Hants & Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

CONTENTS

Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916-1983

Fleet History 1916-1983 ………………………………….…….…………….…….….………….. Page 3

Bus Fleet List 1916-1983 - Part 2: 1935-1950……….…….………….………………… Page 13

Cover Illustration: Hants & Dorset No. 1256 (JEL275) was a 1950 Bristol K5G with ECW 55-seat lowbridge bodywork. It was withdrawn in 1968. (LTHL collection).

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With thanks to John Kaye and John Boylett (courtesy John Kaye) for illustrations.

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The roots of Hants & Dorset Motor Services can be traced back to the 17th March 1916, when & District Motor Services Limited was registered. However, because of the 1914-1918 war, suitable chassis for the fledgling Company were difficult to obtain as most were earmarked for military service. Eventually, four Straker-Squire chassis were acquired and fitted with charabanc bodies by Bayley's of London. They were finished in the aluminium livery of the Silver Fleet (an unofficial trading name). Each bore an individual name on the rear panel, the first four being 'The Silver King', 'The Silver Queen', 'The Silver Prince' and 'The Silver Princess'. To give the impression that the fleet was larger than it was, only even numbers were used, a practice that lasted until 1939. In 1917, two of the charabancs were requisitioned by the War Department, leaving the Company with just two vehicles, which were themselves requisitioned later, leaving Bournemouth & District Motor Services Ltd without any motorbuses at all. In desperation, two two-horse charabancs were pressed into service, and, for a while, became the only vehicles in the employ of the Company. By 1918, the Company still did not have a stage carriage route on which to operate, but in that year two small concerns, who had been struggling to maintain services during the war years, seemed ready to sell out. The Motor Omnibus Company and Eugene Poulain, were both operating between County Gates and , inside the boundary. In July 1918, the licences of Eugene Poulain were acquired, followed on 20th August 1918, by the licences of the Canford Cliffs Motor Omnibus Company, and Bournemouth & District Motor Services had its first stage carriage service.

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On 1st January 1919, in anticipation of future success, the company moved to larger premises at the 'Royal Mews' in Norwich Street, Bournemouth, where ticket and enquiry offices were built. Later in 1919, the British Automobile Traction Company (who had been a major shareholder since the company was registered) placed orders for the Leyland N and G5 type models, allocating them to subsidiaries that could place them in service immediately. By the end of the year Bournemouth and District had five in service and had obtained a licence to operate a new service from The Square, Bournemouth, to Ringwood Station via Ferndown, as well as a service between Poole and Sandbanks (at the invitation of Poole Council). In April 1920, the business of Trade Cars of was acquired, along with premises, three vehicles and private hire licences. In order not to cause offence to the citizens of Southampton, buses operating from the newly acquired depot bore the fleet name Hants & Dorset, and on 27th July 1920 the company's name was officially changed to Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. Licences to operate from Southampton to and Winchester were obtained, and assisted by the purchase of the licence of Bunce of Chandlersford; the Winchester service eventually operating nine journeys daily. In August 1920 a service to Romsey commenced, followed shortly afterwards by another new service to Bishops Waltham, via Swaythling and Botley, being further extended to Petersfield in 1922, which became the limit of Hants & Dorset operations in this direction. In November of that year, Portsmouth Corporation granted the necessary licences to enable the company to participate in a joint Southampton to Portsmouth service with Southdown Motor Services, travelling via Fareham. The following year a further joint service between Portsmouth and Winchester was introduced, however, by 1924, both

4 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983 companies had terminated their journeys at Fareham and direct through working between Southampton and Portsmouth ceased, although through fares were available and passengers were able to continue their journey by transferring vehicles. By the end of 1923 Hants & Dorset were operating routes from Southampton to Winchester via Chandlers Ford; Lymington via Lyndhurst; Romsey via Nursling; Winchester via Fair Oak; Romsey via Chilworth; Bishop's Waltham via Swaythling, Fareham via Botley; Petersfield via Bishop's Waltham; Portsmouth via Fareham and Cosham; Fareham via Titchfield, and Brook via Totton. In 1924 an agreement was reached with Elliott Brothers, of Bournemouth (trading as 'Royal Blue'), who had proposed the implementation of stage carriage services between Bournemouth and Lymington, Ringwood and Wimborne, whereby Elliott Brothers agreed not to operate the services in return for an agreement from Hants & Dorset that they would not operate any tours, excursions or long distance services from Bournemouth. As a result, a number of vehicles purchased by Elliott Brothers for the proposed services were transferred to Hants & Dorset. When the tramway tracks in Poole became due for renewal towards the end of the 1920's, the local council decided to replace them with motorbuses. Although Bournemouth Corporation had been providing the tramway services, the council entered into an agreement with Hants & Dorset to provide the replacement services. The Company had already been granted permission to operate within the Borough in 1928, when services from Alder Road to Wallisdown, via Branksome; from Newtown to Upton, via Poole; and from the George Hotel, Poole to County Gates, had

5 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983 commenced, with some journeys via Lower , which brought Hants & Dorset buses into competition with Bournemouth Corporation tramcars. The Lower Parkstone tracks were subsequently closed and Hants & Dorset began operating the service with recently acquired Leyland Titan TD1's, enabling travel between Bournemouth and Poole on H&D buses for the first time. The granting of running powers to the Southern Railway in 1928, enabled the railway company to run its own buses, but, like the other main-line companies, it decided to purchase shares in existing companies rather than engage in wasteful competition. This resulted in the Southern Railway acquiring 33% of the shares in Hants & Dorset in 1929, although the travelling public were to notice little difference and there was little integration between buses and trains. On Sunday 8th March 1931, Hants & Dorset opened a new bus station in Bournemouth, jointly with Elliott Brothers. It was a two-tier building with entrance onto Exeter Road, with Royal Blue coaches using the lower tier and Hants & Dorset buses, the upper tier. On 23rd January 1933, a second new bus station, on a site at West Marland Terrace in Southampton, was opened. It was around this time that Bournemouth began to review the future of the tramway system and Hants & Dorset offered to replace the whole system with company buses, but the Corporation chose to introduce trolleybuses and the Hants & Dorset offer was refused. Poole Borough, however, owned the tramway track within their boundary and had leased it to Bournemouth Corporation. In 1935, when the lease became due for renewal, Hants & Dorset once again offered to provide replacement services within the

