SALISBURY AND DISTRICT BUS OPERATORS TIMETABLE JUNE 1949

 

 

This is the eighteenth page of timetables, and is the second page showing Silver Star Motor Services.   Operating from a base at the military establishment of Porton Down, Silver Star had been founded by Ben Shergold and Eddie White in 1923.  The service had grown to become a daily operation by 1927.  The firm grew to become a prestigious operator, for long associated also with forces leave express services from the camps on Salisbury Plain.  Eddie died in October 1962 and Ben decided to retire in 1963.  The services then passed to Wilts & Dorset.

 

   

 

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