Hi All I have just uploaded 50 odd photos to my Website, and there are some W&D, SBL and Various other operators amongst them. The photos are from the mid 80's...
Hi All As promised i will now publish my findings from last weekend, when i spent Friday & Saturday in and around Salisbury, Bournemouth & Poole. Most...
Hi Matthew, Thanks for the gallery of pictures. I notice that some of the pictures show Wilts and Dorset in different colours than red and white. Are they in...
W & D now have MORE than one livery! And to add to even more confusion
they have a Solent Blue Line bus running around in Solent Blue Line livery
which is...
Fun and games huh !! I don't recall that happening when I grew up in Bournemouth as the boundaries were clearly defined between H and D and Bournemouth...
Very different from the days when many H&D buses along Christchurch Road used to have a board reading "Not on service for Bournemouth Corporation passengers"...
Now that you mention it, seems to ring a bell that the H & D's did have a notice to that effect. cheers, David Ballantine North Vancouver, B.C. Canada ...
I can't remember now if they had them on any other routes than those along Christchurch Road. Steve Huddy http://trainsferriesbuses.co.uk - latest updates:...
... those along ... Barnstaple, WSR ... unofficial ... West Bay, ... did have a ... Weekend ... Christchurch Road ... Corporation ... others ... than using ......
well it looks like there is a passenger war going on in bournemouth between yellow buses and wilts dorset,,,not a good thing really wilts are just out to make...
Breaking news - front page of the Echo - Wilts & Dorset are moving back
into Bournemouth!!!! They are planning to move some of their vehicles to a
base at...
Hi Guys: I used to be a resident of Moordown, (Elms Road) and would like to make contact with anyone who lived in that area from 1950 to 1964. Attended...
Hi Bob, Welcome to the site. I used to live in Winton at 55 Talbot Avenue right next door to the boys home. I have been in Canada since March 22 1959. I have...
Hi Bob, I too attended Winton & Moordown School but it was probably just before your time there - i was there from 1947 - 1949 when I left to go to Bournemouth...
Dear All Just come back from a trip to Bournemouth after 50 yrs. What a mess they have made of the Square!!! My question is however, I remember route 7...
Hello Folks From 1965 till 1971 I was employed as a conductor on H&D, first at Bournemouth , later at Poole. Having just discovered this site and having a...
HI THERE IM NEW ON THE GROUP I RECENTLY GOT SOME BOURNMOUTH TRANSPORT BLINDS FOR THE FLEETLINES DATED BETWEEN 1964 AND 1977 THEY ARE IN CLOTH AND I AM GOING...
...is a still from Google Earth, a fantastic (free) resource if ever there was one - enables you to hover dreamlike above all your favourite places in the...
HI THERE I HAVE FOR SALE LOTS OF BOURNMOUTH TRANSPORT DESTINATION BLINDS MOSTLY 1960S AND EARLY 7OS ONE OR TWO TROLLYBUS ONES ASWELL. RARE TO GET ALL IN CLOTH....
Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me. I am looking for a front for a 1976 fleetline ex-bournemouth transport bus. I am searching high and low and no-one...
hi there are you looking for destination blinds because if you are i have FULL sets of bournmouth transport buses fleetlines ? if you are intersted i can make...
HI THERE I HAVE ABOUT 5 BLINDS BOURNMOUTH TRANSPORT FROM THE 1960S AND 1970S INCLUDES SIDES AND FRONTS FROM THE FLEETLINES. I WOULD LIKE 50.00 FOR THE 5 WHICH...
HI THERE AGAIN I ALSO HAVE A WILTS AND DORSET BRISTAL RE OR LEYLAND NATIONAL BLIND WITH EERYTHING ON IT IN CLOTH. DATES FROM THE 1970S AND IS IN CLOTH IT IS...
g/day everybody.i worked for hants and dorset as a driver from 1974-1978 and have very many happy memories.we had some good inspectors and alot of great bus...
Could somebody please tell me when the last Bournemouth Corp Trollybuses ran ? I was already in Canada by the time this happened. When I was last living there...
HI David I believe you are also on SEMG? The last trolley ran on 20 apr 1969. I agree with you, I was there a couple of years ago for the first time in about...
Hi All I have just joined the group and am the Proud Owner of MFX 175W. I would love to see more postings on this group about general movements, around the...
Hi Matthew, Welcome to the group. Congratulations on your new purchase. I see that it was not new to Bournemouth. Where was it first registered in Dorset ? Is...
MFX 175W was originally purchased by Bournemouth Transport, and is a little bit of a celebrity? Â This Fleetline is the last Fleetline to ever have a Gardner...
