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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Leamington Spa Station: gwrpublicity3872
On 4th July 1910 the Great Western Railway commenced a
Shakespeare Country tour. This was aimed at American tourists and involved a
circular bus tour from Leamington Spa calling at; Kenilworth castle, Guys
Cliffe, Warwick (with interval for lunch), Barford, Charlecote Park,
Stratford-on-Avon (visiting Shakespeares Birthplace and Holy Trinity
Church), Shottery (Anne Hathaways cottage) and returning to Leamington
Spa. These daily Summer tours proved very popular and continued until the
outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
The photograph shows the new Milnes Damiler 30hp chassis
fitted as an observation car which was used in the first year on the
Shakespeare Country tours. The vehicle had been allocated GWR Fleet No 116 and
was based at Leamington Spa. It was registered on 9th May 1910 with
Registration plate No AF 544. At the end of the first summer season the Milnes
Damiler vehicle was reallocated to Newton Abbot for tours over Dartmoor. It was
replaced with a new Dennis 20hp bus. see 'gwrpublicity3873'.
Robert Ferris
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