6 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983 borough. This time an agreement was reached with the local council and H&D buses began operating stage carriage services within the Borough of Poole. At the same time an additional agreement was entered into with Bournemouth Corporation regarding the through running of services between the two towns. By this time Hants & Dorset had extended their operating area by acquiring many smaller businesses, including Lymington & District in 1929, along with the depot at Londesborough Yard, which provided the springboard for services to Christchurch and New Milton, acquired from Mr. Cyril Dawson, and from Wootton to New Milton and Barton-on-Sea acquired with the business of New Milton & District Motor Services. By 1933 further routes serving Pennington, Sway and New Milton, formerly operated by Oakleigh Motor Services had been added, and the acquisition of Billie's Bus Service provided routes through Boldre, Pilley, Portmore, Wainsford, Wootton and New Milton, all of which operated out of the Londesborough Yard depot. The Station Garage at was purchased in 1927 along with the business and local routes of Russell Parsons. The garage became an outstation for H&D vehicles and, although the other vehicles acquired were sold without operating for the company, a Shelvoke and Drewry freighter was retained for a further season. The Bere Regis Motor Service of George Vacher was taken over in August 1930 along with services from Poole to Dorchester via Bere Regis, Poole to Bere Regis via Kingston, and Poole to Bere Regis via Bloxworth. Hants & Dorset took over the garage in North Street, which became the Bere Regis depot until the advent of World War II. The former Bere Regis terminus at Dorchester was extended by agreement with

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Southern National to Weymouth and this permitted a through service to be run by vehicles of both companies from Bournemouth, which was later extended from the terminus in Weymouth to Southwell on the Isle of Portland, the most southerly point ever served by H&D. The arrangement lasted briefly and, from 1933, the Southwell section was operated exclusively by Southern National. Hants & Dorset had reached Portsmouth in 1924, when the vehicles and services of H. W. Smith (trading as the Yellow Motor Service) and H. Tutt and Sons (trading as Enterprise) were acquired. H&D buses now served Wickham, Swanmore, Bishops Waltham, Gosport Hard, Fareham, Titchfield, Locksheath, Warsash, Hardway, Elson and Lee-on-Solent. Tutt's depot in Brockhurst Road was initially used, but later a larger garage fronting Beach Street was purchased. Tutt's main rival had been the Warsash & Fareham District Bus Service and H&D inherited the contest. Eventually, however, the larger company won and in May 1930 they purchased their erstwhile rival along with more local routes. The Woolston to Warsash via Burlesdon service of the Woolston, Burlesdon & District Motor Service, along with the garage at Old Netley (which became H&D's Burlesdon depot) was acquired in 1926. In 1935, the Elliot Brothers' Royal Blue business was purchased by the Tilling organisation, releasing Hants & Dorset from the 1924 agreement mentioned above. The fleet was divided between Southern and Western National and Hants & Dorset, with H&D inheriting the Pavilion Garage in Bournemouth, which became home for the newly acquired coaches, and a garage in Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. The tours and

8 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983 excursions side of the business was further expanded when Tourist Motor Coaches of Southampton was purchased in May 1935. When War was declared in September 1939, all tours and excursions were suspended, and bus services were curtailed. In September 1942 the Tilling & BAT Group was formally wound up and the constituent companies divided amongst the two former partners. Hants & Dorset became a Tilling company, and future deliveries of new vehicles became the standard Tilling vehicle on Bristol chassis with ECW bodywork. Only 20 utility vehicles were delivered during the War, but despite this H&D had managed to maintain the fleet in good shape and it emerged into peacetime relatively unscathed. The tours and excursions programme was restored on a small scale in 1946 and the postwar recovery led to an increase in demand for leisure activities, before the arrival of the private motorcar and the television changed peoples habits. The antiquated Bell Punch system was replaced by the Insert Setright system, which itself was replaced by the Setright Speed system later. When the Southern Railway was nationalised in 1948, their one-third holding in Hants & Dorset passed to the state and by the end of the following year, Tilling had decided to sell the remaining shareholding. Thus Hants & Dorset became a nationalised bus company of the British Transport Commission. By the start of the 1950's the inflationary spiral had commenced, with the price of fuel rising and subsequent fares increases to cover the costs. Some of the smaller

9 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983 operators were unable to counter the effects and in 1952 the Woolston to Hedge End route of Easson's was acquired, in 1955 routes to Farley, Southampton and Winchester came from Hursley Motor Services, and in 1959, Bere Regis & District Motor Services relinquished four routes serving the Poole, Bere Regis and Dorchester area. In 1957 the two-tier bus station at Bournemouth was given a facelift. The 1962 Transport Act formed the Transport Holding Company, and Hants & Dorset became part of the new organisation. At the same time their general manager was also appointed general manager of Wilts & Dorset, and this was to set in motion a long suspected merger between the two companies. In 1966 Tilling acquired Shamrock & Rambler Coaches Ltd (together with Charlie's Cars [Bournemouth] Ltd, a subsidiary), and the firm was placed under the control of Hants & Dorset. The Provincial Traction Co. Ltd (the parent company of Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Company) was purchased by the National Bus Company (formerly the Transport Holding Company) in 1970, and the private hire and contract work was transferred to Hants & Dorset. Since the borough of Gosport had the right to provide bus services of its own, the Gosport & Fareham services were protected by statute and the fleet retained its identity and continued to operate the services in its own area. The Transport Act, which created the National Bus Company also created staffing problems for a number of companies, of which Hants & Dorset was one. A reduction in the permitted hours for drivers meant that duties normally covered by road staff on overtime and rest day workings were now uncovered. This created an immediate staff shortage for Hants & Dorset and was not welcomed by the road staff, who found their

10 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983 weekly earnings dropping. As a result many services had to be cancelled, which ultimately led to their withdrawal altogether and a general decline in the numbers of passengers carried. This in turn led to a reduction in the number of vehicles needed and a reduction in facilities needed to maintain them. The costs of employing extra staff in the face of service reductions and falling passenger numbers contributed to H&D's first ever deficit in 1970. The Wilts & Dorset fleet, which had been carrying Hants & Dorset legal ownership details since 1st January 1969, was fully merged with the H&D fleet on 1st October 1972 and the Wilts & Dorset fleetname disappeared. The combined fleets used the NBC's poppy red livery. On 29th April 1973 H&D acquired the services and vehicles of King Alfred Motor Services of Winchester. In 1974 the Swanage depot of Western National was transferred to Hants & Dorset, along with local services. A new bus station was opened here on 7th October 1976 on the site of the former Swanage railway station. In 1978 a newly revised network of bus services in the Poole area involved changes in routes, numbers and times, apparently re-designed from information provided by local authority planners and local customers, and was a precursor of the MAP exercises undertaken in the 1970's by the NBC. The Market Analysis Project was an attempt to organise the network of services so that each area was self-sufficient, providing a reliable service to as many passengers as possible using as few vehicles as necessary. Hants & Dorset Motor Services established separate operating areas with locally branded identities, such as Venturebus (in the Basingstoke area), Antonbus (based on

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Andover) and Wiltsway (based on Salisbury). Despite this, however, and against expectations, the MAP exercise failed to resolve the problems. On the 1st April 1983 another attempt was made, this time the company was divided into four separate operating units by amalgamating the interests of the local areas established in the MAP exercise. The Wilts & Dorset Bus Company Ltd., took over the Wiltsway and South Wessex operations (with depots at Blandford, Poole, Swanage, Lymington, Ringwood, Pewsey and Salisbury), the Hampshire Bus Company Ltd., took over the services of Antonbus, Venturebus, Wintonline and most of South Hants (with depots at Andover, Basingstoke, Eastleigh, Southampton and Winchester), and finally the Provincial Bus Company Ltd., which took over the rest of the South Hants services along with those of the Provincial area (with depots at Hoeford and Fareham (although this was closed on the 26th March 1983, before Provincial took over). The fourth operating unit was Shamrock & Rambler Coaches Ltd with its offices and depot in Bournemouth. With the establishment of the new companies (all of which were later sold into private ownership), the Hants & Dorset fleetname became dormant and the company effectively ceased to exist, although it was not finally dissolved until the 24th November 1990.

