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99 Years of Coaching: The Story of Sheasby´s South Dorset Coaches
Andrew Mead
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Description for 99 Years of Coaching: The Story of Sheasby´s South Dorset Coaches
Paperback. A pictorial history of this famous South Dorset coach company throught its 99 year history Num Pages: 96 pages, 153 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; WGCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 12. .
Ernest Sheasby arrived in the small village of Corfe Castle in Dorset around 1896. After ten years in employment, he set up shop with a horse and carriage business. During the next few years, the business grew, Sheasby purchased motor vehicles and two tea rooms were opened to cater for visitors. After obtaining a school contract to transport children, he purchased his first coaches; sadly in 1932, he was fatally injured in an accident with one of his coaches. Sheasby's family continued to operate the business and the name South Dorset Coaches was introduced. The business expanded and a further ... Read more
Ernest Sheasby arrived in the small village of Corfe Castle in Dorset around 1896. After ten years in employment, he set up shop with a horse and carriage business. During the next few years, the business grew, Sheasby purchased motor vehicles and two tea rooms were opened to cater for visitors. After obtaining a school contract to transport children, he purchased his first coaches; sadly in 1932, he was fatally injured in an accident with one of his coaches. Sheasby's family continued to operate the business and the name South Dorset Coaches was introduced. The business expanded and a further ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781554258
SKU
V9781781554258
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Andrew Mead
Living in north London, Andrew Mead has always loved the Isle of Purbeck area of Dorset since a child. Fascinated by motor transport from an early age, family holidays to Swanage introduced him to the local coach firm South Dorset Coaches. Over a period of several years visiting Swanage, Mead became friends with Norman Sheasby, who was a director of ... Read more
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