I've recently gained access to a scanner that will handle my old slide collection. This page looks at Southdown at the end of the 1970s - click the image for a larger version.
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1835, a Plaxton-bodied Leyland Leopard, is seen on excursion duties in Brighton. |
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At Victoria Coach Station, in 1977, on the run to Brighton, older Leopard/Plaxton 1226. |
| Also at Victoria were a pair of Duple Dominant-bodied Ford R1114s: 1439 (left) and older 1401 |  |
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Willowbrook-bodied Leopard 196 prepares to leave Southsea's South Parade pier in 1978, with a Park Royal Atlantean behind. |
| From the same batch, 200 operates the East Worthing Circular in 1976. |  |
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A more angular Leopard was this Northern Counties example, 452, leaving Chichester for Horsham in 1978. |
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An attractive alternative to the usual Eastern Coachworks body found on Bristol REs was provided by Marshall on this RESL, 483, seen in the rain in Brighton in 1978. |
| At the same spot I photographed Leyland-National 39. |  |
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An early (flat-windscreen) Bristol VRTSL, 2096. |
| Behind 2096 was 719, one of a large number of Leyland Atlanteans bodied by Park Royal, seen here on the Solenteer limited stop service. |  |
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Seen at Bognor Regis, ECW-bodied Fleetline 389 retained its Daimler badge. |