Chelsham Bus Garage Sports
Club trophies, shields and prize winning Cups and a Retirement
cross stitch souvenir
Winners Cup,
Bowls, Darts, Snooker prize winning trophies and a retirement cross
stitch souvenir for John Brialey (D.T.S) |
Chelsham Bus Garage in the
1920's
Photo
showing two PS type open top double deck buses inside Chelsham Garage.
Chelsham at this time only had space inside for 8 vehicles.
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1925 Summer timetable -
Routes 403 and 404
Summer
1925 Timetable pages and Fare Charts for routes 403 and 404 from
the East Surrey Official Timetable book |
Bus Companies and routes
operating from 1925 - 1990
Details
of all of the bus companies and a chart of all the routes that operated
throughout the 65 and a half year life of Chelsham Garage from The
East Surrey Traction Company through to London & Country. |
Start and finish dates of
Chelsham routes
Summaries
showing all routes operated by Chelsham Garage, listed by Start
date, Finish Date and Length of operation, in fact "The long
and the short of it all". |
Maps showing routes and
places served
A total
of 31 diagrammatic maps showing the growth and decline of Bus and
Coach routes operated by Chelsham Garage from 1925 through the WW2
years to 1990. |
Bus and Coach allocations
1938 - 1990
Look back
at the buses and coaches that were shedded at Chelsham Garage through
selected years. Single and Double Deckers and the Coaches, also
stored and withdrawn vehicles, they are all there. |
Memories of those who worked
at Chelsham Garage
A list
of over 500 names of staff from Chelsham Garage (with pictures where
these have been kindly made available). There may be someone you
remember, please have a look. |
Local Railway competition
The Southern
Railway in the Warlingham area including details of the proposed
Southern Heights Light Railway that would have served Chelsham and
Warlingham. |
Chelsham Garage Staff Canteen
A look
at the Cutlery from London General, London Transport, National Bus
Company and London Country, also have a cup of National 440 Tea
while you are there. |
Chelsham Garage Sports and
Social Club
See the
Chelsham Garage Sports Club Members Honours board, Cricket and Darts
team photos, an old photo of the East Surrey Chelsham Depot Football
team 1927/28 and Chelsham First Aid presentations and outings. |
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Old photos contents
page
Family
and Friends have been looking through their drawers and photo albums
and have come up with some interesting pictures from the past. |
Handshake for Conductor
George "X"
Mystery
photograph of Conductor George "X", why was this picture
taken, has anyone got any ideas ? |
Diversions to scheduled
bus routes
What has
happened when things went wrong along the route and how the buses
got through. |
Private Hire
A list
of some of the exotic destinations that were visited by Coaches
on Private Hire from Chelsham Garage. |
Special Bus Services - Biggin
Hill Air Show
Chelsham
Garage supplied buses for the special services to and from Bromley,
Croydon and the Biggin Hill Air display. |
Off to the Races at Epsom
Downs from Chelsham in1929
Chelsham
Garage supplied open top buses to convey passengers to and from
Epsom Downs for the Horse Races.in the 1920's and 1930's |
Special Bus Services - School
Contracts
Special
school contract routes dedicated for the conveyance of school children
only and not for use by the general public. |
Visiting buses at Chelsham
Garage
Maidstone
Corporation Atlanteans, City of Portsmouth Leyland National 2's
North Western Atlantean, .National coaches, Metrobus coach, Green
Line routes from other garages and Preserved buses and coaches |
Celebrity Buses at Chelsham
Garage
Some buses and coaches that have
at times been a part of Chelsham Garage and that I feel are worthy
of special mention.. |
Open-Top visitors at Chelsham
Unusual
visitors in the form of Open-Top Training buses at Chelsham Garage
and in the Chelsham area after the closure of Chelsham Bus Garage. |
Service stock at Chelsham
Garage
An album
of pictures of Lorries, Vans, Towing and Recovery vehicles seen
at Chelsham Garage |
Tree Loppers at Chelsham
Garage
London
Country and (would you believe it ?) Southdown Queen Mary tree loppers
seen in and around Chelsham Garage and Warlingham Green |
Uniform Issue buses at Chelsham
Garage
The ex
RLH and the ex LNB bus that replaced it along with a selection of
uniform badges as worn at Chelsham Garage in days gone by. |
Chelsham Garage Engineer's
album
Views
including some taken inside the garage of Buses undergoing servicing
and repair, also accident damaged buses. |
Chelsham Garage and Botley
Hill snow scenes 1950s
Some fantastic
old black and white photographs of the area around Botley Hill,
Surrey including Leyland Cub Buses. |
Snow scenes at Chelsham
Garage in the 1980s
Photos
of snowbound buses and coaches during the 1980's, when it snows
