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Operator: Hants & Dorset Fleet No: 894
Chassis: Bristol MW6G Chassis No: 213.154
Body: ECW C39F Body No: 14465

HISTORY

Apr 64 In service with Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (894) - Based at Bournemouth
1964 Indicators fitted with white perspex panels with Hants & Dorset/Holiday Tours in red
Apr 64 Delicensed
Jun 65 Relicensed and based at Bournemouth
<Feb 68 Transferred to Southampton
Nov 68 Delicensed
Feb 69 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Nov 69 Delicensed
Dec 69 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Oct 70 Delicensed
Nov 70 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Sep 71 Fleet number changed to 1008
Jan 72 On loan to Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Salisbury
Feb 72 Returned from Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Salisbury
May 74 Repainted in NBC Dual Purpose livery (Red & White)
Nov 73 Temporarily converted to C32F for mobile display/information centre for route alterations in Winchester
Oct 75 Out of service with Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (1008)
Mar 76 Martin's Bus & Coach Sales Limited, Middlewich (dealer)
Mar 76 Herbert Carter School, Poole
Apr 84 Mills, Salisbury
Dec 12 Nick Helliker, Stroud

Status: Survivor

    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 894

Location : Victoria, London

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 894

Location : Edward Street depot, Weymouth (Western National)

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 894

Location : Southsea

Date : May 1970

 

(C) Bob Gray

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Basingstoke Bus Station

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Basingstoke Bus Station

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Worlds End near Bere Regis

Date : April 1989

 

(C) Robin Woodcock

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Bedford Place Coach Station, Southampton

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Winchester depot

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Poole

Date : August 1978

 

(C) Dave Mant

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Old Common, Basingstoke

Date : August 1989

 

(C) Malcolm Audsley

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Pete Renault

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Corley

Date : November 2020

 

(C) Roger Burdett

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Corley

Date : December 2020

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Corley

Date : December 2020

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 1008

Location : Corley

Date : July 2023

 

(C) Ken Jones