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Operator: Hants & Dorset Fleet No: 897
Chassis: Bristol MW6G Chassis No: 213.173
Body: ECW C39F Body No: 14468

HISTORY

May 64 In service with Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (897) - Based at Southampton
1964 Indicators fitted with white perspex panels with Hants & Dorset/Holiday Tours in red
Mar 68 Delicensed
Apr 68 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Jan 69 Delicensed
Feb 69 Relicensed and based at Lymington
Oct 70 Delicensed
Nov 70 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Dec 70 Transferred to Ringwood
Sep 71 Fleet number changed to 1011
Jan 72 Out of service with Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth  (1011)
Jan 72 In service with Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Salisbury (11)
Oct 72 Out of service with Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Salisbury (11)
Oct 72 In service with Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (11)
Feb 74 Repainted in NBC Dual Purpose livery
Jul 76 Out of service with Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (1011)
Sep 76 Martin's Bus & Coach Sales Limited, Middlewich (dealer)
Sep 77 In service with J H & A J Ball, Bristol
  Out of service with J H & A J Ball, Bristol
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 897

Location : Barton Hill

Date : May 1977

 

(C) Stephen Dowle

     
    

Owner : Hants & Dorset 897

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Solent Omnibus Club

     
    

Owner : J H & A J Ball

Location : High Street, Wookey Hole

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Chris Brown