Stafford Road bus station, Oakengates

Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 29 Apr 1967

This photograph shows vehicles owned by H. Brown. He had some eight vehicles by the local Shropshire builders Sentinel, of which two had bus-type front entrance bodies while the other six were coaches with, originally, a centre entrance, later converted to front-entrance to allow for one man operation. Both types are represented here, the front vehicle being one of the buses and the rear, one of the coaches. From Oakengates, H. Brown operated local bus services to such destinations as Muxton Corner, Donnington, and Trench. I doubt whether he ever made much money from these (of course, unsubsidised) bus routes: fares were very cheap, for example Oakengates to the White Horse at Wrockwardine Wood cost 2d (two old pence).

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