Overview

Southdown Motor Services, the well-known and respected bus and coach operator based on the south coast, ran buses and coaches in a delightful green and cream livery that is still fondly remembered today. Here, Simon Stanford looks at Southdown from the sixties up to their purchase by Stagecoach in 1989, with a variety of different brandings on show, exhibiting a variety of rare looks for the company’s fleet. With a wealth of previously unpublished images, Stanford’s collection of images is both nostalgic and enlightening and will appeal to any fan of Southdown buses or the history of independent British buses.

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'Full of interest and recapturing many memories of the past, this is a book that can be wholly recommended to enthusiasts across the UK whether or not they are familiar with the company.' -- Bus Fayre Magazine, Spring 2024 'Overall it is a book that will be looked at time and time again and should not be ignored.' -- Bus Fayre, Autumn 2024

'Full of interest and recapturing many memories of the past, this is a book that can be wholly recommended to enthusiasts across the UK whether or not they are familiar with the company.' -- Bus Fayre Magazine, Spring 2024

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Simon Stanford has been a bus and coach enthusiast since his days as a child accompanying his father on excursions around Sussex. Nearly forty years later and he is still a part of the industry and enjoys sharing his memories and photographs. He also started collecting model buses and coaches in the mid-eighties when EFE produced their first Harrington coach in Southdown Livery. His collection has grown to around a thousand, most still in their boxes, and he also runs TauntonModelWorld.com.

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