Tag: Maidstone & District
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Charlton-on-Otmoor Services – Leyland TD – FKO 223 – 293
Charlton-on-Otmoor Services 1939 Leyland TD5 Weymann H28/26R Not one of my best pictures, I fear, but the Comet S camera did not cope well with action shots. Seen on its way out of Oxford in 1960 is FKO 223, a Leyland TD5 with Weymann H28/26R bodywork. This bus was delivered in 1939 to Chatham &…
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Maidstone & District – Leyland Panther – LKT 132F – 3132
Maidstone & District1968Leyland Panther PSUR1/1RStrachans B48F LKT 132F is a Leyland Panther PSUR1/1R new to Maidstone & District in 1968. It has a Strachan B48F body, somewhat unusual for a BET firm, and we see it in the Netley rally on 14 July 1996 so the body at least is more or less ‘home’ as…
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Maidstone & District – Leyland Panther – JKK 199E – S99
Maidstone & District1967Leyland Panther PSUR1/1RWillowbrook B45F This photo of Maidstone & District Leyland Panther No S99 reg JKK 199E with Willowbrook B45F bodywork was new in April 1967 prior to the renumbering to 3099 so was probably taken in the summer of that year outside Southdown’s Pevensey Road bus station. M&D had I believe ninety…
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Maidstone & District – Guy Arab IV – RKK 996 – DH 456
Copyright Ray Soper Maidstone & District1953Guy Arab IVWeymann H32/26R Seeing the pictures of Guy Arabs submitted by Andrew Charles and Chris Youhill reminded me of my own experience of these wonderful vehicles. This picture of Maidstone & District Guy Arab IV, (originally Chatham & District), is another fine example. It has much nostalgic value for…
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Maidstone & District – Daimler Fleetline – 76 YKT – DL76
Maidstone & District1964Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXNorthern Counties H44/35F Maidstone and District was an early user of the Leyland Atlantean, taking both normal and lowheight examples classified DH and DL respectively, from 1959 until 1963, when the Daimler Fleetline became the favoured choice. CRG6LX No.DL76, 76 YKT was delivered in September 1964. The Northern Counties body is…
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Maidstone & District – Albion Nimbus – 310 LKK – S310
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1960Albion Nimbus NS3NHarrington B30F One of Maidstone and Districts batch of Albion Nimbus/Harrington single deckers resting at the rear of the now demolished Tonbridge Depot. Its normal duties would have been the local town service route 77 which ran a twenty minute headway. The route always had Albions which I…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – TKM 329 – C329
Copyright Chris Hough Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1954AEC Reliance MU3RVHarrington C37C A recent posting led to a discussion about the relative importance in a PSV of economy, reliability and good looks, and I picked this vehicle as an example that in my opinion embraces all three qualities. Beauty is in the eye of the…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – FKL 135D – C72
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1965AEC Reliance 2U3RAHarrington Grenadier C47F Comparing the various body styles available in the sixties amongst my photos I decided that my all time favourite had to be the Harrington Grenadier.This Maidstone & District example with it’s superb livery which complemented the sleek elegant lines of the bodywork was as near…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – 3 YKK – S 3
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1963AEC Reliance 2U3RAWillowbrook B53F S 3 was among Maidstone & Districts first 36ft long vehicles being an AEC Reliance 2U3RA with a Willowbrook B53F body delivered in September 1963 as part of a batch of four, the body was to the early BET design with a curved rear dome and…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – 251 BKM – SO251
Maidstone & District1958AEC Reliance 2MU3RVHarrington B42F By the mid 1950s, bus patronage was beginning to show signs of serious decline, and the Traffic Commissioners were empowered to grant dispensation for the use of buses with more than the traditional 20/26/30 seats on (what was then called) OMO operation. The first large saloons bought by Maidstone…