WHOTT’s News! – currently available back issues at £2 per copy – postage free! In addition to regular news, restoration and archive updates, plus Points of View, the following illustrated articles also feature. Issues 1 – 36 are at A4 format in black and white Issues 37 onwards are at A5 with colour cover and centre spread.

81:February 2021 An interesting stop gap – Bedford VAM WHOTT’s going on at Knowstone – Part 2 Standing Passenger Orders Just the ticket Things are not always what they may appear to be

80:November 2020 Mystery bus at Brislington – Plymouth Regent WHOTT’s going on at Knowstone – Part 1 Ottery St Mary UDC Albion tipper Just the ticket Southern National service 131

79:August 2020 Devon General magazine of movement and mirth Life is brighter for courtesy campaign

78:May 2020 National House, Exeter Transport in Oldbury in the early 20th century Western National – Dennis Lance 3440 Index to main articles in WHOTT’s News! 1 - 78

77:February 2020 Royal Blue – a time to reflect – B.E.M.Symns

76:November 2019 Update – EFJ92 Falmouth Railless Electric Traction Isle of Wight – Beer & Buses Festival Just the Ticket (and Passes) Mystery of the missing suitcase – Commander Francis Theodore Hare (RN)

75:August 2019 Coach trips from Ilfracombe Dorchester Running Day – 2019 in pictures

74:May 2019 Memories of a Bideford Clippie Spending a penny at Bridport – Devon General limited stop services Coaching in Torbay – Part III

73:February 2019 One hundred years ago Coaching in Torbay – Part II – the antecedents of Grey Cars

72:November 2018 Coaching in Torbay – Part I – the antecedents of Wallace Arnold Devon Into the unknown – UO2331

71:August 2018 Toastrack Trio – Sidmouth Motor Company & Dagworthy Ltd. – UO2331 Dorchester Running Day - The other Bristol Bus – Straker Squire – Part II

70:May 2018 The Midget – Plymouth & District – Leyland Overtype To Einbeck and back by Bere Regis coach The other Bristol Bus – Straker Squire – Part I

69:February 2018 The early Leyland Titans Exeter Reality - Paul St. Bus & Coach station

67/68: August/November 2017 On Time – Western National timetables West Country Bristol /ECW interims – Part III Archive Sources – Part II Obituary – Harold Blundred 66:May 2017 Archive Sources – Part I West Country Bristol /ECW interims – Part II Exeter Miscellany – Paul St. Bus & Coach station

65:February 2017 Black & White Motorways – Part III – Associated Motorways Fox Brothers, Wellington, Somerset West Country Bristol /ECW interims – Part I Obituary – Philip Platt

64:November 2016 Black & White Motorways – Part II – Associated Motorways 2006 - Ten years ago in the local papers Exeter Bus Station Wiltshire Moonrakers – update West Country articles in Buses Illustrated / Buses – Part III (Jul.1980 – Sep.1991)

63:August 2016 Heaver Coachbuilders 2006 - Ten years ago in the local papers Wiltshire Moonrakers

62:May 2016 1956 - Sixty years ago in the local papers 2006 - Ten years ago in the local papers Through the night with Bill – overnight trunking in 1959 Black & White Motorways – Part I West Country articles in Buses Illustrated / Buses – Part II (Apr.1964 – Jul.1978)

61:February 2016 The last bus from Bretonside Bus Station WHOTT’s on eBay – 6 - Narrow bridges on Dartmoor 2005 - Ten years ago in the local papers 1959 Review of Road Haulage in the South West History repeating itself – Exeter redevelopment West Country articles in Buses Illustrated – Part I (Jan.1952 – Sept. 1963)

60:November 2015 Glover & Uglow – Part 3 Grist to the Mill – relocating the Archive to Coldharbour Mill 2005 - Ten years ago in the local papers

59:August 2015 Glover & Uglow Haulage Contactors – Part II All change at Plymouth – Stagecoach take over First depot The challenge of steam propulsion – Part II What about our archive? The facility at Estover 2005 - Ten years ago in the local papers

58:May 2015 Glover & Uglow Haulage Contractors – Part I The challenge of steam propulsion – Part I Obituary – Colin Shears 2005 - Ten years ago in the local papers New charsabanc for Bristol Tramways – 1907 report from Motor Traction Just the Ticket - 25 57:February 2015 The life and times of Arthur John Manning – Part II Plymouth Co-op Just the Ticket - 24

