SCT '61 Photo Index
Silver Star, Porton Down
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1. EMW703 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 24, EMW703, a 1947 Duple C33F bodied Leyland PS1 in Portland Street coach park in Manchester on a forces leave service.
Photo taken Sun 23 Feb 1958, Portland Street Coach Park, Manchester
2. HWV793 ... HWV793, a Leyland PSU1/15 Royal Tiger, had a Harrington Wayfarer IV C41C body dating from 1956 and is seen with Berresford, Cheddleton, numbered 22, arriving at Longton Bus Station.
Photo taken Sun 20 Jun 1971, Longton Bus Station
3. JMR736 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down ran two Leyland C41C bodied Leyland PSU1 Royal Tigers. JMR736 carrying fleet number 14, was the PSU1/16 air-braked version.
Photo taken Sat 24 Jun 1961, London Victoria Coach Station
4. JMR736 ... JMR736, a Leyland Royal Tiger with Leyland C41C body owned by Goulee, London SE4, new to Silver Star of Porton Down, and seen here in Bexhill Road where this operator generally parked his vehicles.
Photo taken Bexhill Road, Lewisham, London SE4
5. HWV793 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 28, HWV793, a Leyland PSU1/15 Royal Tiger had a Leyland C41C body and carried fleet number 13 when new but it was rebodied with a Harrington Wayfarer C41C body in 1956 after a serious accident and renumbered. It was seen in Manchester at the Parker Street Coach Park on a Forces leave service.
Photo taken Sun 4 May 1958, Parker Street Coach Park, Manchester
6. KMW644 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down KMW644, a Harrington C41C bodied Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cub seen in a temporary car park at Broadway, Bradford on a forces weekend leave service.
Photo taken Sun 6 May 1956, Broadway, Bradford
7. LMW483 ... Seen at Wallace Arnold's Sayner Road garage is Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 20, LMW483, a Burlingham C41C bodied Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cub on a forces leave service.
Photo taken Sat 21 Mar 1959, Wallace Arnold's Sayner Road Garage, Leeds
8. MMR552 ... Preserved ex-Silver Star 10, MMR552, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Harrington 41 seat centre entrance body dating from 1955.
Photo taken Sun 18 Jul 2010, Alton
9. MMR552 ... Preserved ex-Silver Star 10, MMR552, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Harrington 41 seat centre entrance body dating from June 1955.
Photo taken Sat 3 Nov 2012, Sandbanks
10. MMR553 ... Silver Star of Porton Down 26, MMR553, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Harrington 41 seat centre entrance body dating from 1955.
Photo taken Sat 8 May 2004, Pudsey
11. MMR553 ... Preserved Silver Star 26, MMR553, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Harrington 41 seat centre entrance body dating from 1955.
Photo taken Sun 14 Jul 2002, Tamworth
12. MMR553 ... Ex Silver Star 26, MMR553, a 1955 Leyland PSUC1/2 with Harrington C41C body, seen at 6am about to depart for Showbus. This is a sight that would be familiar to many thousands of National Servicemen in the 1950's and 60's as they clamoured to get on such coaches on a Friday night for weekend leave to the North and Midlands!
Photo taken Sun 22 Sep 2013, Dewsbury
13. MMR553 ... SHO800, a 1958 AEC Reliance MU2RA with Duple Britannia C43F body and MMR553 a 1956 Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Harrington C41C body.
Photo taken Sun 20 Jul 2014, Scunthorpe Bus Station
14. NMW340 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down ran forces leave services from there to various northern cities. Seen here in Portland Street coach park, Manchester was number 27, NMW340, the Harrington-Commer Contender integral with C41C body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Sun 27 Oct 1957, Portland Street Coach Park, Manchester
15. OHR281 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star) 30, OHR281, Leyland Tiger Cub/ Harrington C41F, originally with centre entrance, on a forces leave service in Bridge Street Coach Park in Leeds.
Photo taken Sat 14 Jul 1962, Bridge Street Coach Park, Leeds
16. PHR829 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 31, PHR829, a Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cub with a Harrington DP41F body, new in July 1957, was seen in Blue Boar Row, Salisbury.
