Jolly Roger's PRG141J, Pocklington, 1993

            Jolly Roger was a small independent operator based on a former WW2 airfield at Full Sutton near Pocklington in East Yorkshire. The main stay of their operations was to provide buses for local school contract work for which they gathered together a number of well-used secondhand vehciles that made for a varied and interesting fleet. Operating out of open-air premises with the most basic facilities, the ageing fleet wasn't as well maintained as it should have been. This made Jolly Roger a target for the local Vehicle Inspectorate who over time issued prohibitions on vehicles and warnings to the company to improve matters. Ultimately, the situation did not improve sufficiently to satisfy the 'men from the Ministry', eventually leading the company to lose its operator licence and putting it out of business.  

In 'jollier' times, one of their fleet is pictured departing Pocklington on a local afternoon school journey. This ex Aberdeen, Alexander bodied Daimler Fleetline had been acquired from Partridge Coaches of Hadleigh, Suffolk in the early 1990s. The dual-doored bus was fairly typical of the fleet, and was one of a number of Fleetlines operated by the company.  

Many of these buses were near end of life when acquired by Jolly Roger, so didn't last too long. In the case of PRG141J, she was withdrawn in 1995 and scrapped by bus breaker's Whiting Brothers of Ferrybridge a few weeks later. Whiting's was where much of the expired Jolly Roger fleet would end up. 

Photo - 29th April 1993.

Taken on: April 29, 1993

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