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Round about a Brighton Coach office, by Maude Egerton King, published 1896 (xi +209 pp., London: John Lane) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/503769] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt's Brighton and London Coach the Venture. Scenes & incidents on the road. Photographed by 'Agrestis', by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, published 1908 (xxxi pp., Letchworth: W. H. Smith & Son) accessible at: British Library

Bygones: Sussex Coaching Reminiscences, by Dick Hunt, published 1948 (72 pp., Lewes: W. E. Baxter) accessible at: & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Southdown Story: a History of Southdown Motor Services Limited 1915 - 1965, published 1965 (pamphlet, Southdown Motor Services) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9759] & The Keep [LIB/506443]

The Southdown Story, published 1965 (Southdown Motor Services Ltd) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2553]

A Vehicle History of the Southdown Utility Guy Arabs, by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 1973 (24 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Southdown Timetable, West Sussex, published 1974 (pamphlet) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6132]

Southdown Motor Services Limited: fleet list and routes as at 1st January, 1949, by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 1978 (44 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Southdown double deckers, 1946-1957 : a class history, compiled by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 1978 (40 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Southdown album, 1954-1979, including Brighton, Hove and district, by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 1979 (52 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Bygone Buses of Kent & Sussex Vol 1, by Malcolm John, published 1980 (64 pp., Tunbridge Wells: Chambers Green, ISBN-10: 0905540492 & ISBN-13: 9780905540498) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

History of the British Bus Service: South East England, by Colin Morris, published 1980 accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10264]

Changing Colours, compiled by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 1981 (83 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Bygone Buses of Kent & Sussex Vol 2, by Malcolm John, published 1981 (64 pp., John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 0905540662 & ISBN-13: 9780905540665) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bygone Buses of Kent & Sussex: 1960-70 and Service Vehicles Vol 3, by Malcolm John, published 1981 (64 pp., John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 0905540670 & ISBN-13: 9780905540672) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bygone Southdown: Volume One - Origins to 1930, compiled by Malcolm John, published 1982 (64 pp., John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 0905540816 & ISBN-13: 9780905540818) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bygone Southdown: Volume Two - The Thirties and Forties, compiled by Malcolm John, published 1982 (64 pp., John Hallewell Publications, ISBN-10: 0905540824 & ISBN-13: 9780905540825) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bygone Southdown: Volume Three - The Fifties and Sixties, compiled by Malcolm John, published 1982 (64 pp., Rochester: Rochester Press, ISBN-10: 0905540832 & ISBN-13: 9780905540832) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

A Photographic record of Southdown destination screens, by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 1983 (24 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Eastbourne Borough motor buses : the first 80 years, by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published c.1983 (40 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Route working : Southdown Motor Services Ltd., by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published c.1983 (82 pp.) accessible at: British Library

Independent bus operators into Horsham, by Lawrence James, published c.1983 (96 pp., Chatham: Rochester Press, ISBN-10: 0946379025 & ISBN-13: 9780946379026) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

Hants and Sussex, by Alan Lambert, published 1983 (pamphlet, B. M. Lambert, ISBN-10: 0950865702 & ISBN-13: 9780950865706) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8915] & West Sussex Libraries

The history of the Hants and Sussex bus company

British Bus & Trolleybus Systems. 4 - Brighton, Hove and District, by John Roberts, published 1 October 1984 (96 pp., Transport Publishing Co., ISBN-10: 0863171095 & ISBN-13: 9780863171093) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

The Motor Bus Services of Kent and Sussex - a brief history, by Eric Baldock, published 1985 (64 pp., Meresborough Books Ltd., ISBN-10: 0905270959 & ISBN-13: 9780905270951) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

The Southdown PD3s, by Julian Osborne, published 1985 (80 pp., Capital Transport, ISBN-10: 0904711692 & ISBN-13: 9780904711691) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries

British Bus Systems Number 6 Southdown, by Colin Morris, published 15 March 1985 (96 pp., The Transport Publishing Company, ISBN-10: 0863171168 & ISBN-13: 9780863171161) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This illustrated book records the seventy-year history of passenger-vehicle operation of Southdown and includes an 1985 Southdown bus route folding map

