Southdown Fleet History Part 36

Following the acquisition of the Brighton Hove & District fleet on 1/1/69, this booklet deals with the other vehicles taken into the fleet in 1969. In this part we revert to the usual styling with some detail about the period and of the affairs of the company, followed by descriptions of the 63 new vehicles added to the Southdown fleet during 1969. The new intake was made up of 20 o-m-o saloons, 30 dual-purpose vehicles and 13 o-m-o double-decks with rear engines, the first in the fleet. All the latter vehicles were in the BH&D red/cream livery which was initially retained by Southdown. These vehicles were off-set by 73 buses and coaches that left the operational fleet. As usual there are summaries of the company’s premises and of the complete fleet at the end of the previous year (31/12/68), both by chassis and by bodywork, while a separate table lists the buses and coaches that left the fleet during 1969.