Ok Motor Services was probably the best known and most loved Independent in North East England. Photographed against the sun at the Headquarters and principal Depot at North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland in about 1980, but definately worth a photograph was EJR 791 an elderly Leyland Royal Tiger that was new to Hunter of Seaton Delaval but which had been rebodied in the mid-Sixties by Plaxton and which was quite unusual at the time. In the background is a former Burnley and Pendle East-Lancs bodied Tiger Cub of 1963.
I presume that tank on its top is an experiment in gas power :-)
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Yes when one compares the the other products on the market at the time the Plaxton Panorama especially the slightly later 'Elite' set new standards with its clean lines. Harrington although extremely elegant was very conservative and Duple was a bit too flashy and gimmiky but Plaxton seemed to get the balance and proportions just right and even today the coaches look quite acceptable and tidy.
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