56:November 2014 One hundred years ago Bournemouth – Trowbridge by bus in 1953 The life and times of Arthur John Manning – Part I Replacing the Panther – R580SBA Better by Miles – model buses Plymouth Co-op – a prelude Just the Ticket - 23

55:August 2014 Exeter coach station 1974 – 1984 Royal Blue – memories of a driver’s wife Scottish Independence – 1968 Transport Act Travelling the Westcountry by bus 1953 and 2013 – Part IV The second book of St Marcus’s letters to the Nation – 1953 Letter from Truro Area Traffic Superintendent

54:May 2014 Exeter (and Plymouth) in Gloucester Salisbury Bus Station closure event Colin Shears – Happy Birthday, we salute you Travelling the Westcountry by bus 1953 and 2013 – Part III Annual report for y/e 31st May 2013

53:February 2014 Weymouth’s legendary six-wheelers Archive discoveries: 1 - Rennies of Dunfermline – Dunfermline to Plymouth service Travelling the Westcountry by bus 1953 and 2013 – Part II Managing the Trust

52:November 2013 A force to be reckoned with – Southern General / Cornish Buses – Part II Grey Cars – centenary event Travels with a VR Travelling the Westcountry by bus 1953 and 2013 – Part I Just the ticket - 22

51:August 2013 A force to be reckoned with - Southern General / Cornish Buses – Part I Royal Blue - the coaching reunion Plymouth double-deckers - Cascading into Cornwall Just the ticket - 21

50:May 2013 Railway bus services – Part IV – The deal is done Travels with a camera – service buses in colour Fifty years ago across the region - 1963

49:February 2013 Railway bus services – Part III – Initiating the Act of change WHOTT’s on eBay – 5 – Fleetway’s Gilford A glimpse into the archive Just the Ticket - 20 48: November 2012 Railway bus services – Part II – Trials turn to success The Lymington Road notebook – 1931 to 1940 Trathens - Plymouth The Commercial Motor Journey – London to Lands End in 1923 WHOTT - Change of Constitution procedure

47: August 2012 Railway bus services – Part I – the background How a schoolboy’s dream came true – Driving for WNOC – Jo Clarke - Part II WHOTT – vehicle collection update Just the Ticket - 19

46: May 2012 Pangs of Nostalgia – Western / Southern gas producers – Part II How a schoolboy’s dream came true – Driving for WNOC – Jo Clarke - Part I St Minver memories

45:February 2012 Pangs of Nostalgia – Western / Southern gas producers - Part I Recent WHOTT presentations More bodywork by Mashford,Cremyll Just the Ticket - 18

44: November 2011 Old Lady Back Home – Exeter Maudslay FJ6154 WNOC Bristol RELL POD829H in preservation on the Isle of Wight 1921 Weston super Mare objections All change at Bude Next time you fill up – fuel nozzles designed by WNOC

43: August 2011 A Passion for Coaches in Cornwall – Part 4 Pangs of Nostalgia – Postwar rejuvenation of Plymouth bus services 1921 Tragic accident at Beaminster

42: May 2011 A Passion for Coaches in Cornwall – Part 3 Greenslades Tours, Exeter The days before accessible buses – a selection of independent operator service buses Annual report for y/e 31st May 2010

41: February 2011 A Passion for Coaches in Cornwall – Part 2 the Holiday coaches Pangs of Nostalgia – maintaining bus services in war torn Plymouth WHOTT Book review – Wheels of the West Just the Ticket – 17

40: November 2010 A Passion for Coaches in Cornwall – Part 1 1935 Broken propeller shaft causes traffic jam in Exeter Pangs of Nostalgia – Timpson’s sojourn in Torbay Just the Ticket - 16

39: August 2010 Blind Buff Man – bus destination blinds The Tilling Stevens B10As of Western & Southern National Family trees in haulage – Bristol Industries Ltd. Model TS7Ds nearly as good as the real thing Aces galore – more on the Dennis Aces of Western National and Southern National Just the Ticket – 15

38: May 2010 Buses on the Water – using ferries Memories of Western National in Cornwall – Part II A Stay in Devon – reproduction from Tilling magazine 1932 Frank Tucker of Exeter Index to main articles in WHOTT’s News! 1 - 36

37: February 2010 Memories of Radipole depot, Weymouth Another goodbye – Wallace Arnold Westcountry non-PSV operators in the ‘sixties Pangs of Nostalgia – the Dennis Aces of Western National and Southern National