at Chelsham it really snows. |
The lighter side of buses
at Chelsham Garage
Fun pictures
of buses in Farleigh School playground, Buses ready for Croydon
Carnival, Bus pull and more at Chelsham. |
Chelsham Garage bus dump
An album
of views of withdrawn and unservicable buses and coaches stored
at Chelsham Garage during the 1980's. |
The last day of route 403
from Chelsham - October 27th 1989
A look
at the last day that route 403 was operated by Chelsham Bus Garage
on Friday October 27th 1989. Including the very last journey. |
The mass exodus from Chelsham
- October 28th 1989
A summary
of activities with photos and lists of where the buses went, also
photographs of the buses that headed north from Chelsham Garage
to Bee Line Buzz Co. and North Western Road Car Company. |
Route 196 from Chelsham
- October 28th 1989 to 27th April 1990
After
the final 403 green bus ran at Chelsham Garage, there was a 6 month
reprieve for Chelsham to operate red bus route 196 between Norwood
Junction and Brixton with peak hour extension to and from Oval and
early morning extension to Islington Green. |
Chelsham Garage- April 28th
to June 29th 1990 - The end for CM
After
the final 196 green bus pulled into Chelsham Garage, the garage
was used for engineering purposes, buses were sent from their
home garages for attention. Sadly in early 1990 vandalism to AN's 302 and 354
and P1 occured. Then on 29/6/1990 the big blue doors finally closed. |
NEW After the last bus had left Chelsham
Bus Garage
The main bus garage and all associated buildings,
canteen, and offices etc' all remained derelict and unloved through
August 1990. Then undesirables entered the site dumping hundreds
of car tyres and were finally evicted. |
NEW Demolition of Chelsham Bus Garage
The very sad sight during August and September
1990 of the Staff Canteen, Offices and main Bus Garage building
which were gradually brought down to just a pile of rubble and twisted
metal. |
NEW After demolition of Chelsham Bus
Garage - What's next?
Various plans were submitted between 1990
and 1991for housing which were rejected , then a lengthy period
of planning during 1992 for a Sainsbury's Superstore which was finally
agreed. |
NEW From Buses at Chelsham to
Trolleys at Sainsbury's
During
1993 and 1994 the transformation of Chelsham Bus Garage into the
J Sainsbury Warlingham Superstore, including an animation of it
all taking place, before your very eyes. |
NEW The Grand Opening of Warlingham Sainsbury's
Tuesday 13th September 1994 was the grand
opening of the Warlingham Sainsbury's Superstore built on the site
of Chelsham Bus Garage and Norwood Aquarium Warehouse. |
103 years of Bus Routes
1921 - 2024
A look
back with full details of every route that has operated in the Chelsham
and Warlingham area from 1921 before the opening of Chelsham garage
in 1925 right through to the present day. |
Seaside Specials - Chelsham
buses at the seaside
A selection
of photos of the popular route 980 and 981 seaside specials from
Chelsham Garage to the delights of Eastbourne and Brighton |
Bus stop E plates for Chelsham
bus and coach routes
A selection
of enamel bus stop E plates that were slid into slots on the flags
of London Transport bus and coach stops along routes served from
Chelsham Garage. these were all a part of my collection but all
have since passed on to other enthusiastic collectors. |
Driver Training vehicles
at Chelsham Garage
A selection
of photos of driver training vehicles visiting Chelsham Bus Garage
in the 1980's |
RT and RF buses at Chelsham
Garage by Adrian Figgess
Adrian Figgess has kindly supplied some
excellent black and white photos of RF and RT types at Chelsham
Garage. |
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Direct bus routes from
East Surrey to West Kent through the years
A look
back at the direct bus routes from East Surrey to Kent, Sevenoaks,
Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells from 1921 to 1994 which sadly ceased
on 24/9/94 when Arriva route 411 from Caterham to Tunbridge Wells
ran for the last time.. A journey involving 3 different bus routes
if attempted today. |
What Bus is This, passing
through Warlingham
An unidentified
vintage bus with the name BOJANGLES, has me puzzled, perhaps you
know what it is. |
Link to The BUS-STOP an excellent website by Ian Smith,
The BUS-STOP is an outsider's view of London Transport buses, mainly
in the 1930-1980s Please click here
to see >> Ian's BUS-STOP website
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I proudly display below
the following awards won by this website |
UK
Bus Site - Site of the Month October 1998 |
Southbus
- Site of the Month |
Institute
of Railway Studies, University of York, TOP LINK AWARD
2001 |
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and Animations are by Alan Edwards unless otherwise stated |
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