SOME  PICTURES  OF  HOUSE  OF  HILTON

A selection of their vehicles from the camera of Malcolm Knight 
The classic scene of 6149NX and LTA904 laying over between runs in Dorchester Council Yard, off Trinity Street.  One vehicle would be parked all day between the morning and evening workers runs, whilst the other would be working the shoppers and market day services.  
     
Bedford OB / Duple LTA904 at the old garage in Hilton.  New in 1949 to Royal Blue, this 27-seater was with the House brothers from 1961 to 1973.    
     
Bedford SB XJH510 in the lanes.  This  Duple-bodied 41-seater was in Hilton from  1967 to 1973, and had been new in  1956.    
     
6149NX alongside LTA904 once again.  Mervyn House stands in front of the OB.  The Bedford SB Super Vega 41-seater served for thirteen years from 1966 to 1979; it had been new in 1960 and came south from Bermuda Coaches of Nuneaton.  At the time its purchase represented a major investment for the firm, and it was their largest vehicle until a 52-seater VAL was acquired in 1975.    
     
     
     
     

 

======== all photographs courtesy of Malcolm Knight=========

 

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