D 8650 was one of the first vehicles in the fleet. It is a beautifully restored Hallford doubeldecker new in 1912

D 8650 was one of the first vehicles in the fleet. It is a beautifully restored Hallford doubeldecker new in 1912

D 8650 was one of the first vehicles in the fleet. It is a beautifully restored Hallford doubeldecker new in 1912

DH 159 (HKE 867) and London Transport STL 2692 (HGC 225)

133 (VKN 833X) in operation with Hastings and District

2132 (PKM 132M) in Southport

2164 (JKM 164V) after it became part of the Hastings & District fleet with registration 815 BLN

2167 (CKE 167Y)

2168 (CKE 168Y) being passed by 5800 (FKM 880V) in a congested Maidstone town centre.

2170 (CKE 170Y)

2174 and 5865 in Victoria Coach Station

2837 (VKN 837X)

3448 (EKJ 448J) pictured in The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, where it provides a free passenger service

3465

3907 (SKN 907R) and Green Line RS 113, awaiting attention at Carlyle Works

4009 (XTF 803L)

4144 (UKR 144S)

4144 (UKR 144S) in Hastings & District operation

5103 (KKM 103P), a 14ft 6in high VRT, as Hastings & District 503

5138 (WKO 138S)

5205 (A205 OKJ) pictured on a wet day in Brighton

5310

5312 (PRE 35W)

5316 (PRE 39W)

5385 (LKP 385P)

5385 (LKP 385P)

5441 (GKE 441Y) pulls out of Victoria Coach Station

5444 (GKE 444Y), an Invictaway Leyland Olympian with ECW coachwork

5445 (GKE 445Y), a 1985 Bristol Olympian/ECW coach

5450 (C450 BKM)

5728 (SRJ 746R) was Greater Manchester 7746

5728 (SRJ 746R) was Greater Manchester 7746. It is seen in Maidstone.

5728 (SRJ 746R), 5731 (LJA 635P) and 5725 (ONF 679R) were all ex Greater Manchester PTE (7746, 7635 and 7679)

5764 (H765 EKJ) was quickly acquired by Maidstone & District when the former corporation company collapsed. It had been Maidstone Boroline 765. As 5765 making a rare appearance in Gillingham, in the heart of the Volvo B7TL stronghold

5770 (H770 EKJ) with Arriva was Maidstone Boroline 770.

5805 (PKE 805M)

5807 (PKE 807M) as the Kent Crime Buster bus in Herne Bay (Stagecoach) depot

5832 (BKJ 832T)

5839 (BKE 839T) in Victoria Coach Station operating one of the Invictaway services

5840 (BKE 840T)

5840 (BKE 840T) in Maidstone with a Bygone Buses' Bristol VRT beyond.

5841 (BKE 841T) in Ashford bus station

5848 (BKE 848T) and 5847 (BKE 847T) are now both in preservation

5848 (BKE 848T) with Red Route

5855 (BKE 855T) in an overall livery for Swale

5857 (BKE 857T)

5857 (BKE 857T) and an unidentified Bygone, Maidstone VRT in Maidstone

5857 (BKE 857T) and Maidstone Boroline YBM 247X

5865 (FKM 865V)

5865 (FKM 865V) in Parkwood, early in the journey to Gravesend

5880 (FKM 880V) and 2168

5880 (FKM 880V) in Gravesend with the Town Pier restoration just beginning. In the distance is the old international cruise terminal at Tilbury.

5889 (A889 MKR), a 1984 Leyland Olympian/ECW that was delivered to Carlyle Works as A272 MTA for repainting into Devon General colours, but was subsequently repainted and re-registered for Maidstone and District

5904 (G904 SKP)

5905 (G905 SKP)

5910 (K910 SKR) with Arriva

5911 (M911 MKM)

5914 (M914 MKM)

5915 (M915 MKM)

5915 (M915 MKM) with Arriva

5917 (M917 MKM)

5920 (M920 MKM)

5926 (P926 MKL)

5926 (P926 MKL) with Arriva

5931 (P931 MKL)

6679 (HKE 679L) at Carlyle Works

All-weather coaches operated by Maidstone and District, but sporting pneumatic tyres

C 5 (105 PKP), a Harrington Wayfarer-bodied Reliance, laying over after working the overnight service to Exeter from Gillingham (Kent)

C 23 (23 TKR) pictured in Gloucester

Chaindrive on the rear nearside wheel of 1912 Maidstone & District Halford, D 8650

Chatham & District DKN 45 became Bristol Tramways 3828. It was a Bristol GO5G that was fitted with a heavy Weymann body that was quickly replaced by a more suitable ECW unit. (Alan O. Watkins Colln)

CO 252 (OKP 980) made its first appearance in Kent for many years, visiting the former Beadle factory where it was created, and appearing at the Medway Festival of Steam and Transport in the Historic Dockyard

DKE 264C after it was sold to Hants & Dorset became a trainer

DL 54 (54 DKT) after sale as Western National 1047 is seen in Newquay, Cornwall.

DL 58 (558 LKP)

DL 58 (558 LKP) and 3448 (EKJ 448K)

DL 78

FKO 223, a TD5 with Weymann bodywork

Hastings & District 412 (AHT 212J) and 465 (OCK 365K) at Rye depot

Hastings and District 133 (VKE 833X)

Hastings PSU5/Duple Dominant coach on a National Holidays tour at Newgale Sands, near Haverfordwest

LC 1 (NKN 650) makes its return to the streets of Maidstone

LC 1 (NKN 650) was back on the streets of Maidstone for a trolleybus revivalist meeting....

LC 1 (NKN 650), the Knightrider, seen at night in Victoria Coach Station. Note that A Man For All Seasons is being advertised in the background.

Nearside passenger access step to the cab on MAidstone & District D 8650, proudly announcing its Hallford origins

New Enterprise, Maidstone R908 BKO and (nearest the camera) R903 BKO

OR 1 (HKL 819), an AEC Regal I/Beadle cut down to open top with two sisters for use on Hastings seafront

S 334 (334 NKT) , an AEC Reliance/Weymann DP40F, between North Western JMA 416L (Bristol RELH6L/ECW C49F) and Crosville DVG 500 (YMB 500W) in Castle Square, Caernarfon

SO 224 (YKR 224)

SO 224 (YKR 224) - Moody autumn view at Gravesend

SO 224 (YKR 224), a 1957 AEC Reliance/Beadle B42F saloon

SO 234 (YKR 234) after it was exported to Malta, rebodied by Aquilina and put into service as a route bus.

SO 234 (YKR 234) as a Maltese Route Bus, FBY 676. Its original Beadle body has been replaced by a locally-made Aquilina unit.

SO 234 (YKR 234) as FBY 676, an AEC Reliance with a Maltese Aquilina body instead of its original Beadle unit.

SO 234 (YKR 234) doesn't look like an AEC Reliance with Beadle bus bodywork. But that's what this Maltese Route Bus, FBY 676, with a newer Aquilina body is .... and was

SO 277 (277 DKT)