The Rye and Camber Tramway, by Peter A. Harding, published May 1985 (32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950941417 & ISBN-13: 9780950941417) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506062] & East Sussex Libraries

The Development of Coaching Services from Brighton to London, c.1750-1822, by Sue Farrant, published March 1986 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 7 nos. 3 & 4, article, pp.85-92) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [MP 6277] & The Keep [LIB/501193] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Sussex Buses in Camera, by David Kaye, published 6 November 1987 (80 pp., Buckingham: Quotes Ltd., ISBN-10: 0860233367 & ISBN-13: 9780860233367) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506445] & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The Tramways of Worthing, by N. A. Kellett, published 1990 in Tramway Review (No. 143, article, pp.232-237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 10712][Lib 12982]

Southdown Buses in Camera, by David Kaye and Eric Surfleet, published 4 September 1990 (80 pp., Buckingham: Quotes Ltd., ISBN-10: 0860233812 & ISBN-13: 9780860233817) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Archives of the Southdown Motor Services Limited: The Collected Indices, by Gerald Sweatman, published 1992 (published by the author) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506090]

More About Transport Around Rye, edited by Jo Kirkham, published 1 November 1992 (Rye Memories, 116 pp., Thomas Peacocke Community College, Local History Group, ISBN-10: 1870600169 & ISBN-13: 9781870600163) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries

Eastbourne Buses serving the 'Sun trap of the South' - Alan Snatt examines operator in its 90th year, by Alan Snatt, published 1993 in Buses (vol. 45, no. 460, article, pp.13-17)

Southdown: Volume 1. The History, by Colin Morris, published 1994 (160 pp., Venture Publications, ISBN-10: 1898432074 & ISBN-13: 9781898432074) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southdown: Volume 2. The Details, by Colin Morris, published 1994 (160 pp., Venture Publications, ISBN-10: 1898432104 & ISBN-13: 9781898432104) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Bognor Regis Bus Station, by Ron Martin, published 1995 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 25, article, pp.34-36, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

The bus station in High Street, Bognor was built in the 1930s to the designs of Clayton and Black, the Brighton architects for the Southdown Bus Company. It was the last remaining Southdown Bus Station dating from the 1930s and was demolished in June 1993 after a number of years being used as a market.

Eastbourne's First Motor Omnibuses with a preliminary note on John Kempe Brydges, Borough Electrical Engineer, 1900-1939, and first manager of the motor bus department, 1903-4, by John Norris, published 1996 in Sussex Industrial History (issue no. 26, article, pp.2-10, ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506527]   Download PDF

Eastbourne was one of the first towns In the country to have a public electricity supply, the Eastbourne Electric Light Co. commencing supply in September 1882, Just months after similar companies at Brighton and Hastings. All three companies were established by the prominent electrical pioneer and entrepreneur Robert Hammond. The first Engineer & Manager at Eastbourne was H.M. Sayers, followed c.1885 by H.W. Kolle.
On 1st January 1900 Eastbourne Corporation took over the private company and appointed as Engineer of the Corporation's Electric Light Undertaking John Kempe Brydges, who was to hold the position for almost 40 years, during which time the number of consumers increased from under 500 to 21,000 and the electricity supplied from approx. 0.4 million Units (kWh) In 1900 to approx. 38 million In 1939.
Among the archives held in the library of Seaboard's Milne Electrical Collection at Amberley Museum Is the leather-bound 'Electrical Engineers Report Book' in which Mr. Brydges reported fortnightly to the Corporation's Electric Light Committee. Unexpectedly, interesting information on Eastbourne's first motor buses Is to be found in this book for It transpires that In addition to his electrical duties Mr. Brydges was In charge of the fledgling Motor Bus Department when It started in 1903.

