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Slide Show

A comprehensive slide show of Reading’s trolleybuses was shown at the Old Town Hall, Waterhouse Chamber, on Monday 10th November, starting at 7.30pm. The film show followed the routes that the trolleybuses operated along. The visitors enjoyed a nostalgic evening and saw how much Reading has changed over the years. Tickets cost £5.00 per adult and £4.00 for under 16s and over 60s.

NOTE!! Due to the sell-out of the first slide-show, a repeat has been arranged for Monday, 8th December !!!  For further details, contact Dave Hall at 15 Brookdene, Haydon Wick, Swindon, SN25 1RN or email Dave at wiltshireman@aol.com.

 

Tour

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Reading Trolleybus abandonment a Tour of the old Trolleybus routes took place on Sunday 12 October 2008 using two vintage ex Reading Corporation motorbuses, No. 47, an AEC Regent dating from 1935 and No. 3, An AEC Regent III dating from 1957. The tour departed from Reading Railway station at 2pm, finishing between 5 & 5:30pm, and was primarily for members of the British Trolleybus Society.

Previous news:

BTS Event on Spring Bank Holiday, 24th - 26th May 2008 - click here for a full report.
 

East Midlands Trolleybus Event
Saturday 25 to Monday 27 August 2007 (Bank Holiday)

Nottingham's 493 and 506 were ready for the above event. In addition to Derby 172, Derby 224 visited from East Anglia Transport Museum and also operated making a very impressive line-up of trolleybuses.
224 was exchanged for London 1812 for the summer period, and they swapped back in September, so that 1812 was available for the 6-Wheeler event. Click here for photo of 1812 at EATM.

 

BTS Southern Trolleybus Event
Saturday 26 to Monday 28 May 2007 

Last year the BTS organised a weekend celebrating the Trolleybus heritage of Britain’s Southern towns and cities and featuring Trolleybuses from Reading, Bournemouth, Maidstone and London.  The programme included vehicle line-ups and special periods of ‘single-fleet’ operation. Special guest vehicle - newly-restored Bournemouth 297 (by kind permission of the Bournemouth Passenger Transport Association).  Various vintage ‘Southern’ motorbuses and coaches arrived during the event.

This weekend went very well, despite the poor weather conditions encountered, particularly on the Sunday. Click Here to link to the article describing the Event, which includes photographs from the weekend.