Whilst on a long weekend in Eastbourne I found a small vintage bus section in a vintage vehicle exhibition organised by the local car club.
All were relatively local buses and all were new to me.
Eastbourne these days is a ‘Stagecoach’ town but there was a time when ‘Eastbourne Corporation’ was the major operator.
JK 8418 ‘Eastbourne Corporation’ No. 12. Leyland Lion LT9 / Leyland
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1939 however its engine which came from an ex ‘Southdown’ Leyland TS7 Tiger dates from 1935.
It sounds like new!
KHC 369 ‘Eastbourne Corporation’ No. 69. AEC Regent 5 / East Lancs
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1963.
BJK 672D ‘Eastbourne Corporation’ No. 72. Leyland PD2A / East Lancs
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1966.
NKT 875 ‘Maidstone & District No. CH 379. Leyland PD2/12 / Leyland
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1951.
BUF 277C ‘Southdown Motor Services’. No. 277. Leyland PD3/4 / Northen Counties Motor Engineers
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Known to enthusiasts of the time as ‘Queen Mary’s.
New in 1965.
HCD 347E ‘Southdown Motor Services’. No. 347. Leyland PD3/4 / Northen Counties Motor Engineers
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1967.
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