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Bus Fleet List 1916-1983 Part 2: 1935-1950

This listing is in the format - Year into Stock; Fleet No; Reg. No; Chassis; Chassis No; Body; Seating.

1935 A184; ALJ778; Leyland TD3c; 5743; Brush; L27/25R A186; ALJ779; Leyland TD3c; 5744; Brush; L27/25R A188; ALJ780; Leyland TD3c; 5745; Brush; L27/25R A190; ALJ781; Leyland TD3c; 5746; Brush; L27/25R BA2; ALJ782; Leyland LT5A; 5747; Brush; B34F BA78; ALJ783; Leyland LT5A; 5748; Brush; B34F BA102; ALJ784; Leyland LT5A; 5749; Brush; B34F BA162; ALJ785; Leyland LT5A; 5750; Brush; B34F BA164; ALJ786; Leyland LT5A; 5751; Brush; B34F BA170; ALJ787; Leyland LT5A; 5752; Brush; B34F BA202; ALJ788; Leyland LT5A; 5753; Brush; B34F BA208; ALJ789; Leyland LT5A; 5754; Brush; B34F

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1935 (continued) BA212; ALJ790; Leyland LT5A; 5755; Brush; B34F F412; LJ875; Leyland TS2; 60378; Duple; C28D F464; ARU170; Leyland TS7; 7031; Beadle; C32F F466; ARU171; Leyland TS7; 7032; Beadle; C32F F468; ARU172; Leyland TS7; 7033; Beadle; C32F F470; ARU173; Leyland TS7; 7034; Beadle; C32F F472; ARU174; Leyland TS7; 7035; Beadle; C32F F474; ARU175; Leyland TS7; 7036; Beadle; C32F F476; ARU176; Leyland TS7; 7037; Beadle; C32F F478; ARU177; Leyland TS7; 7038; Beadle; C32F F480; ARU178; Leyland TS7; 7039; Beadle; C32F F482; ARU179; Leyland TS7; 7040; Beadle; C32F F484; ARU180; Leyland TS7; 7041; Beadle; C32F F486; ARU181; Leyland TS7; 7042; Beadle; C32F F488; ARU182; Leyland TS7; 7043; Beadle; C32F F490; ARU183; Leyland TS7; 7044; Beadle; C32F F492; TR6164; Leyland TS2; 60182; Strachan; C26D F494; TR6165; Leyland TS2; 60181; Strachan; C26D F496; TR6166; Leyland TS2; 60183; Strachan; C26D F498; TR7223; Leyland TS2; 60515; Strachan; C32R F500; TR8120; Leyland TS2; 60917; Strachan; C26D

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1935 (continued) F502; TR8119; Leyland TS2; 60918; Strachan; C26D F504; TR8121; Leyland TS2; 60910; Strachan; C26D F506; TR8122; Leyland TS2; 60919; Strachan; C26D F508; TR8965; Leyland TS3; 61140; Strachan; C26D F510; TR8964; Leyland TS3; 61139; Strachan; C26D J428; LJ1516; AEC Regal; 662270; Duple; C28D J430; LJ1517; AEC Regal; 662145; Duple; C28D J432; LJ1518; AEC Regal; 662269; Duple; C28D J434; LJ1520; AEC Regal; 662141; Duple; C28D J436; LJ1523; AEC Regal; 662091; Duple; C28D J438; LJ1526; AEC Regal; 662144; Duple; C28D N414; RU9030; Daimler CP6; 7214; Duple; C28D N416; RU9035; Daimler CP6; 7212; Duple; C28D N418; LJ1501; Daimler CP6; 7626; Duple; C28D N420; LJ1504; Daimler; CP6; 7612; Duple; C28D N422; LJ1507; Daimler CP6; 7630; Duple; C28D N424; LJ1529; Daimler CP6; 7636; Duple; C28D N426; LJ1533; Daimler CP6; 7640; Duple; C28D N448; RU6713; ADC424; 424009; Hall Lewis; C26R N450; RU6716; ADC424; 424013; Duple; C26R N452; RU6719; ADC424; 424033; Duple; C26R

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1935 (continued) N454; RU6722; ADC424; 424014; Hall Lewis; C26R N456; RU6725; ADC424; 424030; Hall Lewis; C26R N458; RU6728; ADC424; 424035; Duple; C26R N460; RU6731; ADC424; 424020; Duple; C24R N462; RU6734; ADC424; 424023; Duple; C24R P108; ARU168; Leyland TD4c; 6609; Brush; L27/25R P216; ARU160; Leyland TD4c; 6601; Brush; L27/25R P218; ARU161; Leyland TD4c; 6602; Brush; L27/25R P222; ARU162; Leyland TD4c; 6603; Brush; L27/25R P336; ARU163; Leyland TD4c; 6604; Brush; L27/25R P340; ARU164; Leyland TD4c; 6605; Brush; L27/25R P344; ARU165; Leyland TD4c; 6606; Brush; L27/25R P346; ARU166; Leyland TD4c; 6607; Brush; L27/25R P368; ARU167; Leyland TD4c; 6608; Brush; L27/25R P410; ARU169; Leyland TD4c; 6610; Brush; L27/25R P514; BEL389; Leyland TD4c; 7945; Brush; L27/25R P518; BEL391; Leyland TD4c; 7947; Brush; L27/25R P520; BEL392; Leyland TD4c; 7948; Brush; L27/25R P522; BEL393; Leyland TD4c; 7949; Brush; L27/25R P524; BEL394; Leyland TD4c; 7950; Brush; L27/25R P526; BEL395; Leyland TD4c; 7951; Brush; L27/25R P528; BEL396; Leyland TD4c; 7952; Brush; L27/25R

