THE M & D AND EAST KENT BUS CLUB

PUBLICATIONS

The Club publishes a number of books of interest to the enthusiast, covering different aspects of the Clubs coverage.

We also sell a range of other items which may be of interest to Club members.

Circular No: C.1 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS - THE M&D AND EAST KENT BUS CLUB  April 2008

This Circular lists all publications currently available from the Club, together with brief details of associated facilities.  Items marked * are available only to Club members.  This edition of this Circular supersedes all previous editions.

 

This form is valid until 30th June 2008.  After that date, please ask for a new edition before placing any order.

 

Please mark against each item the number of copies you require.  Those marked * are available only to Club members.

Orders for publications must be made by post using separate Mail Order Form No: C.1. download here.

Reference : Publication Title : Date : Price 

FLB23: ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (twenty Third edition): 8/06 : £4.95 

 

fleet list booklet in A6 pocket-size format giving complete fleet details of Arriva Kent & Sussex,  Arriva Medway Towns, New Enterprise, Arriva Kent Thameside, East Kent and Hastings & District, including 32 illustrations and three colour illustrations on laminated card cover.

FLEET HISTORIES

F.2: ILLUSTRATED FLEET HISTORY OF MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT : 12/95 : £12.00   price reduced

Containing full details of all vehicles known to have been owned by Maidstone & District and its subsidiaries from 1911 to 1995, including subsequent disposals, demonstrators, domestic fleet, notes about liveries, fleet numbering systems and premises, and 160 monochrome illustrations, presented in a laminated card cover with ten further illustrations in colour.

F.3: ILLUSTRATED FLEET HISTORY OF MAIDSTONE CORPORATION: 6/04 : £12.00  price reduced

 

Containing full details of all vehicles known to have been owned by Maidstone Corporation, Maidstone Borough Council and Boro'line Maidstone from 1904 to 1992, including subsequent disposals, demonstrators, domestic fleet, notes about liveries, premises, and 128 illustrations (32 of them in colour), presented in a laminated card cover with ten further illustrations in colour.

The Fleet History for East Kent (published 1978) is now out of print. Copies may be accessed on loan through the Club's Library service

GENERAL PUBLICATIONS

AM.1    MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS 1951-5 : 3/05 : £1.00

 

A summary of fleet allocations from 2nd October 1951 to 4th January 1955

AM.2    MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS 1955-8 : 3/05 : £1.00

 

A summary of fleet allocations from 5th January 1955 to 5th October 1958

M.1       EAST KENT IN 1955 : 3/05 : £4.20

 

Describing the East Kent fleet and operations of August 1955, including specimen timetables, 48 monochrome and seven colour photographs.

M.2       THE BEADLES OF M&D, MAIDSTONE CORPORATION AND EAST KENT :  : £4.00

 

Details of all Beadle-bodied vehicles owned by the three companies, including 32 monochrome and seven colour photographs.

M.3       THE BRISTOLS OF MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT AND CHATHAM & DISTRICT :  : £3.50

 

Details of all half-cab Bristol vehicles owned by the two companies with 24 monochrome and six colour photographs.

M.4         THE OPEN TOP SERVICES OF EAST KENT : 8/04 : £4.00

 

A summary of the open-top vehicles and routes of East Kent from 1959 to 1992, illustrated with 24 monochrome and 15 colour pictures including Guy "Arab II" BJG 339 at Dover Castle on the front cover.

M.5       CHATHAM & DISTRICT 1930-1955 : THE VEHICLES : 10/05 : £3.50

 

A summary of Chatham & District vehicles, together with supplementary historical material including facsimile timetables, 32 monochrome and 6 colour photographs. 

M.6       40 YEARS PRESERVED : 1/08 : £4.00

 

An illustrated (53 colour and one monochrome) account of HKE 867 being preserved for 40 years by the Club.

 

M.7        MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT ONE MAN OPERATION 1955 to 1981: 3/08 : £5.50

 

How M&D converted their services to driver-only operation, including 32 monochrome and 7 colour photographs.

 

 

P.10 ROUTE WORKING GUIDE : 6/07 : £2.50

 

ROUTE WORKING GUIDE : Manual of route workings for Arriva Kent & Sussex , Arriva Medway Towns , East Kent and Hastings & District, correct to 3rd June 2007

P.21 PRESERVED VEHICLES : 7/06 : £3.00  

 

Listing of all former vehicles of the major operators now in preservation ownership, (illustrated)

P.41 OTHER OPERATORS CURRENT FLEET LISTS : 6/07 : £4.50

 

OTHER OPERATORS CURRENT FLEET LISTS.  Details of psv fleets of other operators within the Club area, including operator authorisation information and all fleet details, correct to June 2007.

