Compo 10,334 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Are they still in business? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Skills were the posh buses......used for going on 'olidays and the like....remember they had an office on Afreton rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,334 Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I seem to remember their depot being about opposite Highurst St (the road that goes up from Ilkeston rd to Alfreton road by the Wheatsheaf pub). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,587 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 They still exist, but they are now based in Bulwell http://www.skillsholidays.co.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Their Alfeton Road place wasn't exactly spacious.Room for a few single deckers..The toy shop used to do okay though.It was quite a busy street though with Marshall and Hancocks Ironmongers and Temples the Newsagents just yards away. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 and the caff there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,587 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 From the 1940s.... Try ringing one of the numbers today..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 One of the owners always drove full size American /Canadian Pontiac or Chevy car,when over in 1970 it was a silver 1969 RHD Chevy Impala.There bus fleet was always up to date with the latest models and were kept in immaculate condition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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