Photo taken Sun 28 Apr 1963, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury
17. PMW386 ... New to Silver Star, as numbers 33 and 32, RAM620 and PMW386 had become Wilts & Dorset 903 and 902 by the time of this shot at Salisbury. They were both Harrington DP41F bodied Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cubs which originally carried the Silver Star motif in the modified roof dome.
Photo taken Sun 14 Jul 1968, Salisbury
18. RAM620 ... Seen in Blue Boar Row, Salisbury is Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 33, RAM620, a Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cub with a Harrington DP41F body, new in February 1958.
Photo taken Sun 28 Apr 1963, Blue Boar Row, Salisbury
19. RAM620 ... Wilts & Dorset 903, RAM620, a Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cub with a Harrington DP41F body, had been new to Shergold & White (Silver Star), 33 in 1958.
Photo taken Sun 14 Jul 1968, Salisbury
20. SAM47 ... Waiting in Sutherland Street was Silver Star, Porton Down 34, SAM47, a Leyland PSUC1/2 Tiger Cub with a Harrington Wayfarer V C41F body before starting in the British Coach Rally.
Photo taken Sat 18 Apr 1959, Sutherland Street, London
21. VAM944 ... New to Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down in 1960, VAM944 was acquired by Super Coaches, Upminster in August 1964 from Bristol Omnibus 7998. The Weymann L39/34F bodied Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean new in August 1960 is seen in the Super yard at Upminster.
Photo taken Sun 15 Nov 1964, Upminster Road, Hornchurch
22. VAM944 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 37, VAM944, a Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean with a Weymann L39/34F body, new in July 1960, was seen at their Porton Down Garage on an Omnibus Touring Circle visit.
Photo taken Sun 28 Apr 1963, Porton Down Garage
23. WWV564 ... Eynon's WWV564 is quite clearly a former Silver Star vehicle. A Leyland Leopard L1 with Harrington C39F (DP39F?) bodywork, bus seats having replaced the original coach seats but still retaining the hinged door.
Photo taken Sun 30 Jul 1978, Eynons Depot, off Heol Waun Y Clun, Trimsaran
24. WWV564 ... Shergold & White (Silver Star), Porton Down 39, WWV564, was a Leyland L1 Leopard with a Harrington Cavalier C41F body new in December 1960 and was seen at their Porton Down Garage on an Omnibus Touring Circle visit.
Photo taken Sun 28 Apr 1963, Porton Down Garage
25. WWV564 ... Wilts & Dorset 909, WWV564, a Leyland Leopard with Harrington C41F body, new in 1960 to Silver Star, part of the fleet taken over in 1963. Note the 'On Hire to United' label on the windscreen.
Photo taken August 1964, Eccleston Place, near London Victoria Coach Station
26. XMW706 ... Ex-Silver Star Atlantean PDR1/1 XMW706, seen here with Super Coaches of Upminster on a railway replacement service.
27. 1013MW ... Preserved Silver Star Atlantean 42, 1013MW, with Weymann L39/34F body, new in February 1962
Photo taken Fri 1 Jan 2010, The Broadway, Winchester
28. 1013MW ... Preserved Silver Star Atlantean 42, 1013MW, with Weymann L39/34F body, new in February 1962
Photo taken Sun 1 Jan 2012, The Broadway, Winchester
29. 1013MW ... Rear view of preserved Silver Star Atlantean 42, 1013MW, with Weymann L39/34F body, new in February 1962
Photo taken Sun 1 Jan 2012, The Broadway, Winchester
30. 1013MW ... Here's an interior view of preserved ex-Silver Star Atlantean 1013MW to show the layout at the rear of the upper deck.
Photo taken Sun 1 May 2016, Winchester Running Day
31. 1013MW ... Preserved Silver Star Atlantean 42, 1013MW, with Weymann L39/34F body, new in February 1962
Photo taken Sun 17 Jul 2005, Alton
32. 1013MW ... Rear view of ex-Silver Star Atlantean 42, 1013MW.
Photo taken Sun 17 Jul 2005, Alton