Alternative Collection

The company was incepted in 1911 by Arthur Henry Hawkins. The first service ran between Reigate and Redhill but operations expanded rapidly and by 1914 twelve vehicles were serving destinations between Sevenoaks and Caterham. An association was formed with the London General Omnibus Company Limited {LGOC} and by 1923 East Surrey was working more LGOC buses than its own and had changed its company livery from blue to LGOC red.

Description: Black chassis, dark blue lower body, cream lower deck window surrounds; dark blue upper deck and stairs; pinkish buff seats and guardrails between the wheels; 'East Surrey' in gold on lower body sides; Schweppes Ginger Ale in white and red on rear of steps to upper deck; white destination board on front of upper deck (Redhill, Salfords, Horley, Ashurst W, Hartfield), with upper deck adverts.

Variations: Upper deck adverts – 1 each side – lettering different – picked from:-

~~Meltonian Shoe Cream~~

Players Please

Bournville Cocoa

Rountrees Cocoa

Castrol Motor Oil

Dunlop Tyres in black and yellow or Schweppes Ginger Ale in yellow and brown on rear of steps to upper deck.
Every possibility that the plastic seats and guard rails can be of the different colours and shades of the Matchbox originals, while all my busses have pinkish buff, I have seen dark brown and light brown.