Fraser Motors Ltd. "Star Flyer" motor coach, Accrington

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iBase ID

320134

Reference identifier

HAC-H01-N164-183-1

Title

Fraser Motors Ltd. "Star Flyer" motor coach, Accrington

Place

Accrington

Personal names

Harold Williams, Kate Williams

General notes

Photographed outside the cemetery. Owned by Mr Harold Williams who a founder of the of the Fraser Motor Company in 1919. The coach had a horsepower of 28 and a seating capacity of 28. Seats were upholstered in hide. Mrs Kate Williams made the curtains and Mr Williams constructed a radio in the coach with two speakers at either end of the coach and may be the first coach in the country equipped with a radio.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1928

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Subjects

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