Hastings trolleybuses, by Lyndon W. Rowe, published 24 August 1996 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1873793812 & ISBN-13: 9781873793817) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

100 years of Bexhill motor buses: 1901 to 2002, by David Padgham, published 2001 (22 pp., Bexhill Museum Association, ISBN-10: 0953709116 & ISBN-13: 9780953709113) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

The Tickets of the Brighton Corporation Tramways, by P. S. G. Lidgett, published 1 January 2001 (81 pp., Alfriston: Omnibus Society, Ticket Fare Publications, ISBN-10: 0901307580 & ISBN-13: 9780901307583) accessible at: British Library

Southdown, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson, published 29 June 2001 (96 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711027935 & ISBN-13: 9780711027930) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The history of Southdown, one of the great names in British transport operation, dominating municipal bus service in the south of England: from its earliest days through to its final disappearance, recorded by the author and fellow members of the East Sussex Omnibus Society. Southdown green & white buses were once commonplace in south England.

An anthology of the Worthing tramocars, by Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, published 2002 (92 pp.) accessible at: British Library

The Brighton & Hove fleet 1986-2001, published c.2002 (84 pp., The Southdown Enthusiasts' Club, Crowborough) accessible at: British Library

Based upon the work of Jim Jones

The Brighton & Hove fleet 1986-2001, by Jim Jones, published c.2002 (84 pp., Crowborough : The Southdown Enthusiasts' Club) accessible at: British Library

The Heyday of Southdown, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 1 June 2003 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711029199 & ISBN-13: 9780711029194) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Established in 1915 by the merger of three existing companies, Southdown grew to become one of the greatest names in road passenger transport. Expanding through the acquisition of smaller operators and by the development of new routes, the company became part of the BAT-Tilling group in 1928 and in 1942 a subsidiary of British Electric Traction. As part of BET it was to become a major constituent of the National Bus Company in the late 1960s. For enthusiasts, part of the fascination of Southdown was for its variety of buses and coaches, including the famous 'Queen Mary' double-deckers built between 1958 and 1967. These Leyland PD3s were fitted with highly distinctive full-fronted bodywork, making them instantly recognisable as they plied their trade along the south coast

The Tickets of Southdown Motor Services Ltd: Setright Machine Tickets, by Nigel Tarrant, published 2004 (47 pp., Transport Ticket Society, ISBN-10: 0903209527 & ISBN-13: 9780903209526) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

Southdown Queen Marys - A Souvenir , by Julian Osborne, published 27 June 2004 (reprint of The Southdown PD3s, 128 pp., DTS Publishing Ltd, ISBN-10: 1900515253 & ISBN-13: 9781900515252) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The most detailed history of the famous Southdown Motor Services full fronted Leyland PD3s with Northern Counties bodies. Covers their service with Southdown and with other operators the world over up to 2004

Brighton Trolleybuses, by Andrew Henbest, published 17 September 2005 (96 pp., Midhurst: Middleton Press, ISBN-10: 1904474349 & ISBN-13: 9781904474340) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Edmund Strevens and the Croswellers, by Mary Mansonn, published September 2005 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 7, article, pp.332-335) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508840] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Crosweller (1764-1829), son of James Crosweller, left his coaching businesses 'The Blue Office' to his son Thomas Crosweller (1788-1837) who married Mary Howes in 1830. They had no children and Thomas bequeathed the coaching business to Edmund Strevens (c.1795-1852) who married Mary Harding in 1819 and had ten children.

Southdown Days, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 7 October 2005 (96 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711030774 & ISBN-13: 9780711030770) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Horsham's Independent Bus Services, by Laurie James, published 31 August 2007 (128 pp., The History Press, ISBN-10: 0752444417 & ISBN-13: 9780752444413) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

This book looks at the varied bus companies that once served this Sussex market town from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Laurie James tells of the ups and downs of the humble companies that operate bus services in and around Horsham. Profusely illustrated with many images, the book will be of interest to both locals and bus enthusiasts alike.

