A fitting send-off

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The classic 1978 DAF 200 used to provide fitting final transport for John Coles. YOUNG’S

Nick Larkin reports on the fitting final journey for a well-respected former employee of a Cambridgeshire coach operator

A long-serving employee of Young’s Coaches of Rampton, Cambridgeshire received a fitting send-off when a classic DAF Plaxton owned by the firm was used as his funeral transport.

John Coles, 91, and Young’s founder, Ted Young, became firm friends in the late 1950s when Ted bought a two-stroke Commer coach from Herbert
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