36: January 2010 Happy Holidays – Memories of a Kentish Lad - 1950’s Devon Royal Blue Timetable Books Pangs of Nostalgia: The first Bedford’s in the Western & Southern National Fleet

35: September 2009 Dunn’s Services – Taunton By Royal Blue to Aberdeen …..from Penzance WHOTT Vehicles – Media Coverage Memories of Western National in Cornwall – Part I End of the 80 year Gunn dynasty Stories of the Swan Hotel, Hartley Wintney

34: July 2009 Taylors’ Central Garages, Exeter What Time is the Next Bus – Electronic timetables A Brixham Interregnum – Burtons in 1986 Pangs of Nostalgia: Jack Weyman – A talented painter A747DWP – a brief sojourn

33: February 2009 EFJ92 – The preservation years and collection from Manchester Isles of Scilly 1996 – A Pictorial Study Plymouth 1975 – Further Innovations Swanage – A Brief Depot History 2009 – a year of anniversaries WHOTT’s on eBay – 5 Royal Blue postcards Just the Ticket – 14

32: November 2008 EFJ92 – Latest addition to the WHOTT fleet WHOTT’s your favourite Bus or Coach Station – 2008 Poll WHOTT’s West Country Weekend – September 2008 Pangs of Nostalgia: Short Bus Routes in the West Country

31: August 2008 WHOTT’s your Favourite Vehicle – 2008 Poll Truronian – acquired by First Devon & Cornwall Ltd. Bus Enthusiasm in 1949 – ‘The North Western’ Just the Ticket - 13

30: May 2008 The Yellow Peril – Plymouth Corporation’s first buses Albert Edward Butler (Bridport & District) – an early pioneer New WHOTT Archive facility at Estover Penzance VR Revival and Mousehole Running Day

29: February 2008 Pangs of Nostalgia: Vehicle Purchasing 1930 - 1934 Marigold – the Orange Buses of Cornwall Harry Potts Stokes – General Manager, Plymouth Corporation WHOTT’s on eBay – 4 National ‘2006’ / Bristol VR BFJ170L blown over South Western Coachbuilders – Taunton – Part II Just the Ticket - 12

28: November 2007 Bere Regis – A story waiting to be written The Green Linnet – Trowbridge – Bournemouth Unforgotten Journeys – Western National service 83 Western National’s Camborne Depot in the 1950’s – Part II Just the Ticket 11

27: August 2007 We’re going on a Summer Holiday – North Devon 1949 – Part II WHOTT’s on eBay 3 - Buses on Postcards Western National’s Camborne depot in the 1950’s – Part I South Western Coachbuilders – Taunton – Part I Royal Blue Update

26: May 2007 We’re Going on a Summer Holiday – North Devon 1949 – Part I South Devon Hauliers Bowerman’s Bedford back in the West Country – 107GYC Royal Blue Reflections

25: February 2007 Whott’s in the Archive – The Christopher Hill story – Poole agricultural merchant Pangs of Nostalgia: Vehicle Purchasing 1924 - 1930 South East Cornwall 2006 – the end of Hamblys Coaches A Favourite Route – Western National 95 Just the Ticket 8

24: November 2006 Wartime Workhorse – The AEC Matador Exeter City Transport service K Bedford Circus to top of Pennsylvania Devon General Service 3 - Exeter – Tiverton – Sampford Peverell WHOTT’s on Ebay 2 - Greenslades Tours Ltd. Just the Ticket - 10

23: August 2006 Cornwall loves to travel with Roselyn Coaches Pangs of Nostalgia: bus recovery - overturned bus 1947 First Devon & Cornwall Route 93 : Plymouth – Dartmouth – June 2006 WHOTT members’ favourite routes – Poll results Just the Ticket – 9 (number 8 appears in Issue 25) 22: May 2006 Delivering the Catch /2 [Suttons, Newlyn] Pangs of Nostalgia: Long Bus Routes in the West Country Devon General – Living on Route 9 WHOTT members’ favourite routes

21: February 2006 Combwich & District Farmers - Bedfords 1966 Lorry Driver of the Year Contest [Paignton] Poole Bus Station WHOTT’s on eBay 1 - Embankment Motor Co.Ltd. Plymouth Just the Ticket - 7

20: October 2005 My Early Career in the Commercial Vehicle Industry [John Sykes] Pangs of Nostalgia: Gas producer trailers Royal Blue Reflections Western National Omnibus Co.Ltd – Engineering Department Learner’s scheme

