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| Southampton
bus station opened in 1933. In
the mid 1960s a new building was
built but the old office block
was retained. The new structure
was only temporary as was the
Lord Louis public house as the
site had been earmarked for redevelopment.
Originally intended to be a single
storey, a staff area including
a canteen and a snooker room was
added above. |
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although staff toilets were included
a locker room was not. This was
placed on the opposite side of
the bus station, next to the Lord
Louis. Manchester Street and Windsor
Terrace were open to traffic in
the direction of the arrows. |
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| Of the surrounding
buildings, I remember Percy the
gents hairdresser in Manchester
Street. He moved to Highfield.
Also on that side was the Co-op
Travel Agency, where some of us
went to a beer tasting in the
rooms above. Opposite the Windsor
pub was the optician Dollond &
Aitchison. Towards the other end
of Windsor Terrace was Plesteads
pie shop which still has branches
in East Street and Shirley. |
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Stands - around 1970 but from memory so not
100% certain: |
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| A - 19 20 27 |
D - 36 36A |
G - 41 43 44 48 |
K - Spare |
O/P 50 51 51A 53 |
| B - 39 40 40A 56
96 |
E - 58 58A 59 59A |
H - 47 |
L/M - 61 61A 62 63 |
O/P 70 76 86 93 |
| C - 37 57 60 |
F - 35 |
J - 47A 87 |
N - 71 82 88 88A |
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plan above is from memory and a diagram in
the May 1979 timetable. When I was a child,
before the new buildings were built, the buses
stopped around the office block and out in
the Rose Gardens between the bus station and
the Civic Centre. Even after the new bus station
opened, for a time there were houses opposite
and down the hill to the power station, so
we had to be quiet first thing in the morning.
The houses have been replaced by the Asda
supermarket, offices, a car park and student
accommodation. Toys 'R' Us occupies the site
of the power station. |
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bus station site is now occupied by the Marlands
Shopping Centre. Inside there is a row of
shopfronts from the old Manchester Street.
The path from Above Bar is still there, forming
the entrance to that side of the mall. The
Rose Gardens disappeared long ago to make
more room for traffic. |
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