Trolleybus Memories: Brighton, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 27 September 2007 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711031991 & ISBN-13: 9780711031999) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509270] & East Sussex Libraries

Southdown in NBC Days, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 17 April 2008 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711032548 & ISBN-13: 9780711032545) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southdown Memories, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson and John Bishop, published 5 March 2009 (80 pp., Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711032556 & ISBN-13: 9780711032552) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Empress of Hastings: The First 80 Years of a Family Run Coach Company , by Stephen Dine, published 12 November 2009 (ix + 73 pp., St Leonards-on-Sea: Stephen Dine on behalf of Empress Coaches Ltd., ISBN-10: 0956411908 & ISBN-13: 9780956411907) accessible at: British Library & East Sussex Libraries

A brief look at Southdown 1975 to 1990, by Paul Llewellyn, published 2010 (52 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0956480209 & ISBN-13: 9780956480200) accessible at: British Library

Pride and Joy: My Amazing 25-year Journey with Brighton & Hove Buses, by Roger French, published 1 May 2010 (160 pp., London: Best Impressions, ISBN-10: 0956574009 & ISBN-13: 9780956574008) accessible at: British Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

In 160 pages and with over 250 photographs and illustrations, Roger French OBE tells the story of the last twenty-five years of one of the UK's most successful and admired bus companies, Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company. The book explains how the company was recreated out of Southdown in 1985 and the inside story behind its privatisation as a management buy-out two years later, as well as its sale to the Go-Ahead Group in 1993. As a serving managing director who has overseen the company throughout its contemporary history for the last quarter of a century, Roger French is best placed to reveal the secrets of how Brighton & Hove has been able to achieve the holy grail of consistent passenger growth every year since 1993. The book contains a full route history over the last twenty-five years, as well as details of the intake of buses and coaches into the fleet each year. Details of the acquisition of Brighton Buses in 1997 and Stagecoach's Lewes operations in 2005 are also included.

The Rye and Camber Tramway, by Peter A. Harding, published 12 January 2011 (revised edition, 32 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0955240360 & ISBN-13: 9780955240362) accessible at: British Library

Eastbourne Miniature Tramway, by David Cooper, published 2014 (booklet no. 43, East Dean & Friston Local History Group) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/509220] & East Dean & Friston Local History Group

The popular tourist attraction that ran from 1953 to 1969 at the Crumbles.

Southdown at War, by Colin Druce, published 20 March 2015 (216 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854143859 & ISBN-13: 9781854143853) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

Southdown Style, by Glyn Kraemer-Johnson, published 21 December 2015 (Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854143964 & ISBN-13: 9781854143969) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries

The many events held and publications produced to celebrate the centenary of Southdown Motor Services in 2015 all went to emphasise the high esteem in which the Company was, and still is held, not only by enthusiasts but by those to whom the apple green and cream buses were an integral part of everyday life. It is remembered particularly for the exceptional quality and comfort of its vehicles, its superb maintenance standards, its superior service and its pride in the presentation of vehicles and staff alike. This book attempts to illustrate, in words and pictures, the various elements which went to create the Southdown style and to explain why, almost fifty years after the 'true' Southdown was swallowed up by the National Bus Company, it is still held in such high regard by enthusiasts, former employees and the general public alike. In the words of Brighton's own Max Miller, 'there will never be another'.

Southdown Buses, by Michael Hymans, published 15 October 2016 (128 pp., Stroud: Amberley Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781445663005) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

A collection of previously unpublished images of Southdown buses

Southdown in the 1930s, by Colin Druce, published 28 April 2017 (168 pp., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN-10: 1854144103 & ISBN-13: 9781854144102) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

By the start of the 1930s Southdown Motor Services had been in existence for less than 15 years but it had already secured a bus operating territory stretching along the coast from Hastings to Fareham and inland to Petersfield, Horsham, Handcross, Uckfield and Heathfield. Southdown's bus route network was already well established with main trunk routes linking most of the major towns and villages throughout their territory and by summer 1930 many of the services that would survive into the 1960s were already in place. In this book, which follows on from Colin Druce's acclaimed work on Southdown at War, the author uses his extensive research to cover a fascinating period in Southdown's history, looking at both services and vehicles.

Hold On Tight! Fares Please, by Christine Jackson, published September 2017 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 22 no. 7, article, pp.310-312) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860]

The story involves a good old-fashioned British double-decker bus and the story takes place on a bridge at Shoreham