Dennis Basford's Rails, Roads and Runways: ‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Saturday 6 August 2022

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit

‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’ 1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year. (Covid permitting).

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

This year, the location was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

The fifth and final visit of this second day was to the two premises of ‘Marshalls of Sutton on Trent’, an operator I have long admired but always found elusive.

Before that however, we had a lunch break in Worksop where most of my fellow enthusiasts settled for perching on the wall opposite the bus station to watch the comings and goings, mainly of ‘Stagecoach East Midlands’.

At the first ‘Marshalls’ site we were welcomed by Mr. John Marshall with this beautiful Duple bodied Daimler.

The Daimler, accompanied by Mr. Marshall then took us to Marshalls second site.

LNN 353 ‘W. Gash & Sons’, Elston, Newark.

Daimler CVD6 / Duple Lowbridge /1

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Mr. Marshall is the gentleman with the walking stick at the rear of the bus.

‘Duple Motor Bodies’ went out of business in the late 1980s and will probably be best remembered for the large number of cheap and cheerful coach bodies produced in the later years, mainly on Bedford chassis.

They were however easily capable of producing high quality, durable buses such as this which at the time of writing is almost 72 years old.