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2023 |
60 Years since the Brent-Kingsbridge Branch
Line Closed |
The history of the Brent branch and ‘farewell
special’ are described. The line and rail-replacement bus
service route are illustrated as re-created in the course of
the vintage bus day. |
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The History of Kingsbridge Bus Station |
The evolution of the Kingsbridge Quay and bus
station is explained with photographs from across the
decades adding further information to TV&GWOT’s permanent
displays in the bus station, courtesy of the Town Council. |
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Tally Ho! Coaches – Celebrating 100 years
since its first steps |
It all began with the acquisition of a motor
vehicle by Jimmy Clark, a small farm holder and rabbit
trapper in 1923….. The chronology shows the remarkable
evolution to Tally Ho’s local services and international
coaching holidays today. |
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2022 |
Anniversaries and
Celebrations |
A focus on significant
anniversaries including 90 years since the grand opening of
Victoria Coach Station, the national hub for coaches
bringing holiday makers to Devon ever since. |
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Tally Ho! – The Bristol Years
1977-2006 |
A brief history of Tally Ho’s
origins and the eclectic fleet of nearly 400 buses and
coaches operated between 1960 and 2022 sets the scene for
scrutiny of the 60 Bristol-manufactured vehicles. The story
is told across 23 pages using photographs from the archive. |
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2021 |
Short and Sweet: Bristol SUs in the West
Country |
An authoritative account of the manufacture
of SUs 60 years on from their introduction detailing the
nuances of different bus and coach variants and illustrating
their significance in the West Country.
A companion article in To and fro’ 026
‘Short & Sweet 2: Bristol SUs in the Thames Valley’ is
available to Trust Supporters
continuing the Diamond Jubilee celebration. |
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An introduction to the new No. 164 bus
service: Totnes-Kingsbridge-Salcombe |
With a new integrated transport operation
introduced by Tally Ho Coaches with GWR and Devon County
Council support in 2021, this account illustrates the trials
and tribulations for previous services connecting the towns
and villages across the South Hams’ terrain with mainline
rail services. Illustrations from the origins in 1904,
through the formation of the NOTC a century (+1 year) ago
and on to the present day, reveal the changing local bus
scene. |
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Behind the scenes in TV&GWOT’s bus
preservation |
A series of before and after illustrations of
restored vehicles in the TV&GWOT Collection with accompany
description of the range of work carried out.
Thames Valley LL 556 and the Final
Push appeal is featured |
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2019 |
2019 Centenaries and Major
Anniversaries in Bus Travel |
Marking 110 years of GWR Road
Motors service Kingsbridge-Salcombe, along with the
Kingsbridge-Dartmouth service centenary, and ‘National’
anniversaries in 1909, 1919, 1929 and 1969, all in the
context of Kingsbridge 800 and other local anniversaries (23
pages). |
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2018 |
Ferry Connections |
Buses connecting to the (17)
passenger and/or vehicle ferry services across the river
estuaries from the Dart to the Tamar (23 pages). |
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2017 |
South Hams Road Passenger
Transport – The transition from horse power to the motor bus |
The story of the faltering
development of passenger transport services as recorded in
contemporary newspapers 1904 to 1919 (17 pages).
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2016 |
Stagecoach Services in the
South Hams |
The early days of public
transport in the South Hams when horse-drawn ‘stagecoaches’
linked Kingsbridge to the rest of the country (7 pages).
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Coaching in South Devon by
‘Tim’ |
An article from 1892
illustrated by TVG&WOT describing a ‘coach-drive’ in
Devonshire (6 pages). |
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The Great Blizzard of ’91 |
An 1891 account of the
blizzard and consequences for travel on TV&GWOT’s running
day routes (2 pages). |
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2015 |
Fifty Years of Coach Tours in
and around the South Hams |
Coach tours from the 1920s to
1980s illustrated with photographs and tour leaflets (10
pages). |
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Tally Ho Coaches – the first
90 years |
From origins as part-time
rabbit carrier to prestige holiday travel – the Tally Ho
story 1925-2015 (3 pages). |
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Tailpiece - All Change in
South Devon |
The transition to Stagecoach
operations after 20 years of First in South Devon (2 pages).
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2014 |
Kingsbridge Quay and Bus
Station |
Images of bus fleets on the
quay in the 1930s through to the modern bus station today (7
pages). |
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Railway Connections |
Bus connections at
Kingsbridge station until the Brent line closed in 1963 (3
pages). |
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2013 |
Great Western Railway
Connections |
GWR Road Motors network
development around Kingsbridge and other West Country rail
hubs (4 pages). |
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35 Years of Kingsbridge
Community Bus Services |
Development of the Coleridge
Community Bus Service and its fleet (5 pages). |
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2012 |
A Guide to Today’s Routes and
their Evolution |
The development of the
services, the vehicles operated and the sights to enjoy –
updates, further routes and new illustrations (14 pages).
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2011 |
A Guide to Today’s Routes and
their Evolution |
The development of the
services, the vehicles operated and the sights to enjoy (11
pages). |
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2010 |
50 Years of the Bristol SU –
Their halcyon days in Kingsbridge |
How the Bristol SU dominated
the Kingsbridge bus scene in the 1960s through to the WN
depot closure in 1971 (6 pages). |
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What a Guy – 1927 GWR Guy FBB
No. 1268 emerges from a 10-year restoration |
The tale of the operation,
survival and TV&GWOT’s restoration of this GWR Road Motor (4
pages). |
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2009 |
A Brief History of Motor Bus
Services in the Kingsbridge Area |
Marking the centenary of the
GWR Road Motors’ Kingsbridge-Salcombe service, illustrating
the changing bus scene to the present day (9 pages).
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Return of a Local Vehicle –
Bristol H 137 (FJ8967) |
The history of 1933 Bristol H
137, a South Devon based vehicle all its life, coinciding
with its running day debut following TV&GWOT’s restoration
(4 pages). |
