2019-2020 Diary.
Most meetings are held at Portchester Community Centre 7.45pm. Please pay us a visit, entry is free.
1969~2019 50th ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Details may change, check before travelling.
4th January 2019
Roger Watts ~ '1969 and All That'. The start of our 50th year celebration.
1st February 2019
AGM plus special photographic competition.
1st March 2019
Local bus and body manufactures from 1969 onwards. Photographs, slides and memories.
24th March 2019
Visit to First Bus Fareham and Southampton Depots.
Includes bus transfer between sites.
5th April 2019
Special guest speaker Mr Chris Elkin, recounting his life in the industry.
3rd May 2019
Special guest Mr Chris Aston with his vast selection of slides.
7th June 2019
Meeting in Winchester hosted by Friends of King Alfred Buses.
29th June 2019
Visit to Bath and Bristol aboard either Bedford VAL or ex Southdown Leopard.
Accompanied from Bath by James Freeman MD of First Bus West of England.
Members £15 Guest £17 (subject to available space).
2nd August 2019
6th September
Meeting at CPPTD.
4th October 2019
Robert Martin and Adrian Willats 'National Bus Company illustrated'.
1st November 2019
A evening mystery drive on a mystery vehicle.
6th December 2019
The non-alcoholic Bus Pub Quiz.
An open invitation to other clubs and enthusiast to form tables of four to six quizzers. Test your bus/coach knowledge in this fun Christmas event. Chips, biscuits and tea in the interval.
3rd January 2020
Roger Watts New Years Address
A look back over the last fifty years in photographs and anecdotes.
7th February 2020
AGM and Photographic Competition.
Details may change, check before travelling.
4th January 2019
Roger Watts ~ '1969 and All That'. The start of our 50th year celebration.
1st February 2019
AGM plus special photographic competition.
1st March 2019
Local bus and body manufactures from 1969 onwards. Photographs, slides and memories.
24th March 2019
Visit to First Bus Fareham and Southampton Depots.
Includes bus transfer between sites.
5th April 2019
Special guest speaker Mr Chris Elkin, recounting his life in the industry.
3rd May 2019
Special guest Mr Chris Aston with his vast selection of slides.
7th June 2019
Meeting in Winchester hosted by Friends of King Alfred Buses.
29th June 2019
Visit to Bath and Bristol aboard either Bedford VAL or ex Southdown Leopard.
Accompanied from Bath by James Freeman MD of First Bus West of England.
Members £15 Guest £17 (subject to available space).
2nd August 2019
6th September
Meeting at CPPTD.
4th October 2019
Robert Martin and Adrian Willats 'National Bus Company illustrated'.
1st November 2019
A evening mystery drive on a mystery vehicle.
6th December 2019
The non-alcoholic Bus Pub Quiz.
An open invitation to other clubs and enthusiast to form tables of four to six quizzers. Test your bus/coach knowledge in this fun Christmas event. Chips, biscuits and tea in the interval.
3rd January 2020
Roger Watts New Years Address
A look back over the last fifty years in photographs and anecdotes.
7th February 2020
AGM and Photographic Competition.
