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  • Maidstone & District – AEC Regent V – VKR 35 – 6735

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    Copyright John Stringer Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1956AEC Regent V MD3RVPark Royal L30/26RD During the mid to late 1950’s a number of BET operators seemed to switch their double deck allegiance to AEC Regent V’s. Though Maidstone & District had bought a number of AEC Regal single deckers before and just after the Second…

  • Maidstone & District – Bristol K6A – HKE 860 – DH 152

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    Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1945Bristol K6AWeymann H30/26R In the years before the BAT-Tilling rift in 1942, the Maidstone & District company developed quite a liking for the Bristol double deck chassis. Initially, the GO5G type was tried, 12 going to the main fleet and 4 to the Chatham & District subsidiary in 1936. They…

  • Maidstone & District Selected Memories of an Engineer

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    Maidstone & District looked a bit of a conundrum from outside in 1970 – very ‘heritage’ livery, generally looking smart but lots of modern vehicles: large volume orders for early Atlanteans, Nimbus, Fleetlines, Panthers, single deck Fleetlines… Inside, it continued – a very heritage HQ at Knightrider House and depressingly ‘tram-age’ maintenance facilities. I arrived…