleetists. As well as appreciating the value of economies of scale in a large network (and the deep organisation required to … Most examples were bodied with the Leyland lowbridge body, the firm initially holding the UK royalty rights for the single offside gangway upper deck layout. The Weymann Fanfare bodied Tiger Cubs came in two batches 1130-1144 Reg XUF 130-144 in 1960 and 1145-1154 Reg 8145-8154 CD in 1962 after that the Leopard was the chassis of choice. In October 1956 the vehicle was fitted with full size bus destination screens and demoted to stage carriage work (the seats were not altered however). Southdown Motor Services (popularly known as Southdown Buses) was formed in 1915 with the intention of providing bus services to a big chunk of the South Coast (the "Southcoast" name already having been taken).. Southdown was founded by "The two Alfreds", Alfred Douglas Mackenzie and Alfred Cannon, who worked together to make Southdown's a cut above the normal bus service, with better … Rally Calendar. The active preservation and operation of preserved buses is undertaken by private individuals, organised trusts or societies, and even commercial operators. 397 CLT – Preserved as London Transport RM1397. Photos; Discussions; Members ; Map; About; Sort: Date added. Buses used a predominantly green and cream colour scheme with some darker green detailing, and ornate black-shadowed gold block capitals, whereas coaches tended to be more two-tone green, with much more use of dark green, and with a different gold logo, the angled, flourished Mackenzie script logo designed by Alfred Mackenzie for his precious coach fleet in 1921. View: Justified Light box. KWA 218 however is shown as former No.218 of 1948 and both buses appear the to be the same, Leyland PS1 with Weymann 34-seat bodies. The former Samuel Ledgard operations were always good users of former London buses and it is good here to see former RLH 32 preserved in that guise When one is well old enough to have seen the entry into service of a vehicle type it comes as a stark reminder of passing time to see that same type enter the ranks of preservation. 1120-5 were used on Southdown Beacon Tours, at least 1125 having a cream roof and window surrounds from mid-58 to /62. London Transport … More. Southdown Motor Services 1929 Leyland Titan TD1 Brush O27/24RO. Wallsend locals were largely in the hands of successive batches of Guy Arabs. 20732 Photos. Preserved Southdown bus 873 (UF 6473) 1930 Leyland Titan TD1, Amberley Museum, 17 October 2008.jpg 160 × 231; 42 KB. Sold in 1965 it became staff transport for Mother Hubbard Kitchen Cabinets in Chadderton, near Manchester. AECs preserved outside of the UK can be found on the relevant country pages (see AECs Abroad). In common with cars and trucks, preservation of buses in the United Kingdom is a hobby activity enjoyed by many people, both actively or passively. Getting back to the Park Royal GUY Arab IV’s. Southdown was founded by "The two Alfreds", Alfred Douglas Mackenzie and Alfred Cannon, who worked together to make Southdown's a cut above the normal bus service, with better signage and roomier more luxurious seating than might normally be expected on standard services, and a laserlike focus on timetabling and scheduling. No.321 (JCD 21) was delivered to Eastbourne in February 1948 and remained there until 1964 when it moved to Worthing. Photos of buses carrying the... See more. List of links to Bus Fleetlists published on the web. The preserved bus fleet in the UK includes dating from the earliest pre-war models right up to models manufactured after the year 2000. Southdown Motors Services Ltd (although this was the legal name of the company (until 1992) it was normally referred to as Southdown Motor Services [1] ) was a bus and coach operator in East and West Sussex and parts of Hampshire , in southern England . This served Southdown well as a series of acquisitions and takeovers resulted in the company expanding their territory out into a wedge-shaped area stretching from Portsmouth to Hastings, with the top of the wedge extending up to London. List of links to Bus Fleetlists published on the web. “The Fylde Transport Trust is the guardian of a unique collection of buses and trams spanning over 80 years of public transport history. ... containing the largest collection of preserved buses and coaches on one site in the North East of England. Imber bus running day 2015 at the deserted Imber village on the Salisbury Plain Military Training Area,Wiltshire,United Kingdom. Part 2: London AECs. 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