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1935 (continued) P534; BEL390; Leyland TD4c; 7946; Brush; L27/25R Q440; LJ8600; AEC Q; 762005; Duple; C35C Q442; LJ8601; AEC Q; 762029; Duple; C37C Q444; LJ8001; AEC Q; 762002; Duple; C35C Q446; AEL2; AEC Q; 762034; Harrington; C35C R410; TP9181; Gilford 168OT; 11488; Weymann; C26D R512; OW1899; Albion PH49; 150031; Wadham; C20R S74; LJ1969; Thornycroft A2; 18747; Ransom & Whitehead; C20F S114; OW374; Albion PX65; 7502F; Wadham; C30R S128; OW6899; Bedford WLB; 110036; Duple; C20F S176; TR5208; Thornycroft A6; 16235; Wadham; C26F S516; BEL559; AEC Regent; 6612053; Willowbrook; H26/24R S530; GW9092; Bedford WLB; 108152; Wilmott; C20F S532; BEL607; Thornycroft SC6; 24690; Wadham; C26R Nos. A184, A186, A188, A190 re-numbered 981-984 respectively in 1/50. Nos. BA2, BA78, BA102, BA162, BA164, BA170, BA202, BA208, BA212 re-numbered 717-725 respectively in 1/50 [not all operated in service with these numbers]. Nos. F412, J428, J430, J432, J434, J436, J438, N414, N416, N418, N420, N422, N424, N426, N448, N450, N452, N454, N456, N458, N460, N462, Q440, Q442, Q444, Q446, R410 ex-Elliott Brothers (Bournemouth), (new 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1929, 1929, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1928, 1928, 1928,

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1935 (continued) 1928, 1928, 1928, 1928, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1933, 1934, 1930 respectively). No. F412 re-bodied by Beadle to C28F in 1937; re-numbered 605 in 1/50. Nos. J428, J430, J432, J434, J436, J438 re-bodied by Beadle to C28F in 1937; re-numbered 612-617 respectively in 1/50 [although none saw service with these numbers]; Nos. Q440, Q442, Q444, Q446 re-numbered 618, 620, 619, 621 respectively in 1/50 [although none saw service with these numbers]; Nos. N448, N450, N452, N454, N456, N458, N460, N462, R410 did not operate for H&D. Nos. F472, F488, F490 re-bodied by Portsmouth Aviation to DP32R in 1949; re- numbered 726-728 respectively in 1/50 (the whole of this batch was requisitioned by the War Department in 1940; Nos. F472, F488, F490 were re-purchased in 1948). F492, F494, F496, F498, F500, F502, F504, F506, F508, F510, R512 ex-Tourist Motor Coaches, Southampton (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 24 respectively, new 1929, 1929, 1929, 1929, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1930, 1932 respectively); re-bodied by Beadle to C28F in 1937; Nos. F492, F494, F496, F498, F500, F502, F504, F506, F508, F510 re-numbered 601-611 respectively in 1/50; No. R512 re-numbered S512 by 1936. Nos. P108, P216, P218, P222, P336, P340, P344, P346, P368, P410, P514, P518, P520, P522, P524, P526, P528, P534 re-numbered with 'A' prefix in 1946, 1938, 1946, 1939, 1946, 1946, 1946, 1946, 1946, 1946, 1939, 1946, 1946, 1941, 1941, 1946, 1939, 1939 respectively; Nos. A216, A222, A336, A340, A514, A518, A522, A524, A526, A534 re-seated to L27/26R at a later date. Nos. A108, A216, A218, A222, A336, A340, A344, A346, A368, A410, A514, A518, A520, A522, A524, A526,

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1935 (continued) A528, A534 re-numbered 980, 985-1001 respectively in 1/50. No. S74 ex-Parma Violet Coaches, Boscombe (new 1929). Nos. S114, S128, S176 ex-Rob Roy Coaches, Southampton (new 1931, 1935, 1928 respectively). No. S530 ex-Whitren, Lymington (new 1931); may have carried fleet no. S514 for a short period, but numbered as shown by end of 1935. Withdrawn 1935 (R410), 1937 (N414, N416, N418, N420, N422, N424, N426, S176), 1938 (S74, S114), 1939 (R512[S512], S128, S530, S532), 1940 (F464, F466, F468, F470, F474, F476, F478, F480, F482, F484, F486), 1948 (S516), 1949 (BA102[719], BA162[720], BA164[721], BA202[723], BA208[724], J428[612], J430[613], J432[614], J434[615], J436[616], J438[617], Q440[618], Q442[620], Q444[619], Q446[621]), 1950 (A184[981], A190[984], BA2[717], BA78[718], BA170[722], BA212[725], F412[605], F492[601], F494[602], F498[604], F500[606], F502[607], F504[608], F506[609], F508[610], F510[611], P108[980], P216[985], P218[986], P222[987], P336[988], P340[989], P518[995], P520[996], P526[999], P528[1000], P534[1001]), 1951 (A188[983], F496[603], P344(990], P346[991], P368[992]), P410[993], P514[994], P522[997]), 1952 (A186[982], P524[998]), 1956 (F472[726], F488[727], F490[728]).

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1936 A556; BLJ993; Leyland TD4; 9462; Brush; L27/26R A558; BLJ994; Leyland TD4; 9463; Brush; L27/26R A560; BLJ995; Leyland TD4; 9464; Brush; L27/26R F456; CEL225; Leyland TS7; 9465; Beadle; C28F F460; CEL226; Leyland TS7; 9466; Beadle; C28F F462; CEL227; Leyland TS7; 9467; Beadle; C28F F536; BLJ394; Leyland TS7; 6008; Brush; C28F F562; CEL228; Leyland TS7; 9468; Beadle; C28F F564; CEL229; Leyland TS7; 9469; Beadle; C28F F566; CEL230; Leyland TS7; 9470; Beadle; C28F F568; CEL231; Leyland TS7; 9471; Beadle; C28F F570; CEL232; Leyland TS7; 9472; Beadle; C28F F572; CEL233; Leyland TS7; 9473; Beadle; C28F F574; CEL234; Leyland TS7; 9474; Beadle; C28F L448; CEL222; Leyland KPZ2; 5767; Beadle; C20F L452; CEL223; Leyland KPZ2; 5768; Beadle; C20F L454; CEL224; Leyland KPZ2; 5805; Beadle; C20F L550; BLJ990; Leyland KPZ1; 5796; Brush; B20F L552; BLJ991; Leyland KPZ1; 5797; Brush; B20F L554; BLJ992; Leyland KPZ1; 5798; Brush; B20F ? ; OU6703; Ford AA; 3952245; ? ; C14F ? ; ACG745; Guy Vixen CPP; CPP11331; ? ; C20F

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1936 (continued) Nos. A556, A558, A560 re-numbered 1002-1004 respectively in 1/50. Nos. F456, F460, F462, F562, F564, F566, F568, F570, F572, F574 re-numbered 623-632 respectively in 1/50. No. F536 re-numbered 622 in 1/50. Nos. L448, L452, L454 re-numbered 633-635 respectively in 1/50. OU6703 ex-Lambert, Petersfield (new 1930). Probably not operated by H&D. ACG745 ex-White Brothers MS, Minstead (new 1935). Probably not operated by H&D. Withdrawn 1936 (ACG745, OU6703), 1939 (L550, L552, L554), 1950 (F456[623], F562[626], F564[627], F566[628], F568[629], F570[630], F572[631], F574[632], L448[633]), 1951 (A556[1002], F460[624], F536[662], L452[634], L454[635]), 1952 (F462[625]), 1954 (A558[1003], A560[1004]).

