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Legal Name: H W Smith  
   
Operating Name: Yellow Motor Service
   
Started Operations: circa 1905
   
Finished Operations: 1924
   
Operating Base(s): Beach Street, Gosport
   
History:  

 

Ran horse brakes from Gosport Hard before establishing motor omnibus business circa 1920.  Ran stage service from Gosport to Lee-on-the-Solent.  Bus operations sold to Hants & Dorset Motor Services on 29th September 1924 but Smith continued to operate taxis from his garage in Beach Street.

 

   

 

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