W Gash & Son DD13, Newark, 1984
Former SELNEC / GMPTE Leyland Atlantean TWH811K was one of the few examples from the batch of 15 buses (6802-6816), to escape the cutter's torch after withdrawal in April 1984. Happily for 6811, the 13-year old bus found further use with W. Gash & Son of Newark, Notts, a long established independent bus operator.
Numbered DD13 by Gash, the bus was brought into help modernise the fleet, which still had a couple of 1940s Daimler CV buses on strength.
Following Deregulation in 1986, W. Gash did not fair well in the competitive market it found itself in, but fought its corner. In 1988, The Lincolnshire Road Car Company (LRCC) acquired the struggling Gash business, initially allowing the company to operate as a separate entity.
In 1989, the LRCC merged the two companies, but vehicle inspectors from the Ministry of Transport found the former Gash fleet to be mechanically deficient. A public inquiry followed, resulting in the Traffic Commissioner stripping Gash of its operating license. DD13 did not survive the vehicle cull that followed and was scrapped in 1990.
Photo - Bowbridge Road bus garage, Newark, November 1984.
W Gash & Son DD13, Newark, 1984
Former SELNEC / GMPTE Leyland Atlantean TWH811K was one of the few examples from the batch of 15 buses (6802-6816), to escape the cutter's torch after withdrawal in April 1984. Happily for 6811, the 13-year old bus found further use with W. Gash & Son of Newark, Notts, a long established independent bus operator.
Numbered DD13 by Gash, the bus was brought into help modernise the fleet, which still had a couple of 1940s Daimler CV buses on strength.
Following Deregulation in 1986, W. Gash did not fair well in the competitive market it found itself in, but fought its corner. In 1988, The Lincolnshire Road Car Company (LRCC) acquired the struggling Gash business, initially allowing the company to operate as a separate entity.
In 1989, the LRCC merged the two companies, but vehicle inspectors from the Ministry of Transport found the former Gash fleet to be mechanically deficient. A public inquiry followed, resulting in the Traffic Commissioner stripping Gash of its operating license. DD13 did not survive the vehicle cull that followed and was scrapped in 1990.
Photo - Bowbridge Road bus garage, Newark, November 1984.