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1937 A580; CRU701; Leyland TD4; 13760; Brush; L27/26R A582; CRU702; Leyland TD4; 13761; Brush; L27/26R A584; CRU703; Leyland TD4; 13830; Brush; L27/26R A586; CRU704; Leyland TD4; 13831; Brush; L27/26R A588; CRU705; Leyland TD4; 13832; Brush; L27/26R A590; CRU706; Leyland TD4; 13833; Brush; L27/26R K596; CTA518; Dennis Ace; 200546; Mumford; B20F K598; CTA519; Dennis Ace; 200547; Mumford; B20F ? ; MW5642; Reo; ? ; ? ; ?20? ? ; MW7965; Reo; ? ; ? ; ?20? Nos. A580, A582, A584, A586, A588, A590 re-numbered 1005-1010 respectively in 1/50. A580[1005] rebuilt to FO31/26R by H&D in 1952. Nos. K596, K598 re-numbered 560-561 respectively in 1/50. MW5642, MW7965 ex-Verwood MS, Verwood (new 1929, 1930 respectively). Probably not operated by H&D. Withdrawn 1937 (MW5642, MW7965), 1949 (K598[561]), 1950 (K596[560]), 1951 (A582[1006], A584[1007], A588[1009], A590[1010]), 1952 (A580[1005], A586[1008]).

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1938 Bristol K5G No. 1021 (BTR11) originally TD636 with Brush 54-seat lowbridge body, it was re-bodied in 1949 by ECW with 55-seat bodywork as shown here and withdrawn in 1959. (John Boylett courtesy John Kaye). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

1938 F600; DRU454; Leyland TS8; 16941; Beadle; C28F F602; DRU455; Leyland TS8; 16942; Beadle; C28F F604; DRU456; Leyland TS8; 16943; Beadle; C28F F606; DRU457; Leyland TS8; 16944; Beadle; C28F F608; DRU458; Leyland TS8; 16945; Beadle; C28F F610; DRU459; Leyland TS8; 16946; Beadle; C28F F612; DRU460; Leyland TS8; 16947; Beadle; C28F F614; DRU461; Leyland TS8; 16948; Beadle; C28F TD616; BTR301; Bristol K5G; 45.10; Brush; L28/26R TD618; BTR302; Bristol K5G; 45.11; Brush; L28/26R TD620; BTR303; Bristol K5G; 45.12; Brush; L28/26R TD622; BTR304; Bristol K5G; 45.13; Brush; L28/26R TD624; BTR305; Bristol K5G; 45.14; Brush; L28/26R TD626; BTR306; Bristol K5G; 45.15; Brush; L28/26R TD628; BTR307; Bristol K5G; 45.16; Brush; L28/26R TD630; BTR308; Bristol K5G; 45.17; Brush; L28/26R TD632; BTR309; Bristol K5G; 45.18; Brush; L28/26R TD634; BTR310; Bristol K5G; 45.19; Brush; L28/26R TD636; BTR311; Bristol K5G; 45.82; Brush; L28/26R TD638; BTR312; Bristol K5G; 45.83; Brush; L28/26R TD640; JT9351; Bristol K5G; 45.84; Brush; L28/26R

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1938 (continued) TD642; JT9352; Bristol K5G; 45.85; Brush; L28/26R TD644; JT9353; Bristol K5G; 45.86; Brush; L28/26R TD646; JT9354; Bristol K5G; 45.87; Brush; L28/26R TD648; JT9355; Bristol K5G; 45.88; Brush; L28/26R TD650; JT9356; Bristol K5G; 45.89; Brush; L28/26R TD652; JT9357; Bristol K5G; 45.90; Brush; L28/26R TD654; JT9358; Bristol K5G; 45.91; Brush; L28/26R TD656; JT9359; Bristol K5G; 45.92; Brush; L28/26R TD658; JT9360; Bristol K5G; 45.93; Brush; L28/26R TD660; JT9361; Bristol K5G; 45.94; Brush; L28/26R TS662; BOW162; Bristol L5G; 46.1; Beadle; B31F TS664; BOW163; Bristol L5G; 46.2; Beadle; B31F TS666; BOW164; Bristol L5G; 46.3; Beadle; B31F TS668; BOW165; Bristol L5G; 46.4; Beadle; B31F TS670; BOW166; Bristol L5G; 46.5; Beadle; B31F TS672; BOW167; Bristol L5G; 46.6; Beadle; B31F TS674; BOW168; Bristol L5G; 46.7; Beadle; B31F TS676; BOW169; Bristol L5G; 46.8; Beadle; B31F TS678; BOW170; Bristol L5G; 46.9; Beadle; B31F TS680; EEL800; Bristol L5G; 46.10; Beadle; B31F TS682; EEL801; Bristol L5G; 46.11; Beadle; B31F TS684; EEL802; Bristol L5G; 46.12; Beadle; B31F

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1938 (continued) TS686; EEL803; Bristol L5G; 46.13; Beadle; B31F TS688; EEL804; Bristol L5G; 46.14; Beadle; B31F TS690; EEL805; Bristol L5G; 46.15; Beadle; B31F TS692; EEL806; Bristol L5G; 46.16; Beadle; B31F TS694; EEL807; Bristol L5G; 46.17; Beadle; B31F TS696; EEL808; Bristol L5G; 46.18; Beadle; B31F Nos. F600, F602, F604, F606, F608, F610, F612, F614 re-numbered 636-643 respectively in 1/50. Nos. TD622, TD626, TD630, TD636, TD638, TD646, TD648, TD652, TD658 re-bodied by ECW to L27/28R in 1949. Nos. TD616, TD618, TD620, TD622, TD624, TD626, TD628, TD630, TD632, TD634, TD636, TD638, TD640, TD642, TD644, TD646, TD648, TD650, TD652, TD654, TD656, TD658, TD660 re-numbered 1011-1033 respectively in 1/50; Nos. TD616[1011], TD618[1012], TD632[1019], TD634[1020], TD644[1025] re-bodied by Hants & Dorset to FO31/28R in 1953; No. TD620[1013] re-bodied by ECW to CO32/28R in 1954; Nos. TD642[1024], TD654[1030], TD656[1031], TD660[1033] re-bodied by ECW to H32/28R in 1954; Nos. TD616[1011], TD618[1012], TD632[1019], TD634[1020], TD644[1025] received ECW L27/28R bodies ex-1143, 1128, 1126, 1137, 1121 respectively in 1957, the open-top bodies were fitted to 1143, 1128, 1126, 1137, 1121 respectively.

