Tag: Gosport & Fareham
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Gosport and Fareham (Provincial)
I first experienced the fascinating fleet of Gosport and Fareham, otherwise known as “Provincial”, when I moved from rural Kent to the Gosport area as an eight year old in the summer of 1949. Some of the Provincial AEC Regents and Regals seemed to me to be a bit elderly – I did not then…
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Provincial – Guy Arab III – HWO 344 – T1
Copyright Pete Davies Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1949Guy Arab IIIDuple L27/26RD HWO 344 was a 1949 Guy Arab III with Duple L53RD body, in the fleet of Provincial, Gosport & Fareham. She’s been relegated to duty as a training vehicle and is seen outside the Hants & Dorset depot in Southampton on the same…
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Hants & Dorset – AEC Regent V – 975 CWL – 3475
Hants & Dorset Motor Services1958AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H65R 975 CWL is an AEC Regent V of the LD3RA variety. She was new in 1958 and has a Park Royal body seating 65. New to City of Oxford as their 975, she is seen in the yard of the Hants & Dorset depot in…
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Provincial – AEC Regent V – 972 CWL – 60
Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1957AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H37/28R Taken at Hoeford depot on 30/03/69 having been recently transferred from City of Oxford where it had been No H972 this photo shows newly painted Provincial No 60 an LD3RA AEC Regent V with a Park Royal H37/28R body registration number 972 CWL delivered…
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Provincial – AEC Regent II – FHO 602 – 10
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1947AEC Regent IIReading H56R The AEC Regent II was only in production for three years 1945 – 48 and just under 700 were made but at the time just after the war they were much in…
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Provincial – AEC Regent 1 – CTO 387 – 63
Photo by unknown if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1936AEC Regent IMetro Cammell H56R Provincial certainly got there moneys worth out of the buses they bought either new or second hand and in the case of the above bus it was originally owned by Nottingham…
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Provincial – AEC Regent I – DAU 462 – 62
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1937AEC Regent ICraven H56R Here is another of the four ex Nottingham Regents that Provincial acquired in 1954 it was fleet number 220 in the Nottingham fleet. According to Stephen Didymus this vehicle was partially rebuilt…
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Provincial – AEC Regent I – JML 784 – 48
Copyright David Whitaker Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1938AEC Regent IWeymann H56R On 31st December 1962, a heavy snowfall occurred in the Portsmouth area, an unusual happening, and the snowy conditions lingered on until the March of 1963. The immediate consequence in Portsmouth was that Portsmouth’s trolleybuses bounced on the snow-packed uneven and unsalted roads…
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Provincial – AEC Regal I – GOU 449 – 66
Copyright Stan Fitton. Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1931AEC Regal IReading FB35F The Regent in the above shot was on the Crossley Omnibus Society Grand Southern tour and here it can be seen at the Provincial bus depot parked next to their number 66. Provincial had a tendency to get their monies worth out of…
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Provincial – AEC Regal I/Regent I – EHO 282 – 15
Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1943AEC Regal I/Regent IReading H??/??R Doubt exists about the vehicle chassis type, but here is the story as of now.In 1943, Mr Orme-White carried out his first (of many) vehicle re-constructions, involving an AEC Regal I (although recent research suggests it was a Regent I chassis), purchased from the War…