2022 |
Thames Valley Traction Company
Limited Centenary+2 years – A Celebration
–
36 pages, A5 booklet |
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TV’s Maidenhead HQ, Depot & Bus
Station – then and now |
A comparison of archive and centenary
views |
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From the TV&GWOT Garage – Preserving
the fleet |
An illustrated account of the
engineering and restoration work undertaken by TV&GWOT
since owning TV buses 152, 446 and 556 |
|
Archive Ideas – then and now |
Photographs and drawing reproduced
from the TV schedule to inspire modern photos of the
locations |
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From the TV&GWOT Archive |
Insight to the route network and
presentation of the TV services in period guides
held in the TV&GWOT archive. |
|
A Century Ago |
Paul Lacey describes the early status
of TV routes, fleet and patronage and subsequent
growth, and the people and companion companies
involved. |
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Summary of Route development from
July 1920 to December 1971 |
The chronology of route and TV
company developments is tabulated in detail over 20
pages by Paul Lacey with key illustrations from his
collection. |
2019 |
100
Years of Reading Motorbuses – Book
– B5
format, softbound, 84 pages |
|
Reading
Motorbus Centenary 1919-2019 |
The
evolution of motorbus services and routes in Reading with a
decade by decade account of the route changes, vehicles
operating, ticketing and passenger numbers (52 pages). |
|
Bus No.
47 – How the grand ‘old girl’ came to be preserved |
An
authoritative account of the service life of Reading
Corporation’s oldest surviving bus No. 47 from 1935, her
rescue, restoration and preservation (8 pages). |
|
Vintage
Bus Running Day 2018 |
Pictures
recapturing the glorious running day with former Reading
motorbuses in 2018 (2 pages). |
|
38 – A
Jumbo Restoration |
Description of the service life of former Reading Transport
1976 VR No. 38, a so-called ‘Jumbo’, its restoration and
preservation with TV&GWOT (6 pages). |
|
What
survives to tell the tale |
A
glimpse into the TV&GWOT museum collection and archives
which reveal the Reading bus heritage. (7 pages). |
|
Tilehurst to Caversham Heights by bus 2019 |
Tracing
the original motorbus route with modern Reading Buses
services – heritage to celebrate in another hundred years (2
pages). |
2018 |
Thames
Valley & Vintage Bus Running Day – 50 years after the last
Trolleybus departed |
|
Trolleybuses in Reading to June 1968 |
The role
of trolleybuses in the history of public transport in
Reading until the motor buses took over in 1968 (by Dave
Hall - 10 pages). |
|
Horseman
Coaches – an independent view |
The role
of a local independent coach operator from 1977 to the
present day (by James Horseman - 2 pages). |
|
Heritage
connections |
Images
from TV100 and renewal of the Thames Valley brand in 2018 (3
pages). |
|
Thames
Valley at Reading June 1968 |
A
description of Thames Valley Traction Co., its Reading-based
vehicles and operations as of June 1968, the point at which
trolleybus operations ceased (by Paul Lacey – 6 pages). |
2016 |
Thames
Valley 446 – In safe hands leaflet |
|
A review
of Thames Valley Bristol K6A No. 446 (DBL 154) in TV&GWOT
ownership leading up to its 70th birthday in 2016
(16 pages). |
2015 |
Thames
Valley 100 |
|
Thames
Valley – A brief history, origins to 1972 |
The
origins of bus services in the Thames Valley and spread
through the Thames Valley Traction Co. era (by Paul Lacey –
10 pages). |
|
Route
No. 1 Maidenhead – Reading Streatley |
The
development of Route 1 and the vehicles operating it from
1915 through to 2015 (13 pages). |