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Operator: Hants & Dorset Fleet No: 897
Chassis: Bristol MW6G Chassis No: 213.173
Body: ECW C39F Body No: 14468

HISTORY

May 64 In service with Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (897) - Based at Southampton
1964 Indicators fitted with white perspex panels with Hants & Dorset/Holiday Tours in red
Mar 68 Delicensed
Apr 68 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Jan 69 Delicensed
Feb 69 Relicensed and based at Lymington
Oct 70 Delicensed
Nov 70 Relicensed and based at Southampton
Dec 70 Transferred to Ringwood
Sep 71 Fleet number changed to 1011
Jan 72 Transferred to Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Salisbury (11)
Oct 72 Transferred to Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (11)
Jul 76 Out of service with Wilts & Dorset Motor Services Limited, Bournemouth (1011)
Sep 76 Martins Bus & Coach Sales, Middlewich (dealer)
Sep 77 In service with Eagle Coaches, Bristol
  Out of service with Eagle Coaches, Bristol
Hants & Dorset 897 at Barton Hill in May 1977
(C) Stephen Dowle