 

P.61 SURVIVORS : 9/07 : £2.50

Listing of all current disposal vehicles of Arriva Kent & Sussex, Arriva Medway Towns, East Kent, South Coast Buses (Hastings Area), Boro'line Maidstone, their subsidiaries and their predecessors.

BACK NUMBER NEWS-SHEETS

1979 - 75p

1991 - £2.80

1997 - £3.75

2001 - £4.00

1980 - £1.00

1992 - £3.00

1999 - £4.00

2002 - £4.00

1990 - £2.40

1995 - £3.60

2000 - £4.00

 

Sets for other years are out of print, but copies are available on loan from the Club library. 

BACK NUMBER INVICTA SET

From January 2003 the former News-Sheet was replaced by an A4 booklet entitled Invicta.

2003 - £4.00

2005 - £4.00

2007 - £4.00

 

2004 - £4.00

2006 - £4.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

TIE* CLUB TIE : £5.50

Smart eye-catching tie in dark blue, neatly decorated with a red bus and white Invicta and club name producing a distinctive motif. Note : Only members may purchase.

BADGE* CLUB BADGE: £1.20

Three-colour badge finished in enamel. Note : Only members may purchase (one badge per member). Badges are liable to be called in should membership be terminated for any reason.

FLEET LIST BOOKLET/ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE BACK NUMBERS

FLB3 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (third edition) 3/76 45p

FLB4 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (fourth edition) 1/77 50p

FLB5 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (fifth edition) clearance item 2/78 50p

FLB6 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (sixth edition) clearance item 9/79 50p

FLB8 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (eighth edition) clearance item 6/82 50p

FLB9 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (ninth edition) clearance item 4/84 50p

FLB10 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (tenth edition) clearance item 10/85 60p

FLB11 FLEET LIST BOOKLET (eleventh edition) clearance item 4/87 75p

FLB12 ENTHUSIASTS' CUIDE (twelfth edition) clearance item 5/88 80p

FLB13 ENTHUSIASTS' CUIDE (thirteenth edition) clearance item 5/90 £1.00

FLB14 ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (fourteenth edition) clearance item 5/91 £1.00

FLB15 ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (fifteenth edition) clearance item 7/92 £1.00

FLB16 ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (sixteenth edition) clearance item 7/94 £1.00

FLB17 ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (seventeenth edition) clearance item 7/97 £1.00

FLB18 ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (eighteenth edition) clearance item 5/98 £1.00

FLB19: ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (nineteenth edition): clearance item 5/99 : £1.00

FLB20: ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (twentieth edition): clearance item 5/00 : £1.00 

FLB21: ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (twenty first edition): clearance item 1/02 : £1.00 

FLB22: ENTHUSIASTS' GUIDE (twenty second edition): clearance item 2/03 : £1.00

All have card illustrated covers and 32 illustrations. Editions not listed above are out of print. 

PIKECARDS

We offer the following colour-printed Pikecard postcards on local themes :-

DY 4965 Guy BTX (1928) - Dodson O26/31RO; Hastings Tramways 3 (preserved) 15p

MFN 888 Guy Arab IV (1956) - Park Royal H33/28RD; East Kent (preserved) 15p

FFN 376 Guy Arab III (1951) - Park Royal O32/26R; East Kent (on route 69) 15p

21 UKK Leyland PD2A/30 (1962) - Massey H33/28R; Maidstone 21 (brown livery) 15p

HKE 870 Bristol K6A (1945) - Weymann H30/26R (1954); M&D DH162 (on route 12A) 15p

FKL 125D AEC Reliance (1965) - Harrington C47F; M&D 4162 (in old coach livery) 15p

LKP 382P Volvo Ailsa (1975) - Alexander H44/35F; M&D 5382 (on route 434) 15p

KKO 252P Metropolitan (1975) - Metro-Cammell-Weymann H44/31F; M&D 5252 (on route 434) 15p

CJG 959 Leyland PD1A-Leyland L27/26R (1947), with HKE 867, Bristol K6A (1945)
Weymann H30/26R (1953),preserved by the Club- 15p

BDY 809 Sunbeam W (1947) - Weymann H30/26R; Maidstone (ex-Hastings) 86 at Loose 15p

HASTINGS BUSES SOUVENIRS

HB.1 HASTINGS TRAMWAYS TROLLEYBUS TIMETABLE 7/85 35p

- reprinted edition dated 14th September 1955.

