Category: History
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Article in the Buses Magazine June 1980
Written by Lyn Watson In the same year, the Canvey and District Motor Transport Co Ltd was formed, inheritÂing most of the bus operations on the island from a consortium which had been formed by the island operators in 1918. The proprietors had rather grandiose ideas and lodged plans for an exceptionally well equipped bus…
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Museum History
A Brief History of our Museum The building that houses the Museum was built in 1934 for the Canvey & District Motor Transport Co. Ltd. and served a series of similar companies before passing to the Eastern National Omnibus Co. Ltd, which used it until 1978. Castle Point Transport Museum Society then acquired the leasehold…