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Essex Bus News magazine includes a selection of historical and current
articles. Progressively over time we
intend to build an archive of these articles, for future research. Initially only a small selection is
available, listed by operator/topic.
All articles listed here are copyright Essex Bus Enthusiasts Group and
may not be reproduced without our prior consent. Arriva Southend/Southend Transport ·
The closure of Arriva
Southend’s London Road
garage in January 2000 ·
Southend Transport special Christmas/New Year
services, 1971 - 1999 City Coach Company ·
The 251 story 1927 – 2000
– Chris Stewart presents a brief history of this historic route ·
The City
Influence – Chris Stewart’s review of the remains of the erstwhile City
Coach Company ·
Blue Brick Bridge
– the story of why City were not allowed to operate double deckers under this
bridge in Shotgate, on the direct Southend to London route Eastern National ·
Transfer
of Grays Area Services to London Transport, 1933 - 1951 (book), Alan
Osborne ·
50
years of EN’s Lodekkas – Chris Stewart’s history of EN’s LDs and FLFs (not
forgetting an LDL and 2 FSs!). This is
an article from our magazine, published in March 2004, not the
complete book published subsequently ·
2826
– a unique FLF – Peter Oughton remembers the glass-fibre panelled FLF ·
Eastern
National’s VR’s – Chris Stewart chronicles the history of the Bristol VR
in the EN & Thamesway fleets ·
Eastern National & Thamesway Fleet Record, Volume 2
– 1990 to 1996
- 80 pages, A4 - download
as a pdf (external link) ·
Chelmsford
to Brentwood – 80 years of service – Chris Stewart reviews operations on
this important corridor ·
Village Links
old & new – Chris Stewart looks at the Essex CC Village Link services
in the Brentwood area Southend area services ·
Public
Transport Services in the Southend-on-Sea District, 1900 - 1955 - an
ebook by Richard Hayden Essex Independents ·
Publicity
review – 2001 ·
Amos of Belchamp St Paul
– the end of an era by Alan Osborne ·
Amos of Belchamp St
Paul – earlier memories from Alan Watkins ·
Coastal Red - the story of this late 1980s operation in north east Essex - pdf
download of our Fact File booklet ·
Notes on Thames
Weald and Dr Heffernan – by David Harman Personal recollections The links below are currently defunct, pending a relaunch of the Working On The Buses website. Meanwhile, if you are interested in any, please e-mail us and we can send you pdf copies. ·
The Revd. Terry Challis wrote a series of
articles about his memories of buses in south Essex in the early 1950s and
then his experiences working for EN in schedules and later as a conductor and
driver - to see the complete series, click here. ·
Mick Parsons has written about his days as a conductor and
driver at Wood Green - click here to access them. ·
Not generally published in Essex Bus News, there are more staff recollections
at: Ø Ian Banks - SCT in the 1960s Ø John Bashford - ST X1 service Ø Richard Delahoy - ST in the 1980s Ø Ted Miles - EN in the 1960s Ø Gareth Morgan - SCT conductor, 1980s Ø James Sadd - ST X1 service Ø Alan Watkins - City Coach Co & many others ESSEX BUS ARCHIVE In a major development, we are currently digitising all of the Group’s
magazines/news-sheets back to issue 1 (1964), Group publications and a
variety of other documents, as pdf files.
Copies are already available to members on request (see the October
2015 EBN for details) and in due course we will be launching a new, separate
website to make the whole collection freely available. Watch out for
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