1981 PSV Circle South Eastern, Western & South Wales Major Operator News-Sheets

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These Southern Major (SM) news-sheets cover PSV activities in the South Eastern, Western and South Wales Traffic Areas during 1981. These monthly issues include information on the transfer of some large batches of vehicles into the Traffic Areas from operators elsewhere. There are 148 pages in total. These pages carry significant amounts of individual detail in sections for each operator, each month New vehicles  Acquired vehicles Withdrawn vehicles  Disposals and subsequent owners/uses General information including vehicles on orderThe operators covered, (many of which no longer exist), are: SOUTH EASTERN TRAFFIC AREA Bournemouth Transport Brighton Borough Transport Eastbourne Borough Council East Kent Gosport & Fareham Hants & Dorset* Maidstone & District Maidstone Borough Council Portsmouth Passenger Transport Department Reading Transport* Southampton Corporation Southdown* Southern Vectis,* Thames Valley & Aldershot**  Aldershot & District (disposals from original operating fleet)  Thames Valley (disposals from original operating fleet) WESTERN TRAFFIC AREA Bere Regis & District* Bristol Omnibus Company* National Travel (South West)  Greenslades Tours, Exeter  Shamrock & Rambler  Wessex Coaches Plymouth City Transport Thamesdown Passenger Transport Western National**  Court Garages, Torquay (* part) SOUTH WALES TRAFFIC AREA City of Cardiff Transport/Dinas Caerdydd Cynon Valley Borough Council/Cyngor Bwrdeisdref Cwm Cynon Islwyn Borough Council Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council/Cyngor Bwrdeisdref Merthyr Tydfil National/Western Welsh/Cymru Cenedlaethol *  Jones Omnibus Services  Western Welsh (disposals from original operating fleet) Newport Borough Transport Rhymney Valley DC/Cyngor Ardal Cwm Rhymni Silcox Motor Coach Company South Wales Transport/De Cyrmu  Taff Ely Borough Council An asterisk (*) indicates inclusion of current (at the time) fleet lists and/or allocations during the year. (**) relates to Service VehiclesAs can be appreciated many of the operators no longer exist and the content makes interesting reading and an invaluable record of PSV operator and detailed fleet changes taking place at a time of significant bus industry transition around 34 years ago. The information is useful for reference, research or just interest. The size of the magazines is 34cms x 20cmsThe condition of all the news-sheets is generally good. There are some age-related wear and markings. All have a little age-related discolouration around the edge of the pages. There are a small number of instances of imperfectly produced faint or heavy print, although the text can still usually be read. Pages 35 & 36 are acknowledged as not being produced in error. Although they are missing, the information is complete Thank you for looking at this item and please do not hesitate to ask if you require any clarification or further information NB. The postage and packing costs are based on the Royal Mail “2nd Class Signed for" service. If it is wished to take advantage of basic 2nd class postage, the postage and packing costs would be £1.70. However if preferring this service no claims for non-delivery can be accepted. Please advise prior to payment if wishing to opt for the lower cost service with the relevant conditions, and an invoice reflecting this will be issued. Also please advise if you wish to combine these items with other purchases to achieve potential savings on consolidated postage costs. read more

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