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| Docks Tours 1969 |
| Front Cover: R.M.S. Queen
Elizabeth 2 off Dock Head. |
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| Back Cover: Princess Alexandra
Dock. |
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| Southampton
Docks |
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| Tours
by Buses leaving from Civic Centre Rose Garden
in front of the Municipal Offices at 10.30
a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Lasting approximately 1½
hours and including a visit to Sightseers'
Balcony of Ocean Terminal. |
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| 10th JUNE
to 18th SEPTEMBER on TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS
and THURSDAYS. |
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| also on
MONDAYS and FRIDAYS 28th JULY to 29th August |
| (Bank
Holiday Excepted) |
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| FARE:
3/- : Children 2/- |
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| The Docks Tours were
operated by both Southampton City Transport
and Hants & Dorset, using open-top buses.
The tours had been extremely popular but by
now there were fewer liners to be seen. This
souvenir brochures has only 12 pages, the
1967 version has 16. |
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| The route was Civic
Centre (Rose Gardens), Western Esplanade,
Old Walls, Mayflower Memorial, Wool House
Museum, God's House Tower, Old Bowling Green,
Eastern Docks (No.4 Gate), Ocean Dock, Ocean
Terminal (visit to the Sightseers' Balcony),
No.6 (Trafalgar) Dry Dock, Queen Elizabeth
2 Terminal (Berths 38/39), No.5 (Prince of
Wales) Dry Dock, Empress Dock, The Princess
Alexandra Dock (Continental Ferry Terminal),
No.3 Gate, Town Quay, Royal Pier, Western
Docks (No.8 Gate), 102 and 104 Berths (Union-Castle
and Safmarine), 105/6 Berth (P&O), Cold
Store, King George V Dry Dock, No.10 Gate,
Civic Centre. |
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| The adverts in this brochure
include some now vanished names and some that
are still around: |
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| Edwin Jones (Department
Store), Plummers (Department Store), Star
Boats (Harbour Cruises), Hotspur Cruises (Southampton
Water), Elliotts Camera Crafts Ltd, Tyrell
& Green, George's Restaurant and Spaghetti
House, Southampton Zoo, J Sanders (Philatelist)
Ltd, Celestial Garden Chinese Restaurant,
W Bates & Co Ltd (Chemists, Photographic
Specialists), Royal Hotel, Hants & Dorset
Coach Touring Holidays. |
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