ALONG THE DUSTY ROAD Motor Buses and Carriers from Dorchester | CHALK IN THE RADIATOR Early Motor Buses around Salisbury | |
My friend and colleague Roger Grimley has published many booklet histories about West Country operators. These include this series about the county of Dorset. | Another series of books from Roger describes the early motor buses which served both Salisbury Plain and the five river valleys that radiate from the cathedral city. | |
| There are ten parts:
Part one - The Piddle Valley Part two - Around Bulbarrow Part three - The Blandford Road Part four - The Cerne Valley Part five - the Sydling St Nicholas operators Part six - Frank Legg of Evershot Part seven - A Pearce & Co of Cattistock Part eight - the Bridport road Part nine - the Poole road Part ten - the Wareham road | This will be a series of
several parts, and two have been published so far: Part one - the Upper Avon Valley Part two - the Nadder ValleyAnother work of interest will be Motor Bus Services from Salisbury before 1939. This was a precursor to a the Chalk in the Radiator series. | |
 | Roger Grimley has published many booklet histories about West Country operators. If you would like to contact Roger to enquire about copies and obtain his catalogue of other (mainly Devon and Cornwall) operator histories, please use this e-mail link. |  |
Local transport needs were met principally by country carriers. In Dorchester on market days, carriers from many parts of the county gathered. They made their way down rough roads and tracks early each market morning. During the day the vans lined the streets and crowded the inn yards then, in the fading light of late afternoon and early evening they slowly made their way back to the villages and farms. Roger Grimley |
