Stagecoach (Southdown Motor Services Ltd) in the former Southdown area, extending to Hants & Surrey and Hampshire Bus as well as
Brighton & Hove
First Hampshire & Dorset
and the former Eastbourne Buses fleet, recently purchased by Stagecoach.
Every month members receive The Journal
which gives them up to the minute news of
the operators covered - vehicles,
service changes and publicity matters.
We hold Winter Meetings, usually featuring an illustrated talk, often from a prominent
speaker from within the bus industry, in January, March and October.
EVENING MYSTERY TOUR - Friday 24 July 2009
The Club's annual evening mystery tour will take place on Friday 24 July 2009 commencing, as usual, at Hove Station (18:00), picking up at Brighton Station (18:15) then head off into the Sussex countryside to who knows where.
As usual, one or more interesting vehicles is promised and we will, if all goes to plan, finish our tour of the Sussex countryside at a pub for those necessities of life, a good meal and a decent pint (well that's why I go anyway!!). Again, non-members are welcome.
Return to Brighton will be in plenty of time for those needing trains home.
So, don't miss it! Download the booking form here.
Print it, fill it in then send it to:-
S.E.C. Mystery Tour Orgainser
(SEC Members should have received their forms enclosed with the May Journal.)
To whet your appetite here are some views of last year's trip,
We were fortunate to be able to use Stagecoach's VR JOU160P - now kept at Winchester. Here 160 (which is allocated Stagecoach national fleet number 15760) waits at Hove Station for the second tour vehicle to arrive.
The tour followed at not-very-direct route via Woodingdean, Falmer and Beddingham (c'mon - it was a mystery tour - got to keep 'em guessing!) to reach the A259 at Newhaven. At Bishopstone, the route of the old A259 was followed through the railway arch onto the seafront at Seaford. Here we made a u-turn and parked the buses facing into the sun.
The second vehicle turned out to be the recently converted open topper, Scania 781 in City Sightseeing livery. It is the spare vehicle and can normally be found near Brighton's Palace Pier.
The photostop also called for the two buses to be posed side by side - like this.......
....... and this. Smile please!
Final destination turned out to be Beachy Head - 160, which got there first, poses at the Top of Beachy Head bus stand with appropriate route number in the display. 781 arrived shortly afterwards having apparently got lost in central Eastbourne - some excuse about having to go to the Sovereign Centre to face the right direction for Beachy Head.
Thanks are due to the two drivers, Jim Smith and Gerry Cork, who gave up an evening of their time (and couldn't even have a beer to compensate!), Roger French from Brighton & Hove and Andrew Dyer and Chris Pearce from Stagecoach.
13 Rudyard Road
Woodingdean
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 6UB
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The Club Sales stand is usually present at all our meetings as well as attending several
of the major Bus Rallies in the South.
Recent publications
Fleetlist - 2008 Edition - NOW available
Get these, and a lot more, from:
SEC SALES
You can also download our current Sales List.
You can download a membership application form
here. Print it, complete it and then send it to:-
Hon. Secretary (SEC),
11 High Cross Fields,
CROWBOROUGH,
East Sussex,
TN6 2SN,
United Kingdom
Alternatively, send an A5 S.A.E. with two first class stamps to this address
for a membership form and a sample of our monthly magazine "The JOURNAL".
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