Page 74 • The HERALD • 15th May 2025 v WE’VE BEEN YOUR LOCAL SINCE 1994 v Holbury Service Station MOT’S & SERVICING and Repairs to Cars and Vans TYRES FITTED WHILE YOU WAIT Budget and Branded Tyres held in stock Member of Good Garage Scheme Long Lane, Holbury SO45 2NZ Tel: 023 8089 3727 Web: www.holburyservicestation.com Email: holburyservicestation@hotmail.co.uk All Major Cards Accepted Our knowledgeable staff are on hand to keep your vehicle on the road in a safe manner • We offer all garage services including free collection and delivery from your home • We now offer Dpf cleaning - Injector cleaning - Turbo cleaning and Air intake cleaning to help your car run cleaner improving its performance and economy. • Good Garage Scheme – RMI – Trust my Garage Member MOT’s, TYRES, CLUTCHES, CAMBELTS, SERVICING, WELDING, DIAGNOSTICS, LASER-TRACKING. CARS, VANS UP TO 3.5T, MOTORHOMES UP TO 30’ 023 8001 0029 Badminston Lane, Fawley, SO45 1BX 023 8001 0029 FAWLEY GARAGE MOTs/Repairs/Tyres Diagnostics/Servicing Call Now for your Free No Obligation Quote 023 80891057/023 8089 0552 Email: accounts.fg@btconnect.com Friends of King Alfred Buses Celebrating 40th Anniversary Friends of King Alfred Buses (FoKAB) are delighted to be celebrating their 40th Anniversary on Saturday 31st May, when by kind permission of Winchester City Council, they will be taking over the upper part of the Cattle Market car park in Winchester, to mount a spectacular display of their eet in a circular, double-amphitheatre, arrangement. From 12noon – 4pm the display will be open to the public, with a free shuttle bus service to and from the Broadway. ey welcome everybody, to help them celebrate this special anniversary and set FoKAB on course for the next forty years! Forty Years Ago It was on Saturday 31st May 1985 that a group of like-minded people gathered, appropriately, in the King Alfred pub, in Saxon Road Winchester to discuss the formation of a group to take forward their interest in all aspects of King Alfred Motor Services. e decision to call a meeting resulted from the realisation by James Freeman that he could not on his own manage the ongoing preservation of the two KA buses that he had already rescued. ose two buses were Leyland Tiger Cub WCG 104, which James had bought from a Welsh independent operator four years previously and Leyland Atlantean HOR 591E, which came from Bristol, that had been plucked from the jaws of disaster in 1983. Now 40 years later, FoKAB is bigger and better than ever with over 16 vintage buses and they are delighted to be celebrating 40 years of preserving the vehicles for present and future generations. So why not go along and be part of their Celebration on Saturday 31st May. ey would love to see you and will show you the buses, and tell you all about their history. You can also meet the FoKAB volunteers, who work tirelessly on the collection and will be glad to answer whatever questions you may have. For more information visit: kingalfredbuses.org.uk or email: info@ kingalfredbuses.org.uk ‘Consolidation’ is the operative word to describe the club at this juncture, following the ‘calm’, ‘chaos’ and then ‘confusion’ of the 3 previous monthly meetings. Con rmation of the declining number of members and the reason came to the fore when sending out the bi-monthly newsletter in April. e numbers have seen a 25% decline in the last 3 years, with the demographic age of the members... giving up driving… passing away.... and moving area coming to the fore. Not unusual, being a sign of the modern times of a number of clubs. Some members again visited the very busy Exbury Sports Ground Sunday outing on Drive It Day 27th April... again nobody broke down, which was a surprise as normally someone will have issues. On ursday 24th April, 17 club members visited the cafe at Co ee Corner, Chatmohr Business Park, West Wellow for a morning chat, tea, co ee and good nosh. e next morning meeting on Thursday 22nd May venue is yet to be con rmed, but as the weather improves more members are participating. e club’s own Drive Out Day took place on morning of 4th May, they met up in a car park and followed a route detailed by Chrissie, eventual destination, a club favourite - Whinwhistle Fishery Cafe in West Wellow, for nosh, tea and co ee… not forgetting the natter. By the time that this is published, the ‘for club members only auction’ on behalf of Age Concern – New Forest area will have taken place on ursday 8th May. e club meeting’s speaker on Thursday 12th June is Bob Smith, who is ‘On a Carousel’, 7.15pm for 7.30pm start at Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh, SO407GE. For more information about the Club email: austin-club@outlook.com or follow sccs New Forest on Facebook. Or go along to their next meeting, please make yourself known to Pete the Chairman, and bring a mug! Austin A30/A35 Owners Club Southampton and New Forest (but most members do not have an A30/A35) from Austin A30/A35 Owners Club Southampton and New Forest Leyland Lion 8678 outside The Guildhall Winchester 2024 (Credit: ©Alex Young of FoKAB) Atlantean Open Topped 590 at Taunton Bus Rally 2024. (Credit: ©Richard Nardi)
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