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The decade when Southdown's fortunes turned
| 题名： | The decade when Southdown's fortunes turned |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | ALAN MILLAR |
| 摘要： | Southdown, like London Transport, continues to generate new books and this latest by Colin Druce covers the 1950s when the fleet reached its peak size and began a slow slip into decline. As a teenager, south London-born Druce first became interested in its extensive operations in Sussex and Hampshire from 1957, and has drawn on archive material and an excellent selection of period black and white photographs to record in detail how the company evolved in a decade when the company's fortunes began to turn. One of the striking things about Southdown -as implied by the picture on the book's cover -was that it was more than just a territorial bus operator. When the fleet reached peaked at 1,025 in 1956/57, it was the UK's largest coach company with around 400 (Leylands and two-stroke Commers) used on express services (mainly to London and along the south coast), forces leave services for national service personnel, excursions, inclusive tours and private hires. Therein lay a structural weakness of the business, as many of these vehicles were only required for half a year, representing a major capital outlay with a limited period to earn a satisfactory return. Like present day airlines, it needed to generate good summer profits to cover the losses incurred in winter. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 803 |
| 页码： | 94-95 |
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