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1938 (continued) Nos. TS664, TS668, TS682, TS692 re-bodied by ECW to B35R in 1949. Nos. TS662, TS664, TS666, TS668, TS670, TS672, TS674, TS676, TS678, TS680, TS682, TS684, TS686, TS688, TS690, TS692, TS694, TS696 re-numbered 729-746 respectively in 1/50; Nos. TS670[733], TS686[741], TS694[745], TS696[746] fitted with 1947 Beadle B32R bodies ex-704, 708, 700, 705 respectively in 1950 (TS686[741]) or 1951. Withdrawn 1951 (TS674[735]), 1952 (F600[636], F602[637], F604[638], F606[639], F608[640], F610[641], F612[642], F614[643], TS676[736], TS680[738], TS690[743]), 1953 (TS662[729], TS666[731], TS672[734], TS682[739]), 1954 (TS664[730], TS668[732], TS670[733], TS678[737]), 1955 (TS696[746]), 1956 (TS688[742]), 1957 (TD616[1011], TD618[1012], TD622[1014], TD628[1017], TD632[1019], TD634[1020], TD640[1023], TD644[1025], TD650[1028], TS684[740], TS686[741], TS694[745]), 1958 (TD624[1015], TD626[1016], TD630[1018], TD638[1022], TS692[744]), 1959 (TD636[1021], TD646[1026], TD648[1027], TD658[1032]), 1962 (TD660[1033]), 1963 (TD620[1013], TD654[1030], TD656[1031]), 1964 (TD642[1024], TD652[1029]). 1939 L740-41; CCR856-857; Leyland KPZ4; 201319-20; Beadle; C20F TD709; ERU262; Bristol K5G; 47.93; ECW; L27/26R TD710-27; ERU586-603; Bristol K5G; 49.027-044; ECW; L27/26R

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1939 (continued) TD728-39; AFX750-761; Bristol K5G; 49.045-056; ECW; L27/26R TS700-01; CCR854-855; Bristol L5G; 48.142-43; Beadle; B34F TS702-08; ERU513-519; Bristol L5G; 48.144-50; Beadle; B34F Nos. L740-741 re-numbered 644-645 respectively in 1/50. Nos. TD709-739 re-numbered 1034-1064 respectively in 1/50; TD712[1037], TD717[1042], TD720[1045], TD724[1049], TD727[1052], TD728[1053], TD731[1056] fitted with ECW L27/26R bodies ex-1052, 1049, 1091, 1056, 1034, 1084, 1083 respectively in 1953 (TD717[1042], TD724[1049], TD731[1056]) or 1954; Nos. TD709[1034], TD710[1035], TD726[1051] re-bodied by ECW to CO32/28R in 1954. Nos. TS703, TS705 re-bodied by ECW to B35R in 1949. Nos. TS701-708 re-numbered 747-755 respectively in 1/50. Nos. TS700[747], TS702[749], TS706[753], TS707[754] fitted with 1947 Beadle B32R bodies ex-707, 701, 706, 703 respectively in 1951. No. TS708 fitted with 1949 ECW B35R body ex-730 in 1954. Withdrawn 1951 (L741[645]), 1952 (TS701[748]), 1953 (TD711[1036], TD734[1059]), 1956 (L740[644], TD722-723[1047-1048], TD735[1060], TS700[747], TS704[751]), 1957 (TD715-716[1040-1041], TD718[1043], TD720[1045], TD725[1050], TD731-733[1056-1058], TS702-TS703[749-750], TS706-TS708[753-755]), 1958 (TD714[1039], TD721[1046], TD729-730[1054- 1055], TD736[1061], TD738[1063]), 1959 (TD712-713[1037-1038], TD717[1042], TD719[1044], TD724[1049], TD727-728[1052-1053], TD737[1062], TD739[1064]), 1962 (TD709-710[1034-1035], TD726[1051]), 1963 (TS705[752]).

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1939 Leyland KPZ4 CCR856 with Beadle 20-seat coachwork. Originally numbered L740 it became No. 644 in the 1950 renumbering and was withdrawn in 1956. (LTHSLcollection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

TS707 (ERU518) was a 1939 Beadle 34-seat bodied Bristol L5G. It was renumbered 754 in 1950 and withdrawn in 1957. (LTHL collection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

1940 TD740-52; APR420-432; Bristol K5G; 55.022-034; ECW; L27/26R TD753-67; FLJ530-544; Bristol K5G; 55.035-049; ECW; L27/26R TS801-10; FLJ428-437; Bristol L5G; 52.001-010; Beadle; B34F Nos. TD740-767 re-numbered 1065-1092 respectively in 1/50. Nos. TD758[1083], TD761[1086] re-bodied by ECW to CO32/28R in 1954; the original bodies were fitted to 1056 and 1094 respectively in 1953. Nos. TD744[1069], TD752[1077], TD759[1084], TD760[1085], TD762[1087], TD764[1089], TD766[1091], TD767[1092] fitted with the 1939/40 ECW bodies ex- 1085, 1045, 1035, 1089, 1042, 1051, 1053, 1037 respectively in 1953 (TD762[1087]), 1954 or 1955 (TD752[1077], TD767[1092]). Nos. TS802, TS803, TS806, TS808, TS810 re-bodied by ECW to B35F in 1949. Nos. TS801-803, TS805-810 re-numbered 756-764 respectively in 1/50. Withdrawn 1941 (TS804[air raid damage]), 1952 (TS805[759], TS807[761], TS809[763]), 1953 (TD756[1081]), 1957 (TD746[1071], TS803[758]), 1958 (TD740-742[1065-1067], TD745[1070], TD747[1072], TD749-751[1074-1076], TD753[1078], TD762-763[1087-1088], TD765[1090], TS801-802[756-757], TS806[760], TS810[764]), 1959 (TD743-744[1068-1069], TD748[1073], TD752[1077], TD754-755[1079-1080], TD757[1082], TD759-760[1084-1085], TD764[1089], TD766-767[1091-1092], TS808[762]), 1962 (TD758[1083]), 1964 (TD761[1086]).

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1942 CD950-52; FRU7-9; Guy Arab I; FD25489/548/598; Strachan; L27/28R TD768-70; FLJ976-978; Bristol K5G; 57.016/015/014; Strachan; L27/28R TD771; FRU11; Bristol K5G; 57.028; Duple; L27/28R Nos. CD950-952 re-numbered 1097-1099 respectively in 1/50. Nos. TD768-771 re-numbered 1093-1096 respectively in 1/50; Nos. TD768- 769[1093-1094] fitted with 1940 ECW L27/26R bodies ex-1087, 1086 respectively in 1954; Nos. TD770-771[1095-1096] fitted with 1938 Brush L28/26R bodies ex-1030, 1024 respectively in 1954. Withdrawn 1953 (CD950[1097]), 1955 (CD951[1098]), 1956 (CD952[1099]), 1959 (TD768-771[1093-1096]).