HB.PC1 COLOUR POSTCARD of AEC Regal in cream and green livery. 15p

HB.PC2 COLOUR POSTCARD of AEC Regal in red and cream livery. 15p

HB.PC3 COLOUR POSTCARD of Daimler CVD6. 15p

HB.PC4 COLOUR POSTCARD of Bristol VRT/Eastern Coach Works open-topper. 15p

HB.PC5 COLOUR POSTCARD of Mercedes-Benz L608D dual-purpose minibus and 1980 Leyland Leopard coach 15p 

                OTHER ITEMS 

CD.1         ‘ERE COMES VE BRAHN BUS, DUCK!: 10/05                                                                     £5.00

 

A general history of Chatham & District, with particular focus on the contemporary social scene and staff reminiscences.  Generously-illustrated.  £1 from each sale passes to the Mayor of Medway’s nominated charity.

 

INVICTA : Our monthly news booklet Invicta is the official organ of all Club activities, and contains up-to-the-minute reports of developments in Kent and the Hastings & Rother area of East Sussex as they occur.  Invicta is available only to members upon payment of an annual subscription; for 2008 this is £16.50, back-dated to January.  An application form (Circular No: C.61) is sent with replies to all membership enrolment enquiries.  News-Sheets/Invicta for some earlier years can be ordered as Back Number Sets - please see above.

POSTCARD-SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS : Black-and-white and colour prints are available showing subjects dating from the early 1900s to the present day of East Kent, Hastings & District, Arriva Kent & Sussex, Arriva Medway Towns, the municipal fleets of Maidstone, and their predecessors.  These are priced at 46p for black-and-white or 35p for colour (January 2006 - subject to revision).  "Sale or return" approval selections are also available.  If you wish to receive such a selection, please write on a separate sheet of paper the specific type(s) and/or period(s) of vehicles in which you are interested.  Unwanted views from the selection which will be sent should be returned to us within one month, together with payment for those retained and their outward postage.  You need send no advance payment.  Approval sets can also be made up to include stock items of official photographs (including those listed in Circulars No: C.73 and C.74).

DESTINATION BLINDS : We stock a representative selection of destination blinds from East Kent and Maidstone & District. Circular No: C.51 gives full details.

GOMM BADGES, CORGI, LLEDO AND EFE MODEL BUSES : The Club stocks a range of Gomm badges, emblems and tiepins and a selection of Corgi, Lledo and EFE model buses. These are sold on our sales-stand at rallies, public events and some local meetings, but are not offered by post for practical reasons.

CREDIT ACCOUNT SCHEME : The Club operates a scheme under which members can deposit a sum of money with the Club for the automatic supply of Invicta, publications and other facilities.  Specific instructions (standing orders) can be organised for the immediate supply of any specified publications as they are published; account holders may also order goods by e-mail.  The Credit Account scheme has advantages both for our administrative team and for members; Circular No: C.31 gives full details.

TIMETABLE LIBRARY : Club members are entitled to borrow timetable and faretable booklets from the 1910s to date, as stocked, from the Club Library, subject to some basic conditions of loan which are outlined in Circular No: C.81.  The Library also stocks out-of-print Club News-Sheets. A full list of Library stock is given in Circular No: C.82.  Applications from non‑members to use the Library will be considered sympathetically if genuine research is involved.

LEAFLETS SCHEME : A mailing scheme is available to members for timetable leaflets and booklets of Arriva Kent & Sussex, Arriva Medway Towns, East Kent, Hastings & District, Kent County Council and East Sussex County Council [Hastings and Rother area].  Details are given in Invicta when vacancies occur in this scheme.

CLUB CIRCULARS

C. 1          LIST OF PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                      4/08

C. 4*         CLUB DIRECTORY                                                                                                                4/08

C. 9          LIST OF CODES AND ABBREVIATIONS IN GENERAL CLUB USE                                         8/07

C.31*        DETAILS OF CREDIT ACCOUNT SCHEME                                                                           10/98

C.41         DETAILS OF VEHICLE PRESERVATION                                                                                5/04

C.51         LIST OF DESTINATION BLINDS AVAILABLE FOR SALE                                                     11/01

C.73         LIST OF EAST KENT OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE FOR SALE                             4/99

C.74         LIST OF MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE FOR SALE         3/01

C.81         CLUB TIMETABLE LIBRARY - Details of operation                                                               7/97

C.82         CLUB TIMETABLE LIBRARY - List of items available for loan                                              7/96

All items listed on this Circular are offered subject to availability. We reserve the right to substitute newer editions of items, and notice of such changes will be given in the Club News-Sheet. Payments sent for goods which are no longer available will be held in credit for six months pending further instructions.