THE SOUTH OF ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
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Hants & Dorset Leyland Panther Willowbrook 685
These oddball machines were transferred from Maidstone & District to Wilts & Dorset at an early stage in the life of the National Bus Comany. The Willowbrook bodied Leyland Panthers were never a popular bus and M&D was probably glad to see the back of them. On a school special is 685 (JKK196E), former Maidstone & District S96 and still in its original livery.
 
Wilts & Dorset Leyland Panther Willowbrook 692
This Panther made it into Wilts & Dorset Tilling Red and cream before Wilts & Dorset was merged into Hants & Dorset. Seen at Newbury Wharf on the 122 to Basingstoke is Willowbrook bodied Panther 692 (JKK203E), former M&D S103.
 
Hants & Dorset Leyland Panther, Bristol MW6G & London Country RF
A strange scene outside the Montagu Arms on the London Road, westbound in Langley, near Slough. It appears as though the ex Maidstone & District Leyland Panther had broken down and the ECW bodied MW6G coach, 903 (FEL750D), had been sent to collect the passengers. In attendance is a London Country RF relegated to a recovery vehicle and presumably summoned from the nearby Windsor depot. The Panther is in Tilling red and cream, clearly sent to Wilts & Dorset before the merger.
 
Hants & Dorset Bristol MW6G ECW 903
The Langley scene is viewed from the opposite end with a better view of former touring coach 903, normally relegated to bus work. One wonders what the Panther was doing so far from base.
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Hants & Dorset Leyland Atlantean 3997 and Bristol Lodekka LD6G 429
Hants & Dorset poppy pink 1956 Bristol LD6G 429 (OHR918) is seen in Basingstoke, it had been new to Wilts & Dorset as 629. The bus is passing a highbridge 1960 Metro Cammell bodied Leyland Atlantean, 3997 (538HKJ), transferred from Maidstone & District where it had been DH538
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