Tag: Silver Star (Porton Down)

  • Silver Star Motor Services

    I have put together a collection of Silver Star old bus photographs. Most should be credited to Chris Usher, the rest to me although they are ancient photographs where I was not the photographer. Alan Clark07/2013 Registration RAM 620 fleet number 33 a 1958 Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with a Harrington DP41F body. Registration AAM…

  • Silver Star – Leyland Tiger Cub – MMR 552/3 – 10/26

    Copyright Pete Davies Silver Star Motor Services1956Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2Harrington C41C Here is a view of MMR552 and 553 fleet numbers 10 and 26, Tiger Cubs with Harrington coach bodies from the dear departed fleet of Silver Star, Porton, near Salisbury. I have seen and photographed both of them on a number of occasions, but…

  • E J Deeble, Liskeard – Leyland Tiger Cub – MMR 553 – 4

    E J Deeble Liskeard1955Leyland PSUC1/2Harrington C41C E J Deeble operated some local services in the Liskeard area of Cornwall. In June 1978 this coach originally owned by Silver Star, Porton Down who sold out to Wilts and Dorset in the 1960s was operating a service outside Liskeard Railway Station – a commendable bus/rail link. Note…

  • Silver Star – Leyland Atlantean – 1013 MW – 42

    Silver Star Motor Services  1962Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Weymann L39/34F A Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Weymann L73F body, joining the fleet of Silver Star, Porton Down near Salisbury, in 1962. This first view shows her on duty in Winchester, during the King Alfred running day on 1 January 2010. I couldn’t resist this second view, as it’s the…