Image 9 Ashton 9 ENGLISH ELECTRIC D. BEILBY COLLECTION

Image 9 Ashton 9 ENGLISH ELECTRIC D. BEILBY COLLECTION

Identical Ashton 9 in service days. These were imposing buses but – like all early Karriers – unimpressive in reliability. Incredibly, from new until the 1930 Road Traffic Act was implemented, Ashton’s Karriers were operated by one man with no conductor. ENGLISH ELECTRIC/D. BEILBY COLLECTION