Sherwood Coaches

This billhead refers to my dad hiring a mini-bus and driver to take thirteen of us (my family of five and my cousins' family) from Sheffield to Skegness where we were to stay at Park Lane Holiday Flats in August 1962. I'm pretty sure that the chariot in question was a Trojan. Does anyone know anything about this company and its vehicles?
Incidentally the cost of this trip including collection and return journey two weeks later was the grand sum of twenty-two pounds! Extortionate or what?

Les Dickinson

03/04/14 - 15:54

www.trojanownersclub.co.uk and www.trojanmuseumtrust.org are probably good starting points for all things Trojan. The company started shortly before the 1914 war in South London.
As an aside, Trojan Records, one of the renowned Jamaican reggae labels, took its name from the Trojan van that transported Duke Reid's sound system.

Jon

04/04/14 - 06:28

Trojan cars had solid wheels and were "cheaper than walking". Trojan vans were until quite a late date the red Brooke Bond tea vans. But coaches....?

Joe

04/04/14 - 06:29

An unlikely operator of a Trojan was Wallasey Corporation, which ran this one from 1963 to 1966. www.historyofwallasey.co.uk/wallasey/

David Call

04/04/14 - 10:39

There were earlier versions of the Brooke Bond style, too, as this link shows: www.trojanownersclub.co.uk/Leo Pratt 2.jpg

Chris Hebbron

04/04/14 - 11:25

I have an old 1920's motoring book that belonged to my late father. In it there is an advert for Trojan - they made cars in those days too. One of the main selling points was that it had 'only seven main moving parts'.

John Stringer

04/04/14 - 15:55

Some interesting comments there , thanks, however I'm afraid my question was a little ambiguous; It is the operator that I'm interested to know more about please.

Les Dickinson

04/04/14 - 15:56

This is a picture of a late model Trojan coach, circa mid 60's I think as photographed at the now defunct yard of Martin Perry in Bromyard in June 2007. I leave it to any expert to identify the type.

Orla Nutting

06/04/14 - 08:34

It's usually referred to as A Trojan 19. Other well-known users included Silver Star of Porton Down (367 BAA, which later served on a tourist service in Bath) and the various pioneering minibus operators in the Orpington area.

Neville Mercer

06/04/14 - 11:27

The 1967 edition of "The Little Red Book" entry shows this Company as follows:-
SHERWOOD COACHES Ltd. - 141 Eastgate, Worksop. Phone 3145.
Directors F. Sturdy (Gen Man), K. Sturdy (Sec).
Rolling Stock 7 coaches. Chassis 7 Bedford. Bodies: Plaxton, Duple. Licence Stage. Ticket system Bell Punch.

Stephen Howarth

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