1943 CD953; FRU10; Guy Arab I; FD25670; Strachan; L27/28R CD954; DCR865; Guy Arab I; FD25685; Brush; L27/28R CD955-58; DCR866-869; Guy Arab I; FD25834/39/32/924; Roe; L27/28R Nos. CD953-958 re-numbered 1100-1105 in 1/50; all re-seated to L27/26R in 1949- 50. Withdrawn 1955 (CD953-954[1100-1101], CD956-957[1103-1104]), 1956 (CD955[1102], CD958[1105]).

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No. 1096 (FRU11) a 1942 Bristol K5G originally with Duple body it received a 1938 Brush lowbridge body ex-No. 1024 in 1954. (LTHL collection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

DCR866, a 1943 Guy Arab I with Roe bodywork, seen here in Barnsley Bus station with independent Rowe of Cudworth in 1959. It had been withdrawn by Hants & Dorset in 1956. (John Kaye). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

1944 TD772-73; FRU303-304; Bristol K6A; W1.011-012; Strachan; L27/28R Nos. TD772-773 re-numbered 1106-1107 respectively in 1/50; re-bodied by Hants & Dorset to FO31/28R in 1952. Withdrawn 1964 (TD772-773[1106-1107]). 1945 TD774-78; FRU305-309; Bristol K6A; W1.060-061/083-084/119; Strachan; L27/28R Nos. TD774-778 re-numbered 1108-1112 respectively in 1/50. Nos. TD774- 777[1108-1111] re-bodied by Hants & Dorset to FO31/28R in 1952; No. TD778[1112] fitted with 1952 H&D FO31/26R body ex-1005 in 1953. Withdrawn 1967 (TD778[1112]), 1968 (TD774-775[1108-1109]), 1969 (TD776- 777[1110-1111]). 1946 TD779-82; FRU824-827; Bristol K5G; W3.073/122-123/121; ECW; L27/28R TD783; FRU828; Bristol K6B; W3.072; ECW; L27/28R Nos. TD779-783 re-numbered 1113-1117 in 1/50; No. TD782 fitted with 1940 ECW L27/26R body ex-1077 in 1956. Withdrawn 1959 (TD779[1113]), 1960 (TD780[1114]), 1963 (TD782[1116]), 1964 (TD781[1115]), 1965 (TD783[1117]).

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1947 S517; GW6279; AEC Regent; 6611782; Tilling; H27/25RO S519; GW6275; AEC Regent; 6611778; Tilling; H27/25RO S521; GW6278; AEC Regent; 6611781; Tilling; H27/25RO TC811-815; GRU855-59; Bristol L6G; 61.081-082/007-008/023; Beadle; C28F TD784-786; GLJ362-64; Bristol K5G; 62.060-062; ECW; L27/28R TD787; GLJ964; Bristol K5G; 62.143; ECW; L27/28R TD788-800; GLJ965-77; Bristol K5G; 64.001/46-48/61/82-85/89/100/ 14-15; ECW; L27/28R TD850-859; GLJ978-87; Bristol K5G; 64.152-54/33/89/94/66.019-022; ECW; L27/28R Nos. S517, S519, S521 ex-Brighton, Hove & District (Nos. 6279, 6275, 6278 respectively, new 1932); on hire to H&D from 1945 purchased in 1947; allocated numbers 952-954 respectively in 1/50 but never carried. Nos. TC811-815 re-numbered 646-650 respectively in 1/50; all rebuilt to C31F in 1953; Nos. TC812[647], TC815[650] rebuilt by H&D to FC31F in 1958 and 1959 respectively for one-man operation. Nos. TD784-786 re-numbered 1118-1120 respectively in 1/50 (TD784 entered service in Dec 1946). Nos. TD787-800, TD850-859 re-numbered 1121-1144 respectively in 1/50; Nos. TD790[1124], TD793[1127], TD795[1129], TD796[1130], TD800[1134] fitted with

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1947 (continued) 1946-47 ECW L27/28R bodies ex-1116, 1124, 1130, 1127, 1129 respectively in 1956, rebuilt when transferred by H&D; Nos. TD788[1122], TD853[1138], TD854[1139] fitted with 1947 ECW L27/28R bodies ex-1138, 1139, 1134 respectively in 1957, rebuilt when transferred by H&D; No. TD851[1136] fitted with 1947 ECW body ex-1122 in 1958, and then fitted with original body again in 1959, rebuilt when transferred by H&D; Nos. TD787[1121], TD792[1126], TD794[1128], TD852[1137], TD858[1143] fitted with 1953 H&D FO31/28R bodies ex-1025, 1019, 1012, 1020, 1011 respectively in 1957-58. Withdrawn 1948 (S519, S521), 1949 (S517), 1959 (TC811[646], TC813-814[648- 649]), 1962 (TC812[647], TC815[650], TD785-786[1119-1120], TD790[1124], TD799[1133], TD854[1139], TD857[1142]), 1963 (TD784[1118], TD789[1123]), 1964 (TD791-793[1125-1127], TD795-797[1129-1131], TD800[1134], TD850- 851[1135-1136], TD855-856[1140-1141], TD859[1144]), 1965 (TD788[1122], TD798[1132], TD853[1138]), 1970 (TD787[1121], TD794[1128], TD852[1137], TD858[1143]).

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1948 PD959-65; GLJ957-963; Leyland PD1A; 472326-30/633/32; ECW; L27/26R TD860-65; GLJ988-993; Bristol K6A; 66.056/100-01/23/40/57; ECW; L27/28R TD866-80; HLJ15-29; Bristol K6A; 68.039-43/104-08/55-58/88; ECW; L27/28R TD881-95; HLJ30-44; Bristol K6A; 72.013-16/23-27/59/57/58/78-80; ECW; L27/28R TS816-21; GLJ994-999; Bristol L5G; 65.103/83-84/011-12/29; ECW; B35R TS840-43; HLJ45-48; Bristol L6A; 67.181-83/95; ECW; B35R Nos. PD959-965 re-numbered 1145-1151 in 1/50. Nos. TD860-895 re-numbered 1152-1187 in 1/50 (TD890-895 entered service in Feb 1949). Nos. TS816-821 re-numbered 765-770 in 1/50. Nos. TS840-843 re-numbered 771-774 in 1/50. Withdrawn 1959 (TS821[770]), 1960 (TS816[765]), 1962 (TD874[1166], TD881[1173], TD888[1180]), 1963 (PD963-964[1149-1150], TS818-819[767- 768]), 1964 (PD959-962[1145-1148], PD965[1151], TD866[1158], TS817[766], TS840-41[771-72], TS843[773]), 1965 (TD861-865[1153-1157], TD867[1159], TD869[1161], TD871-873[1163-1165], TD875-876[1167-1168], TD879[1171], TD885-886[1177-1178], TS820[769], TS842[773]), 1966 (TD860[1152], TD868[1160], TD870[1162], TD877-878[1169-1170], TD880[1172], TD882- 884[1174-1176], TD887[1179], TD889-895[1181-1187]).

