RETRACING JOHN GILLHAM

As part of our 70th anniversary, BOB HIND continues from Hastings to Brighton and Portsmouth on the third part* of a journey inspired by regular contributor John Gillham’s description of a seven-day tour of southern England in Buses Illustrated No.1 in 1949

*Part Three last month

John C. Gillham — JCG to his friends — could have travelled from Portsmouth to Fareham by any number of bus routes in 1949 but he chose to join the Gosport Ferry for the 4min ride across the Solent.

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