Wessex Buses 1970-1985: Mainland National Bus Company Fleets

The bus scene around Southampton and its surrounding towns in the 1970s and early 1980s was one of change. The National Bus Company brought together the former nationalised Transport Holding Company fleets such as Hants & Dorset and Wilts & Dorset and the former BET fleets such as Southdown. At first there was little sign of change, but as the decade progressed Wilts & Dorset was merged with Hants...