ANDREW'S BOOK

A splendid sunny day in Winchester yesterday for the annual King Alfred running day, their twenty ninth year. And on sale on almost every stall in the transport bazaar was Andrew Waller's splendid new hardbacked book about Toopy's buses: 'BERE REGIS & DISTRICT MOTOR SERVICES, the life and times of country busmen'. Compared to my earlier publication 'Bere Regis & District, the story of their bus services' it is a far more comprehensive and well researched history of the fabled operator, as well as being splendidly illustrated. I recommend it to you as well worth spending your hard-earned money on! Whilst in Winchester it was pleasant to recquaint myself with Mark Chessell, author of the recently published 'Independent Bus Services on the Isle of Wight'.  Another history which I recommend to you as a worthy read. Wishing a happy new year to one and all.