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No. 774 (HLJ48), a 1948 Bristol L6A with ECW 35-seat bodywork, seen here on the No. 7 route to Bournemouth which ran via the . (LTHL collection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

1949 966-71; JEL752-757; AEC Regent III; 6811A077/79/80/78/81-82; Northern Counties; L27/26R 972-77; JEL496-501; Leyland PD2/1; 491281/79/78/359/58/57; Leyland; H30/26R 981-83; JEL276-278; Bedford OB; 101966/4191/501; Beadle; B20F 984-87; JEL578-581; Bedford OB; 104109/5722/905/979; Beadle; B20F TC822; HRU364; Bristol L6B; 65.001; Beadle; C28F TC823; HRU365; Bristol L6B; 65.002; Beadle; C31F TC824-28; HRU451-455; Bristol L6B; 65.020-023/93; Dutfield; C30F TC829-31; JEL99-100; Bristol L6B; 67.054/53/55; Beadle; C31F TD896-906; HRU844-854; Bristol K6A; 74.006/33/39/40/38/79/81/82/ 07/80/91; ECW; L27/28R TD907-20; HRU855-868; Bristol K6A; 74.121/32/19/20/22/31/33/48-50/ 57/55/56/51; ECW; L27/26R Nos. 966-971 re-numbered 1213-1218 in 1/50. Nos. 972-977 re-numbered 1219-1224 respectively in 1/50. Nos. 981-987 re-numbered 562-568 respectively in 1/50; Nos. 981-983[562-564] re-seated to B27F in 1952; No. 986[567] re-seated to B28F in 1952, re-seated to B20F in 1953. Nos. TC822-831 re-numbered 651-660 respectively in 1/50; No. TC822[651] rebuilt

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1949 (continued) by H&D to C31F in 1955; to DP34F in 1956, re-seated to DP32F later in 1956; Nos. TC823[652], TC829[658], TC830[659] rebuilt by H&D to FC31F in 1957; Nos. TC825[654], TC828[657], TC831[660] rebuilt by H&D to FC31F in 1958. Nos. TD896-920 re-numbered 1188-1212 respectively in 1/50; No. TD910[1202] fitted with 1948 ECW L27/28R body ex-1164 in 1965. Withdrawn 1957 (981-987[562-568]), 1959 (TC824[653], TC826-827[655-656]), 1960 (TC822[651]), 1961 (TC830[659]), 1962 (972-977[1219-1224], TC823[652], TC825[654], TC828-829[657-658]), 1963 (966-971[1213-1218], TC831[660]), 1966 (TD896-902[1188-1194]), 1967 (TD903-910[1195-1202], TD913[1205], TD915-919[1207-1211]), 1968 (TD911-912[1203-1204], TD914[1206], TD920[1212]).

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Hants & Dorset acquired 6 AEC Regent III’s in 1949 with Northern Counties 53-seat bodywork. This is No. 1218 (JEL757) which remained in the fleet until 1963. (LTHL collection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

TC823 (HRU365) was a 1949 Bristol L6B with attractive Beadle 31-seat coachwork. It was renumbered 652 in 1950 and rebuilt with a full-front body by Hants & Dorset in 1957. It was withdrawn in 1962. (LTHL collection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

1950 661-66; JRU64-69; Bristol L6A; 73.056-57/60-63; Portsmouth Aviation; C32R 667-72; KEL62-67; Bristol L6G; 73.114-119; Portsmouth Aviation; C28F 673-84; KEL401-412; Bristol L6G; 73.120-27/29/28/30-31; Portsmouth Aviation; C28F 685-87; KEL677-679; Bedford OB; 140844/2034/936; Duple; C24F 777-78; JRU62-63; Beadle/Morris; JCB94-95; Beadle; B35R 779-80; KLJ749-750; Bristol LL6G; 73.132/81.178; Portsmouth Aviation; DP36R 1225-1233; JEL244-252; Bristol K6A; 74.177-81/76.067-70; ECW; L27/28R 1234; JEL253; Bristol K5G; 76.142; ECW; L27/28R 1235; JEL254; Bristol K6B; 76.071; ECW; L27/28R 1236-44; JEL255-263; Bristol K5G; 76.144/46/43/45/026/78.001/03/04/ 02; ECW; L27/28R 1245-46; JEL264-265; Bristol K6B; 76.124/23; ECW; L27/28R 1247-56; JEL266-275; Bristol K5G; 78.059-60/62-63/61/123-25/33/15; ECW; L27/28R 1257-67; KEL700-710; Bristol K6B; 78.193/97-200/80.036-41; ECW; L27/28R 1268-78; KEL711-721; Bristol KS6B; 80.092-96/139-40/82.004-05/32-33; ECW; L27/28R

44 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

1950 (continued) Nos. 670-684 re-seated to C31F in 1955. Nos. 661-662 rebuilt by H&D to FC32F in 1958. Nos. 663-666 re-bodied by ECW to FB39F in 1960; re-seated to FB37F in 1963-64. No. 667 rebuilt by H&D to FC31F in 1957. No. 668 rebuilt by H&D to FC29F in 1957. No. 669 rebuilt by H&D to FDP29F in 1956. Nos. 670-671 re-bodied by ECW to FB39F in 1960; re-seated to FB37F in 1965-66. Nos. 672-677 re-bodied by ECW to FB39F in 1961; re-seated to FB37F in 1963-66. Nos. 678-683 re-bodied by ECW to FB39F in 1962; all except 679 re-seated to FB37F in 1964-65. Nos. 685, 686 re-seated to C20F in 1950; No. 687 re-seated to C20F in 1951. No. 1265 fitted with 1940 ECW L27/26R body ex-1069 in 1955. Nos. 1270, 1272, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1278 re-numbered 1338-1343 respectively in 9/70 (but only 1276[1342] and 1278[1343] carried them in service). Withdrawn 1958 (685-687), 1962 (661-662, 684, 777-778), 1963 (667-669), 1965 (779-780), 1967 (1225-1244), 1968 (1246, 1249-1251, 1254-1256, 1258, 1261, 1265), 1969 (663-666, 670-677, 679-683, 1245, 1247, 1252-1253, 1260, 1263-1264), 1970 (678, 1248, 1257, 1259, 1262, 1267, 1269, 1271, 1273, 1277), 1971 (1268, 1270[1338], 1272[1339], 1274-1276[1340-1342]), 1972 (1278[1343]).

45 Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

No. 1240 (JEL259) was a 1950 Bristol K5G with ECW 55-seat bodywork, withdrawn in 1967. (LTHL collection). Hants & Dorset Motor Services Ltd. 1916 - 1983

No. 777 (JRU62) was one of two Beadle/Morris rebuilds with Beadle 35-seat bodywork added to the fleet in 1950. (John Boylett courtesy John Kaye). © Local Transport History Library 2016

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