1. DY4953 ... A very early shot of pioneering trolleybuses in Hastings. The system opened in 1928 using a fleet of Guy trolleybuses. Eight of these were Dodson bodied open top open staircase double deckers which were the only new build open top trolleybuses built. The rest of the fleet were centre entrance saloons with Ransome Sims and Jeffries bodywork. Both vehicles were on Guy BTX chassis The double decker is 1, DY4953, while the saloon is 22, DY5124.
Photo taken late 1920s, Silverhill, Hastings

2. DY4965 ... Hastings & District trolleybus 'Happy Harold', DY4965
Photo taken June 1953, Silverhill Depot, Hastings

3. DY4965 ... Hastings & District trolleybus 'Happy Harold', DY4965
Photo taken June 1953, Hastings

4. DY4965 ... Hastings & District trolleybus 'Happy Harold', DY4965
Photo taken June 1953, Hastings

5. DY4965 ... Rear view of Hastings & District trolleybus 'Happy Harold', DY4965
Photo taken June 1953, Hastings

6. DY4965 ... Hastings & District 3A, DY4965 is seen at Hastings. It was a Guy BTX with a Dodson body new in 1928.
Photo taken Sat 25 Aug 1962, Hastings

7. DY5113 ... Ransomes bodied Guy BTX trolleybus DY5113 shown in Derby service, new in 1928 to Hastings and one of six to Derby in 1942.
Photo taken 1942, Albert Street, Derby

8. DY5454 ... A Southdown trolleybus? The Southdown Enquiry Office and Waiting Room at Cosham Post Office started life as Hastings & District 41 DY5454, a Guy BTX60 trolleybus with a Ransomes Sims & Jeffries B32C body new 2/29.
Photo taken June 1949, Cosham Post Office

9. DY5454 ... A snatched shot of the ex-Hastings enquiry office in later life. Roger photographed it as he passed through Petersfield Square onboard Southdown all-Leyland Royal Tiger Coach 1638 in May 1953.
Photo taken May 1953, Petersfield Square

10. DY5458 ... Former Hastings Tramways trolleybus 45, DY5458, a Guy BTX with Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries B32C body, new in 1929. The Hastings trolleybus system was taken over by Maidstone & District in 1935, and was closed down in 1959. 45 was at some point converted to an M&D enquiry and booking office for use in Hastings Bus Station, where it is seen here in 1970.
Photo taken Tue 14 Jul 1970, Hastings Bus Station

11. DY5458 ... Former Hastings Tramways trolleybus 45, DY5458, a Guy BTX with Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries B32C body, new in 1929.
Photo taken Tue 14 Jul 1970, Hastings Bus Station

12. BDY783 ... BDY783, new in 1940 as Hastings & District 8, an A.E.C. 661T with a Weymann H28/26R body, had become Maidstone & District 8 in October 1957. 1-10 were Weymann bodied whilst 11-20 had Park Royal bodies.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Cambridge Road, Hastings

13. BDY789 ... New in 1940 as Hastings & District 14, an A.E.C. 661T with a Park Royal H28/26R body, BDY789 had become Maidstone & District 14 in October 1957.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Robertson Street, Hastings

14. BDY796 ... New in 1946 as Hastings & District 21, a Sunbeam W with a Park Royal H30/26R body, BDY796 had become Maidstone & District 21 in October 1957. It was the first of ten new that year.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Cambridge Road, Hastings

15. BDY807 ... Maidstone 85, BDY807, a Sunbeam W with Weymann H56R body. New in 1947 to Hastings and District, passed to Maidstone and District and sold to the Corporation in 1959 when the Hastings system closed.
Photo taken Sat 23 Oct 1965, Upper Stone Street, Maidstone

16. BDY809 ... Former Hastings trolley 34, BDY809, seen here under restoration at the EATM.
Photo taken Sun 11 Sep 2011, East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville

17. BDY809 ... Hastings Trolleybus 34, later Maidstone 86. BDY809, a Sunbeam W with Weymann H56R body new in 1947, is seen at a head of other trolleybuses before going into service at the EATM.
Photo taken Sat 28 Sep 2024, East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville

18. BDY809 ... Maidstone 86, BDY809, Sunbeam W with Weymann H56R body.
Photo taken Fri 21 Aug 1964, Mill Street, Maidstone

19. BDY816 ... Acquired from Maidstone & District 41 in 1959, BDY816 became Walsall 309. It was a Sunbeam W4 with Weymann H30/26R body new in 1947.
Photo taken Sun 13 Apr 1969, Garage, Bloxwich Road, Walsall

20. BDY818 ... Maidstone 89, BDY818, Sunbeam W with Weymann H56R body.
Photo taken Sat 23 Oct 1965, Bishops Way, Maidstone

21. BDY818 ... Rear view of Maidstone 89, BDY818, Sunbeam W with Weymann H56R body.
Photo taken Sat 23 Oct 1965, Bishops Way, Maidstone

22. BDY819 ... Hastings Tramways trolleybus 44, BDY819, was a Sunbeam W with Weymann H56R body photographed on a very wet July day.
Photo taken Tue 24 Jul 1951, Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings

23. BDY817 ... New in 1948 as Hastings & District 42, BDY817, a Sunbeam W with a Weymann H30/26R body, had become Maidstone & District 42 in October 1957. It was one of five new that year.
Photo taken Sat 21 Feb 1959, Robertson Street, Hastings