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1999 Rally

Our rally on Sunday 16th May 1999 commemorated the 40th anniversary of the closure of the trolleybus system in the Hastings Area, these pictures were specially taken by Ion Castro and remain his copyright.

 
!947 Sunbeam, fleet No 34, BDY 809, ran behind Happy Harold in the final procession in 1959

1935 Alvis Firebird Special
 
Some of the classic cars and hot rods
 
Stagecoach vehicles and ex East Kent 35 seater coach. Ex Brighton in the background

  
View from the top deck of Happy Harold
 
Star of the show, Happy Harold, supplied new to Hastings in 1928 Fleet No 3, DY4965
 
Ex Maidstone & District, 1945  Bristol K6A by Weymann, 56 seat highbridge body HKE867

Newly restored top deck interior of No 34, Hastings' 1947 Sunbeam
   
also 1947, Jaguar Mk IV 1.5 Litre, identical to pre-war SS
 





 
more views of some of the buses on parade
   
Happy Harold in pride of place in the line-up with a couple of superb RT's
 
a panorama of  buses
 
1968 Leyland Leopard by Willowbrook and an RT
 
a pair of open toppers, amongst the last to leave, Southdown's Leyland PD3/4 and a rare Bristol VRT
 
The RE Group's single decker

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