If you are interested in old buses and are a “hands-on and get mucky” sort of person, CPPTD could be just your kind of society! Alternatively, if you do not wish, or are unable, to offer physical help we will be just as pleased to welcome you, and your subscription will be equally as valuable.
For your annual subscription you will receive at least 4 issues of our magazine, “BSBS”, which will keep you informed of progress on the vehicles and depots as well as news of other preservation projects, the whereabouts of old Portsmouth and Southdown buses, articles and details of tours, visits and other social events.
Taxpayers can help us considerably by completing the Gift Aid declaration form to enable us to reclaim tax paid by you on your donations for as long as the Gift Aid scheme lasts.
A proportion of your subscription will go towards preservation projects and the upkeep of the vehicles and depots, as well as the purchase of essential tools and equipment. You will also have the satisfaction of knowing that, by your financial, practical and moral support, items of importance in local road passenger transport history are being restored to working order and preserved for posterity.
The costs of moving our collection of vehicles and artefacts, not to mention tools, paint, workbenches and spares, out of storage and into Wicor Farm, has been considerable, and the support and help of the Membership is now more vital than ever. It is essential that we keep alive the spirit of the City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot! We firmly believe that our hobby should be educational, stimulating, enjoyable and rewarding, but, above all, FUN, and we have always tried to reflect this in our style of operation.
If you are interested in joining as a member of CPPTD, please see our Membership Section.
PRIVATE HIRE
We receive numerous requests to hire our vehicles to be used as transport for Weddings or other events such as school proms from members of the general Public. Our position on this is very simple and straight forward – we do NOT offer our vehicles for hire or reward under any circumstances. The reason is quite simple – we do not hold a Traffic Commissioner’s Operators Licence to operate for hire.Therefore, you will understand that we have no option other than to politely refuse all such requests. Sometimes, you will see our vehicles in use for Weddings or other social uses. We do, from time to time, allow the buses to be used (without charge) by our volunteers and bona fide members for their own weddings or events.