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  • King Alfred 2017

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    PPM 210G is a Bristol RESL6G, new to Brighton Hove & District. At the formation of NBC, fleets were ‘rationalised’, to use a polite term. BH&D was merged into Southdown, and PPM is seen in Southdown livery, with blinds set for a Portsmouth area service HDL 25E is another Bristol RESL6G, new to Southern Vectis.…

  • New Years Day out in Winchester

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    What does Ebenezer do for New Year? He goes to bed early so that he can get to Winchester for 08:30 on New Year’s Day. Family commitments kept me in Sheffield until New Year’s day until the death of my mother about three years ago. A ‘Friends of King Alfred bus’ virgin until then, I…

  • King Alfred – Leyland Atlantean – REU 52E/HOR592E

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    King Alfred Motor Services1967Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2Roe H43/33F Here is a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2 with Roe H76F body, from the fleet of King Alfred Motor Services, Winchester. EU was a Brecknockshire (or Breconshire) registration before 1974, when it passed to Bristol, and King Alfred Motor Services never bought any buses from an operator in that area,…

  • King Alfred – Albion Victor – AAA 756 – Victor 6

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    King Alfred Motor Services1935Albion Victor PK114Abbott C20C AAA 756 is an Albion Victor PK114 and it dates from 1935, when it was delivered to the King Alfred fleet. It has an Abbott C20C body and is seen outside Winchester Guildhall on 25 April 1993, the running day having been moved to April to mark the…

  • King Alfred – AEC Renown – 595 LCG & 596 LCG

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    King Alfred Motor Services1964AEC Renown 3B2RAPark Royal H44/31F 595 and 596 LCG are AEC Renown 3B2RA vehicles with Park Royal H72F bodywork from the fleet of King Alfred Motor Services of Winchester, and date from 1964. They are both seen during one of the famous Running Days on 1 January 2009. Note the different applications…

  • King Alfred – AEC Bridgemaster – 324 CAA

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    King Alfred Motor Services1961AEC Bridgemaster B3RAPark Royal H45/29R This photo was taken at the Broadway Winchester where so many others were taken over the years by a great many other enthusiasts I believe that it was taken in the mid seventies.This bus was one of King Alfred’s second pair of AEC B3RA Bridgemasters with H45/29R…