Slide shows

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Amongst the attractions of the South East Bus Festival are the live slide shows that take place in the Clive Emson Building. Over the past thirteen events these have covered a wide variety of bus and coach images.

 

The live slide show for 2026, lasting around thirty minutes, will again be presented by brothers Terry and Roy Blackman.

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The show will cover south east bus operators in the 1970s and 1980s, with emphasis on Maidstone & District’s operations, and Stagecoach in the 1990s.

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Continuous slide show

In addition to the live slide show, there will be a continuous slide show playing throughout the day in the Chilham Room which is situated upstairs in the Clive Emson Building (access by lift is available).

 

It will feature images relating to the 40th anniversary of deregulation of the bus industry in 1986, the twentieth anniversary of Fastrack and the 80th anniversary of the three open-top AEC Regals that used to run in Hastings on the round-the-town tour, all three surviving to this day in roadworthy condition and originally delivered in 1946/47, being converted to open-toppers in 1958.

The complete set of images will take around thirty minutes to view but you can drop in and out of the room whenever you feel like a sit down during the day!

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