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A number of other minor operators in the Gosport and Fareham area were taken over during the 1930s, 40s and 50s. A list of these and their routes appears below.

Date Operator Routes
1939 FJ Blake Gosport Ferry to Stokes Bay Gosport Ferry, Alverstoke to Stokes Bay
1939 JW Prince Gosport Ferry to Clayhall   Gosport Ferry to Stokes Bay
1949 GA Cross (Perseverence Motors) Gosport Ferry to Brockhurst Cross Roads
1949 CEJ Hathaway Gosport Ferry to Grange Crescent 
(Joint with T Lee 1936)
1949 CW Hutfield Gosport Ferry to Grange Crescent
1949 JW Main (Premier) Gosport Ferry to Chantry Road
1953 J Dyer Gosport Ferry to Kings Road,   Gosport Ferry to Albermarle Avenue (extended from Chantry Rd in 1949)
1954 Hants and Sussex Route 14 Fareham West Street to Catisfield Post Office

Route 14A Fareham West Street to Fareham Park Estate (operated by EA Millard to Nov 1948)

1955 FCJ Smith Fareham West Street to Knowle Mental Hospital

A rather strange vehicle acquired from Premier of Gosport in 1950. No 1 (UY 3186), a 1928 Maudslay ML4 with a Bedford OB radiator and Grose bodywork. this stayed with Provincial for 4 years. 

A Hutfields Guy Vixen (GOU 593), with (possibly), a Wadham body,  on route to Grange Estate via Stoke Road. This route was taken over by Provincial in 1950. 

A Hutfields Thornycroft seen at Gosport Ferry circa 1949. Photo: V.C. Jones

A Prince's Dennis single decker alongside Provincial's own no.16 at Stokes Bay in the 1930s.

When Provincial took over some of the routes operated by Prince in 1939, they also acquired two of his vehicles: TP 7893 and TP 7184 - both Wadham-bodied Morris Commercials. The former was taken into the Provincial fleet as no.10, but the latter was not operated and was instead converted to an ARP Ambulance for the Borough Of Gosport as seen here.  Photo: Bob Gray collection

 

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