Maidstone Corporation trolleybus at Loose
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Maidstone Corporation trolleybus at Loose
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 1 Jan 1965
Taken in 1965 at the terminus at the top of Old Loose Hill. The Maidstone trolleybus system closed in April 1967 but motorbuses had started to appear on its two routes two years before. The vehicle seen here is one of five Sunbeam Ws built in 1943-44 but re-bodied by Roe in 1960. In this view it is about to leave for Barming (Bull Inn) on the other side of town. Although the houses in Loose Road are still there the 'Kings Arms' public house (whose sign can be seen here) is not.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.242917
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0.519543