19: July 2005 Commercial Vehicle Chat Pangs of Nostalgia: Royal Blue Penzance – London 1968 New Double Decks – Western Traffic Area independents Exeter tramway centenary Just the Ticket - 6

18: April 2005 How to become a Bus Driver 1978 [Richard Malyon] Rowe Hillmaster – Reprint from Commercial Motor 1958 Road Test Trials and Tribulations of Royal Blue ownership – 1250 Pangs of Nostalgia: Decimalisation of currency Just the Ticket - 5

17: January 2005 Wincanton Transport – A West Country Institution Western National Omnibus Co.Ltd. – Depot transfers Stroud, Trowbridge and Swanage Pangs of Nostalgia: Uniforms of ‘National’ platform staff AEC Matador RV8 – Reprint of article in Heritage Commercials magazine Just the Ticket – 4

16: October 2004 Memories of a Western National conductor in Dartmouth - 1953 Pangs of Nostalgia: Lancias in the West Country The vanishing all-British built coach Just the Ticket - 3

15: July 2004 Forwarding the Load – British Rail Freight Forwarding Pangs of Nostalgia: W Mumford Ltd. Plymouth Western National VRT 1121 – First Year in Preservation The culture of the Royal Blue driver Summer Holiday … brighter skies – Weymouth 1948 update

14: April 2004 North Devon Hauliers in the 1960’s Paris Street Bus and Coach Station, Exeter A day in the life of a Royal Blue Driver Tally Ho! - Kingsbridge Just the Ticket - 2

13: January 2004 Portland Stone West Country MiniBus Revolution David Johnson 1935 – 2001 We’re all going on a summer holiday – Weymouth 1948 Did Royal Blue Drivers ever use the roof luggage racks ? Pangs of Nostalgia: Imported charabancs

12: October 2003 VR Life Extension : Preservation 1121 Bristol VRT Anything, Anywhere, Anytime – Road haulage in Devon during the 1950s and 1960s – Part 2 Minehead – Porlock Weir in Wartime Pangs of Nostalgia: Minehead – Lynmouth Helston – The Lizard 100 Years on. Just the Ticket - 1

11: July 2003 Life on service 42/47 Weymouth – Exeter Delivering the Catch /1 [Suttons, Newlyn] Retiming of Royal Blue Routes in 1962 Pangs of Nostalgia: Western National Bedford VAM/ECW GWR – Helston to Lizard - Anniversaries of Man and Road Machine

10: April 2003 Anything, Anywhere, Anytime – Road haulage in Devon during the 1950s and 1960s Pangs of Nostalgia: Paul Street Bus Station, Exeter Bus Shape and Bristol Fashion – Memories of Bristol Omnibus

9: January 2003 1836 : Restoration Progress Bristol KS6B Holidays in the West Country 1964 – 1972 Pangs of Nostalgia: Western National 1958 rebodying exercise

8: October 2002 Recollections of childhood visits to West Country bus garages Kinsgwear’s “Banjo” Pangs of Nostalgia: Outstations

7: July 2002 Jubilee Celebrations Recalling an Exmoor coach tour Reasons to become a bus Driver – Dave Farmer Pangs of Nostalgia: The Square, Bournemouth In Praise of Men – Royal Blue poem

6: April 2002 West Country coach and bus body builders Roads and Road Transport History Conference Pangs of Nostalgia: MAP Project May 1980 A Hitchhikers guide to the West Country

5: January 2002 2002 Questionnaire analysis Pangs of Nostalgia: Western National Site 35 Joy Riding in Plymouth Manufacturing History – The last Bristol

4: October 2001 Island Havens No More – Guernsey Bristol LH’s Pangs of Nostalgia: Bus bodies after their working life GWR Guy Restoration – YF714 Recollections of Southern National at Bude

3: July 2001 Disappearing Hauliers The Leyland Panther unleashed Pangs of Nostalgia: The Silent Guide Driving Memoirs – Dave Farmer

2: April 2001 The Julian Thomas Exeter collection Pangs of Nostalgia: Devon General low height double-decks Royal Blue Reliance Recovery – RU8805 A salute to the British Transport Café

1: January 2001 – Out of Print Museum on the Run – Leyland Panther TDV217J Pangs of Nostalgia: Tavistock Bus Station Commercial Road Transport in WHOTT