Built 1951
for East Ham Borough Council with Duple
29-seat bus body
Withdrawn
in the early 1970s and sold for preservation
No
restoration work was undertaken until
acquired by its previous owner in 1984
Later
moved to Broad Street where the running
units and brakes were overhauled
Repainted
into the livery of local operator Hants and
Sussex which once operated vehicles of this
type
AEC Regent
III 9613A no.42 (AHC442)
Built 1951
for Eastbourne Corporation with Bruce
Coachworks 56-seat double deck body
Withdrawn
1971 and sold to the Eastbourne-based
Eastbourne Regent Preservation Group for
preservation
Set aside
after suffering a cracked engine block in
1981
Moved to Broad Street in 1996 and once again
restored to running order using a
replacement engine
Leyland
Atlantean PDR1/1 no.236 (BBK236B)
Built 1964
for for Portsmouth Corporation with Metro
Cammell 76-seat double deck body
Converted
to one man operation in 1976
Passed to
a Hemel Hempstead based coach operator in
1980
Withdrawn
1987 and sold for preservation
Acquired
by current owners in 1994
Restoration work since then has involved
relining the brakes, replacing the lower
panel work, restoring the destination
apertures to their original layout, renewing
much of the interior wiring and upper deck
flooring, replacing engine mountings, and
finally undertaking a complete repaint
inside and out
Leyland
Atlantean PDR2/1 no.190 (TBK190K)
Built 1971
for Portsmouth Corporation with Seddon
Pennine 40-seat dual door single deck body
Fitted
with towing hook for use, when required, on
the service between The Hard Interchange and
the Continental Ferry Port for which a
number of luggage trailers were acquired
from British Airways
Withdrawn
in 1982 and sold for preservation to its
current owners
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Company Registered in
England No. 02768057. Registered Charity No. 1020411